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1. Which iconic user interface element was first introduced to the world with the launch of Windows 95?
2. In which city was the very first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in 1967?
3. AlphaGo's 2016 victory was significant because which board game has more possible moves than atoms in the universe?
4. Graphene is a single-atom-thick layer of which common element?
5. Approximately how many chemical base pairs are in the human genome, as mapped by the HGP?
6. What was the maximum cruising speed of the Concorde in Mach numbers?
7. Which country launched Salyut 1, the world's first space station, in 1971?
8. Which technology allowed scientists to use the entire Earth as a 'virtual telescope' to photograph a black hole?
9. The shift from mechanical to electronic calculators was made possible by which chip technology?
10. What type of human organ was successfully delivered by drone for transplant for the first time in 2019?
11. Who was the first person to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of X-rays?
12. What was the storage capacity of the world's first commercial MP3 player, the MPMan F10?
13. What physical force does a Maglev train use to eliminate friction with its tracks?
14. Whose X-ray diffraction image ('Photo 51') was critical to Watson and Crick's DNA discovery?
15. What is the primary advantage of inflatable space modules over traditional rigid ones?
16. Which of these technologies was NOT one of the three core pillars of the original 1991 World Wide Web?
17. Which famous inventor demonstrated wireless power at Columbia University in 1891?
18. What is the primary technical advantage of lithium-ion batteries over older battery types?
19. The first commercial GPS devices were less accurate than military ones due to which intentional signal blurring?
20. What is the primary difference between a 'gene drive' and normal genetic inheritance?