Part 1:

Issue 1

What does open access movement pertain to:
A. Using Linux software
B. Another term for diversity an inclusion of different opinions
C. To put peer-reviewed articles online free of charge
D. Artificial intelligence

The basic premise of copyright is what:
A. Our ability to choose right, wrong, and controversial behavior
B. Our ability to use speed, use fact and use technology correctly
C. It is designed to protect the public
D. Our capacity be creative

What is SPARC?
A. Membership of more than 225 university libraries working to expand scholarly research results
B. Scientific Professionals Assessing Research Content
C. Research based on Technology
D. Taxpayer protection agency

Federal Research common ground debate is based on The right of academic publishers to make a profit versus the public's right to access research True or False

Issue 2

What is a one explanation given for Intelligent Design?
A. Religion and science is all about faith
B. An effort to show evolution is incapable of providing satisfactory explanation to random chance questions.
C. No science just faith
D. God is argued as the creator of everything

Michael Behe asserts that living systems exhibit an:
A. Irreducible complexity that cannot be derived from piecemeal evolution
B. Intelligent Design that will become the leading argument within 20 years
C. Ever changing complex evolutionary system which will never be explained
D. Progression of tissues that confirm evolution to be a fact

With regards to evolution, what is natural selection?
A. All organisms survive and develop by chance
B. The strongest species will always mate with the stronger species
C. Evolution requires millions of years for new species to develop
D. Process by which organisms with advantageous variations have greater reproductive success

Intelligent Design common ground debate centers on scripture versus science True or False

Issue 3

What is ARPANET?
A. The first test which became the internet
B. The name of the first computer from 1950's
C. IBM's first attempt at producing a personal computer
D. Bill Gate's prototype

Nearly _______ college students took at least one online course in 2007.
A. 11 million
B. 4 million
C. 35 million
D. 1.5 million

Cable operators have invested ___________ since the passage of the telecommunications act of 1996.
A. 550 million
B. 750 million
C. 36 trillion
D. 130 billion

Should the internet be Neutral common ground argument states everyone agrees the internet is valuable but they differ on the nature and to whom the value should accrue. True or False

Part 2

Issue 4

Much of the discussion of climate engineering presumes we will try to do what?
A. All live in harmony
B. Penalize larger countries for their pollution
C. Reduce carbon emissions
D. Build smaller and smarter

What is geo-engineering?
A. The use of mechanical systems to control temperatures in buildings
B. Growing plants to reduce global warming
C. Government involvement in large scale schemes to rapidly cool the earth
D. The ability to detect ozone depleting chemicals

Some geo-engineers were largely silent on the possible _____________?.
A. Where to getting funding from
B. Unintended consequences of geoengineering
C. Identification of who is at fault for the most pollution
D. Global taxation for all countries

Climate engineering common ground debate states we must build small and live small True or False

Issue 5

What two factors are said to impede adoption of nuclear power.
A. Money and land
B. Expense and fear
C. Federal and State laws
D. Public opinion and International opinion

Globally how many nuclear reactors are there
A. 1,362
B. 138
C. 987
D. 436

The U.S.A. government says atomic energy can supply how much of the US electricity by 2050.
A. 15 percent
B. 20 percent
C. 25 percent
D. 32 percent

The common debate with nuclear power deals with how best to pay for it True or False

Issue 6

When did the first earth day occur?
A. 1919
B. 1907
C. 1970
D. 1989

For every dollar spent on gas how much is actually spent on moving the car down the road?
A. 25cents
B. 33 cents
C. 8 cents
D. 15 cents

Using a 3 dollar per gallon cost of gas how long would it take to pay back the $20,000 electrical car technology?
A. 27 years
B. 15 years
C. 7 years
D. 3 ½ years

Common ground debate for electric cars asks why society is not rushing to adopt the technology True or False

Part 3

Issue 7

By 2025 total global population is said to be:
A. 8 billion
B. 10 billion
C. 11 billion
D. 1 billion

Middle East population is projected to double over the next 20 years to approximately:
A. 649 million
B. 326 million
C. 82.5 million
D. 165 million

In India the problem of peak soil is already ______.
A. Acute
B. Resolved
C. Too expensive to for the average citizen
D. A lifestock issue

Falling Birth Rates common ground debate agrees that human welfare is the paramount goal. True or False

Issue 8

EMF's are emitted by any device that __________.
A. Is portable
B. Uses wireless technology
C. Must be plugged in
D. Uses electricity

Young children's brains absorb ______ the cell phone radiation as an adult's.
A. 3 times
B. 4 times
C. 2 times
D. 5 times

Mobile phones use what type of waves.
A. Signal
B. Radio
C. High frequency
D. X ray

Cell Phone common ground believe the argument lies with the word "convincing" True or False

Issue 9

DDT was first deployed during WWII to combat what epidemic?
A. Venereal Disease
B. Cholera
C. Rats
D. Typhus

Malaria is caused by how many parasites.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 9

Who won the 1948 Nobel Prize for his use of DDT.
A. Donald Roberts
B. Othmar Zeidler
C. Paul Muller
D. Dr. Ben Dover

DDT common ground debate focuses on the cost of DDT True or False

Issue 10

Deadly animal disease research in the U.S.A. is located where?
A. Fitch Island
B. Plum Island
C. Grenada Island
D. Cumberland Island

What does FMD stand for?
A. Foot and Mouth Disease
B. Federally Mandated Disease control
C. Foreign Migrated Disease
D. Federal Mandated Defense

Researchers found that a foot and mouth disease outbreak would last 29 days that _______ head of livestock would have to be destroyed:
A. 1.5 million
B. 753,000
C. 126,000
D. 690

Animal disease common ground debate agrees that infectious diseases should not be allowed to escape. True or False

Issue 11

In 1970 scientists discovered that is was possible to _________.
A. Move genes
B. Crossbreed animal and plants
C. Control rain
D. Create rain

Up to _____ percent of adults have allergic reactions to food.
A. 2 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 17 percent
D. 25 percent

How many Americans believe they have never eaten a modified food..
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 70%

Modified Food common ground debate wonders if genetic engineering is ensuring a healthy food supply. True or False

Part 4

Issue 12

Very large and rare meteors can hit the earth with as much energy as a _________ nuclear bomb.
A. 100 megatron
B. 50 megatron
C. 10 megatron
D. 3 megatron

NEO stands for:
A. Near Earth Objects
B. Nuclear Explosion Object
C. New Evidence Observed
D. Next Evidence Observed

The NEO database will hold between 200,000 & ________ potential impactors to earth.
A. 1 million
B. 2 million
C. 750,000
D. 400,000

The Asteroid common ground debate agrees that most people say don't worry about asteroids because we can't stop them True or False

Issue 13

How many extraterrestrial radio signal searches have been attempted since 1960.
A. More that 100
B. More than 75
C. More than 50
D. More than 16

If N = 10 to the 4th date is correct when should a SETI be detected.
A. 2015
B. 2027
C. 2019
D. 2022

If extraterrestrials exist contacting them would be a boost to mankind is based on what famous formula?
A. Drake
B. SETI
C. Johnson
D. Rozewell

Extraterrestrials common ground debate says there is little no common ground True or False

Issue 14

Why has human space exploration gone no further to date?
A. Too much money spent on defense
B. Robots
C. No public interest
D. Politicians just want to get elected.

How much will the ISS cost when finished?
A. 100 million
B. 233 million
C. 17 billion
D. 100 billion

Bilge is a British word meaning__________.
A. Water
B. Unsinkable
C. Boat
D. Baloney

Space common ground debate believes that only robots should be sent into space True or False

Part 5

Issue 15

In May of 1997 what did Deep Blue accomplished?
A. Talked 3 different languages at the same time
B. Beat Kasparov
C. Predicted the winner of the U.S. Presidential election
D. Calculated the cost of a natural disaster

While a computer is limited in its thinking why is a human considered to have a higher level of consciousness?
A. It is based on how much integrated information we can generate
B. Lack of education
C. Genetics
D. Because we're human

A healthy adult brain contains how many nerve cells.
A. 5 Senses
B. 31 categories of brain cells
C. 100 billion
D. 750 million

Computer consciousness common ground debate states many people do not believe that computer intelligence is possible True or False

Issue 16

What does the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protect against?
A. Taking away our freedom of speech
B. Unreasonable searches and seizures
C. Taking away our freedom of religion
D. Unreasonable capture of our property

Greater security is more likely to increase _________.
A. Innovation
B. Cost
C. Frustration
D. Better computers

What is E-ID sometimes referred as?
A. 5 Senses
B. 31 categories of brain cells
C. Digital certificates
D. 750 million

Privacy right common ground debate believes all people can be trusted with internet content. True or False
Issue 17

What do the letters IIPA mean:
A. Inland Internet Protection Association
B. International Intellectual Property Alliance
C. Inter-state Internet Privacy Association
D. Internet Intellectual Privacy Agency

What country is in the Top 12 dealing with piracy rates?
A. India
B. China
C. Russia
D. Bangladesh

Open source software is said to encourage what?
A. Competition
B. Price wars
C. Transparency and accountability
D. Cyber attacks

Open source common ground debate believes that copyright law is important True or False

Part 6

Issue 18

Animals are said to have been used for research for at least ______ years.
A. 150
B. 2000
C. 6000
D. 750