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Trivia Questions

HDTV, which uses more lines to give clearer pictures, stands for this

In 1989 scientists using a scanning tunneling microscope saw this double-stranded molecule for the 1st time

GOES, INSAT & METEOSAT are satellites used for this purpose

During the 15th-17th centuries these developed from the matchlock to the wheellock to the flintlock

In 1861, Elisha Otis patented an elevator driven by this, not electricity

Thomas Edison's cylindrical ones were superceded by Emile Berliner's flat variety

The two most common types of mechanical clocks are driven by weights or these

In 1983 Apple's Lisa computer gave PCs this device that moves the cursor around the screen

In July 1991 IBM & this rival announced a technology alliance

Drawings discovered in 1967 showed this artist invented the chain drive around 1492