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🧠 Trivia · Tech & Internet

How Gadgets Work

Microwaves, barcodes, GPS and touchscreens: the clever science hiding inside everyday gadgets.

PG Family friendly Medium 80 questions

Sneak peek

  1. Microwave ovens heat food mainly by agitating molecules of what? Sugar · Oxygen · Salt · Water Easy
  2. What does the magnetron inside a microwave oven do? Spins the turntable · Cools the door · Generates the microwaves · Times the cooking Medium
  3. Raytheon's first microwave ovens, sold in 1947, were branded what? Radarange · Micro-Chef · Heatwave · Amana Hard
  4. Home microwave ovens typically run at a frequency of about what? 900 THz · 2.45 GHz · 5 MHz · 60 Hz Hard

Answers stay hidden — no spoilers for your crew.

Difficulty mix

  • Easy22
  • Medium31
  • Hard23
  • Genius4

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.

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