Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Nobel Prize Winners In Science

What phenomenon earned the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald?

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Neutrino oscillations

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• Nobel Prize Winners In Science

What enzyme earned Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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Telomerase

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• Nobel Prize Winners In Science

What growth factor was central to Rita Levi-Montalcini’s 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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Nerve growth factor

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• Nobel Prize Winners In Science

Which scientist won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries involving radium and polonium?

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Marie Curie

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• Renewable Energy

What renewable-energy technology generates electricity from the temperature difference between warm surface seawater and cold deep seawater?

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Ocean thermal energy conversion

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• Renewable Energy

Which satellite, launched by the United States in 1958, was the first to use solar cells for power?

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Vanguard 1

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• Renewable Energy

Which solar-powered aircraft completed the first circumnavigation of Earth using only solar power in 2016?

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Solar Impulse 2

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• Renewable Energy

Which solar-powered aircraft completed the first manned intercontinental flight using only solar energy in 2012?

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Solar Impulse

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• Renewable Energy

Which African wind farm, opened in 2018, is Kenya’s largest wind-power project?

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Lake Turkana Wind Power

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• Renewable Energy

Which solar thermal power facility in California uses three towers surrounded by fields of heliostats?

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Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

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• Renewable Energy

Which Wisconsin hydroelectric plant, opened in 1882, is widely considered the world’s first hydroelectric central station?

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Vulcan Street Plant

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• Renewable Energy

Which renewable-energy method stores electricity by making hydrogen with an electrolyzer?

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Power-to-gas

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