🧠 Trivia · Tech & Internet
How Gadgets Work
Microwaves, barcodes, GPS and touchscreens: the clever science hiding inside everyday gadgets.
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80 questions
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- Microwave ovens heat food mainly by agitating molecules of what? Sugar · Oxygen · Salt · Water Easy
- What does the magnetron inside a microwave oven do? Spins the turntable · Cools the door · Generates the microwaves · Times the cooking Medium
- Raytheon's first microwave ovens, sold in 1947, were branded what? Radarange · Micro-Chef · Heatwave · Amana Hard
- Home microwave ovens typically run at a frequency of about what? 900 THz · 2.45 GHz · 5 MHz · 60 Hz Hard
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How to play
- Listen to the host read the question.
- Tap (or type) your answer before time runs out — no take-backs!
- Right answers score points; faster answers score bonus points when speed bonus is on.
- Team vote: huddle on your phones, majority rules, captain breaks ties.