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SciSpaceQuiz_090612.sPubDate = "6/13/2009 1:15:48 AM GMT";
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SciSpaceQuiz_090612.appDeck = new Array("Ready for a surprise or two? The news from science and space included a couple of unusual twists. Take this Sci-Q test and see if you catch on to the tricky parts.","You answered <SCORE> of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question. ");
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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1] = new Array();
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1][0] = new Array("A Mars probe that ran up against a big problem is now back in business, NASA reports. Which probe is it?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1].answer = "The correct answer is C, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.<br><br>The probe resumed science operations after suffering a glitch that may have been caused by a cosmic-ray hit. Pathfinder is long gone; Spirit was still stuck in a sand trap, at last report; and the recently named Curiosity rover won't be launched until 2011.<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31194751/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1][1] = new Array("A. Mars Pathfinder.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1][2] = new Array("B. Spirit rover.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1][3] = new Array("C. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[1][4] = new Array("D. Curiosity rover.",'',0);

SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2] = new Array();
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2][0] = new Array("What new weapon is being used against bed bugs?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2].answer = "The correct answer is D, bed bug juice.<br><br>The bugs' own alarm pheromones can have a fatal effect, researchers found. But would you want to smear bug pheromones all over your body before you go to bed?<br> <a href=\" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31251008/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2][1] = new Array("A. Radiation",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2][2] = new Array("B. Bats",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2][3] = new Array("C. Lemon juice",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[2][4] = new Array("D. Bed bug juice",'',1);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[3][0] = new Array("Astronauts on the international space station conducted an unusual spacewalk to work on a docking mechanism. What was the unusual twist?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[3].answer = "The correct answer is D.<br><br>The internal spacewalk, which involved moving the mechanism to accommodate a research module, was conducted inside a small air lock. It lasted just 12 minutes.<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31205186/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[3][1] = new Array("A. All six astronauts had to go spacewalking simultaneously.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[3][2] = new Array("B. The job had to be done in total darkness, by touch alone.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[3][3] = new Array("C. The \"spacewalk\" was conducted in virtual reality.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[3][4] = new Array("D. The \"spacewalk\" actually took place inside the station.",'',1);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[4][0] = new Array("What do archaeologists think was the main purpose of Machu Picchu, the \"lost city of the Incas.\"");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[4].answer = "The correct answer is B, pilgrimage center.<br><br>Archaeoastronomer Giulio Magli says the well-known ruins were once a pilgrimage center symbolically connected to the Andean vision of the cosmos. Arguably, Machu Picchu was not a city in the true sense of the word.<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31169795/\" target=new>Read the full story</a>.";
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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[4][2] = new Array("B. Pilgrimage center",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[4][3] = new Array("C. Sports center",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[4][4] = new Array("D. Military center",'',0);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[5][0] = new Array("Which term has been touted as the \"one millionth word\" in the English language?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[5].answer = "The correct answer is C, \"Web 2.0.\"<br><br>But the Global Language Monitor listed the other words as new English words or phrases as well. One linguistics professor said the list was \"pure fraud.\"<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31200218/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[5][1] = new Array("A. slumdog",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[5][2] = new Array("B. carbon neutral",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[5][3] = new Array("C. Web 2.0",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[5][4] = new Array("D. n00b",'',0);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[6][0] = new Array("Art experts are wondering whether a newly revealed portrait provides a surprising view of the Mona Lisa. What's so surprising about the portrait?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[6].answer = "The correct answer is B, nude.<br><br>The experts aren't sure whether it's the same woman, but they believe the portrait, once owned by Napoleon's uncle, \"shows a clear link\" to the Mona Lisa theme.<br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31320879/ns/technology_and_science-science/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[6][1] = new Array("A. Mona Lisa is male.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[6][2] = new Array("B. Mona Lisa is nude.",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[6][3] = new Array("C. Mona Lisa is black.",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[6][4] = new Array("D. Mona Lisa is frowning.",'',0);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[7][0] = new Array("Large brains have their down side, according to researchers at Georgia Tech. Which type of disease did they link to brain size ?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[7].answer = "The correct answer is C, cancer.<br><br>The researchers said genetic analysis suggests that human cells are not as efficient at carrying out programmed cell death as chimp cells are, at least in the brain and other studied tissues.<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31206671/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[7][1] = new Array("A. Heart disease",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[7][2] = new Array("B. Alzheimer's disease",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[7][3] = new Array("C. Cancer",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[7][4] = new Array("D. Impotence",'',0);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[8][0] = new Array("Astronomers are developing two new ways to measure distances to faraway galaxies. What question do they think they could answer using such methods?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[8].answer = "The correct answer is B, the nature of dark energy.<br><br>Better measurements of cosmic distances could reveal whether dark energy varies over time. As for the missing socks, you're on your own.<br> <a href=\"http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/08/1956770.aspx\" target=new>Read the full story.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[8][1] = new Array("A. What happened before the big bang?",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[8][2] = new Array("B. What is dark energy?",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[8][3] = new Array("C. Can we reverse time?",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[8][4] = new Array("D. Where do missing socks go?",'',0);

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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[9][0] = new Array("What substance on the moon could conceivably be used as fuel for future fusion reactors?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[9].answer = "The correct answer is B, helium-3.<br><br>The only problem is that scientists don't yet know how to attain a controlled, power-producing fusion reaction with any fuel, let alone helium-3. Element 112, by the way, is a <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31280026/ns/technology_and_science-science/\" target=_blank>newly accepted element</a> in the periodic table. If you guessed Illudium Q-36, you've been watching too many <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Martian\" target=_blank>Bugs Bunny cartoons</a>.<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31250445/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/\" target=new>Click through the full interactive about moon ventures.</a>";
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[9][1] = new Array("A. Carbon-14",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[9][2] = new Array("B. Helium-3",'',1);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[9][3] = new Array("C. Element 112",'',0);
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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[10][0] = new Array("Where did the next billionaire space passenger make his mark?");
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[10].answer = "The correct answer is D, the circus.<br><br>Cirque du Soleil's Canadian founder, Guy Laliberte, is in training to go on a \"poetic social mission\" to the international space station in September.<br> <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31108549/\" target=new>Read the full story.</a><br><br>Are you ready for another brain-teaser?<br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30564500/\">Take our Hubble-mania Sci-Q test.</a>";
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SciSpaceQuiz_090612[10][2] = new Array("B. Video games",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[10][3] = new Array("C. The basketball court",'',0);
SciSpaceQuiz_090612[10][4] = new Array("D. The circus",'',1);

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