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Plenty of the gadgets you rely on began as somebody's oddball experiment. Who built what? @mrfizx scored 990 in Physics & Inventions on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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  1. 1Science › PhysicsVery hardWhich dimensionless number tells engineers whether a flow is smooth or turbulent?Right2.7s+99
  2. 2Science › PhysicsEasyWhich simple tool would best separate iron filings from dry sand?Right1.3s+100
  3. 3Science › ScientistsHardWhose Magdeburg hemispheres dramatised the strength of atmospheric pressure?Right2.4s+99
  4. 4Science › PhysicsMediumThe Chinese polymath Shen Kuo gave the first known description of what compass effect?Right4.3s+97
  5. 5Science › PhysicsEasyWhich state of matter has a fixed volume but takes the shape of its container?Right2.3s+100
  6. 6Science › Units & MeasuresHardRoughly what is absolute zero in degrees Celsius?Right1.2s+100
  7. 7Science › PhysicsHardWhich quantum effect lets particles cross a barrier they could not climb?Right2.2s+100
  8. 8Science › Inventions & ExperimentsExpertWhich 1887 experiment failed to detect the ether and shook classical physics?Right3.4s+98
  9. 9Science › Inventions & ExperimentsMediumA Bunsen burner gives its hottest flame when the air hole is in which state?Right4.0s+97
  10. 10Science › PhysicsMediumWhat observation shows that distant galaxies are moving away from us?Right1.6s+100