 |
What sort of animal is a Rhodesian ridgeback? |
 |
A
dog |
|
 |
From which well-known type of flower are Vanilla pods
obtained? |
 |
Orchids |
|
 |
Anteaters prefer what to ants? |
 |
Termites |
|
 |
Which is the only insect that can turn its head to look
directly behind itself? |
 |
The praying
mantis |
|
 |
What sort of substances are adrenaline, cortisone,
insulin, and oestrogens? |
 |
Hormones |
|
 |
What is inflamed when you suffer from nephritis? |
 |
The
kidneys |
|
 |
How many noble gases are there? |
 |
Six: helium,
neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon. |
|
 |
Which is the SI unit of force? |
 |
The
Newton |
|
 |
Pencil lead is made out what? |
 |
Graphite |
|
 |
What did Foucault's pendulum prove? |
 |
That the earth
rotates |
|
 |
Which is the densest planet in our Solar System? |
 |
The
Earth |
|
 |
There are three types of nuclear radiation. What are
they called? |
 |
Alpha, Beta, and
Gamma |
|
 |
Freud published his most influential book in 1900. What
was it called? |
 |
The
Interpretation of Dreams |
|
 |
For fans of Mad magazine: what is an axolotl? |
 |
A
salamander |
|
 |
What is the antimatter equivalent of the
electron? |
 |
The
positron |
|
 |
What are Sodium Thiopental, Pancuronium Bromide, and
Potassium Chloride taken in that order? |
 |
The lethal
injection used to execute prisoners in the USA |
|
 |
What kind of animal is a blue-fronted parrot? |
 |
A
parrot |
|
 |
What is the name of the alloy made of 95% aluminium, 4%
copper and small amounts of magnesium and manganese? |
 |
Duraluminium
(also know as duraluminum, duralumin, or dural) |
|
 |
Who wrote the book 'The Double Helix: A Personal
Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA'? |
 |
James
Watson |
|
 |
Who invented natural logarithms? |
 |
John
Napier |
|
 |
Which is the main protein in milk? |
 |
Casein |
|
 |
What part of the body is affected by Otitis? |
 |
The
ear |
|
 |
Which branch of physics deals with sound? |
 |
Acoustics |
|
 |
Which law states that, at a constant temperature, the
pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume? |
 |
Boyle's
Law |
|
 |
Where is the hypocentre of an earthquake in relation to
its epicentre? |
 |
Directly beneath
it |
|
 |
Which is the only muscle in your body that is only
attached at one end? |
 |
The
tongue |
|
 |
What would you use Archimede's Screw for? |
 |
Raising
water |
|
 |
Whats the the name for the bending of light as it
passes from one medium to another? |
 |
Refraction |
|
 |
What is the three-dimensional image created with laser
beams called? |
 |
Hologram |
|
 |
What type of animal are Belugas? |
 |
Whales |
|
 |
What were (and still are) 'Skyscrapers' before the term
was applied to tall buildings? |
 |
Sails (A small
triangular sail set above the skysail in order to maximize effect in a
light wind.) |
|
 |
What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 1
o'clock? |
 |
30
degrees |
|
 |
What is the chemical symbol for Ozone? |
 |
O3 |
|
 |
What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a Rolls
Royce? |
 |
The Spirit of
Ecstacy |
|
 |
What extinct creature got its name from the Portuguese
word for stupid? |
 |
Dodo |
|
 |
In the physical world (as opposed to art) what are the
primary colours? |
 |
Red, green and
blue |
|
 |
Solid carbon dioxide is known by what name? |
 |
Dry
ice |
|
 |
Which element has the chemical symbol Rf? |
 |
Rutherfordium |
|
 |
Which is the heaviest organ in the human body? |
 |
The skin (at
about 2.5 Kg) |
|
 |
Which temperature has the same value in Fahrenheit and
Celsius? |
 |
-40 |
|
 |
In which organ would you find the pineal gland? |
 |
The
brain |
|
 |
How many noble gases are there? |
 |
Six |
|
 |
Which planet has an orbital period of 687 days? |
 |
Mars |
|
 |
What is inflamed if you suffer from Nephritis? |
 |
Kidneys |
|
 |
Aquaculture is the correct term for what? |
 |
Fish
farming |
|
 |
What kind of animal is a basilisk? |
 |
A
lizard |
|
 |
What shape is the DNA molecule? |
 |
A double
helix |
|
 |
Who discovered that all objects, heavy or light, fall
at the same velocity? |
 |
Galileo
Galilei |
|
 |
Which planet in our solar system has an orbital period
of 687 days? |
 |
Mars |
|
 |
BASIC, Perl, and Python are types of what? |
 |
Computer
languages |
|
 |
By what name is "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web"
now known? |
 |
Yahoo |
|
 |
Disgusting-sounding ailments no.1: What is
Borborygmus? |
 |
Your stomach
making noises |
|
 |
Evaporation is changing from a liquid to gas. What is
changing from a solid to a gas called? |
 |
Sublimation |
|
 |
How many astronauts crewed the Gemini series of
spacecraft? |
 |
Two |
|
 |
How many astronauts crewed the Mercury series of
spacecraft? |
 |
One |
|
 |
How much does a cubic meter of water weigh?
|
 |
One tonne (or
metric ton) |
|
 |
If 8 bits make a byte, what do 4 bits constitute? |
 |
A
nibble |
|
 |
In photography, what does SLR stand for? |
 |
Single lens
reflex |
|
 |
In which US state did the Wright brothers first
fly? |
 |
North
Carolina |
|
 |
Litmus paper turns what colour when in contact with an
acid? |
 |
Red |
|
 |
Many of us use CDROMs these days, but what does the
acronym mean? |
 |
Compact Disk
Read Only Memory |
|
 |
Mrs. Thomas Smith of Ryde, NSW, Australia, produced a
new variety of fruit in 1868. What is it called? |
 |
The Granny Smith
apple |
|
 |
Name anything that happened in Britain on September
3rd, 1752. |
 |
Nothing. After
September 2, the next day was September 14, due to the change from the
Julian to the Gregorian calendar. |
|
 |
On the Moh Hardness scale, what has a hardness of
10? |
 |
Diamond |
|
 |
Pony, Shot, and Jigger are units of measure of
what? |
 |
Spirits
(alcohol). A pony is half a shot. A jigger is a shot and a half. 16 shots
in a pint. |
|
 |
Referring to internet connections, what does ADSL
mean? |
 |
Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line |
|
 |
The prefix mega- is a millionfold in the SI units and
giga- is a billion. Tera is a trillion but what is the quadrillionfold (10
to the power of 15) prefix? |
 |
Peta |
|
 |
The winter solstice occurs when the sun is furthest
from the equator (on December 22nd). What do we call the days the sun
crosses the equator in March and September? |
 |
Equinox |
|
 |
To the nearest whole number, how many revolutions does
the moon make around the earth in a calendar year? |
 |
13 |
|
 |
Truth, beauty, strange, charm, up and down are types of
what? |
 |
Quarks |
|
 |
What are the two types of camel called? |
 |
Dromedary and
Bactrian |
|
 |
What colour is caffeine? |
 |
It's a white
odourless crystalline powder |
|
 |
What colour is the 'Black Box' found in commercial
planes? |
 |
Orange |
|
 |
What did Einstein get the Nobel prize for? |
 |
The
Photoelectric effect |
|
 |
What did John Logie Baird invent in 1925? |
 |
Television |
|
 |
What does CAT stand for in a CAT-scan? |
 |
Computerised
Axial Tomography |
|
 |
What does Cytology study? |
 |
Structure,
function and life of cells |
|
 |
What does DVD stand for? |
 |
Digital
Versatile Disc |
|
 |
What does MG in the car brand stand for? |
 |
Morris
Garages |
|
 |
What does VTOL mean when applied to an aircraft? |
 |
Vertical Take
Off and Landing |
|
 |
What in radio is FM? |
 |
Frequency
modulation |
|
 |
What is -459.7ºF also know as? |
 |
Absolute
zero |
|
 |
What is 0º Fahrenheit in centigrade? |
 |
-18
degrees |
|
 |
What is a camel's hump made of? Water, fat or
muscle? |
 |
Fat |
|
 |
What is a googol? |
 |
10 to the power
of 10 to the power of 10. |
|
 |
What is a rhinoceros' horn made of? |
 |
Hair |
|
 |
What is an eolic power station? |
 |
Wind
powered |
|
 |
What is an Ishihara test used for? |
 |
To test for
colour blindness |
|
 |
What is calcium carbonate normally known as? |
 |
Chalk |
|
 |
What is measured in Amperes? |
 |
Electric
current |
|
 |
What is panophobia or pantophobia?
|
 |
Fear of
everything |
|
 |
What is the fundamental difference between an autogyro
and a helicopter? |
 |
A helicopter has
powered rotors |
|
 |
What is the Macintosh computer named after? |
 |
A variety of
Apple |
|
 |
What is the more common name for Ethylene Glycol? |
 |
Antifreeze |
|
 |
What is the more common name of Ascorbic Acid? |
 |
Vitamin
C |
|
 |
What is the only venomous mammal in the world? |
 |
Duckbill
platypus |
|
 |
What is Zulu time?
|
 |
Universal
Coordinated Time (UTC) which has replaced Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) |
|
 |
What lies between Mars and Jupiter? |
 |
The Asteroid
Belt |
|
 |
What was the first man-made object to move faster than
the speed of sound? |
 |
A
whip |
|
 |
What was the gin in the cotton gin invented by Eli
Whitney in the US in 1793? |
 |
Engine |
|
 |
What was the name of the first spacecraft to land
softly on the moon? |
 |
Luna 9 launched
on January 31, 1966 (Luna II struck the moon in 1959) |
|
 |
What would a Conchologist be interested in? |
 |
Shells |
|
 |
Where, in a household, would you find a
magnetron? |
 |
In a microwave
oven |
|
 |
Which common animal is properly known as Mus
Musculus? |
 |
Mouse |
|
 |
Which computer operating system has a penguin as its
logo? |
 |
Linux |
|
 |
Which crop is attacked by the boll weevil? |
 |
Cotton |
|
 |
Which element has atomic number 2? |
 |
Helium |
|
 |
Which element has the highest melting point? |
 |
Carbon |
|
 |
Which German architect who designed the Seagram
Building in New York said "Less is more, God is in the details"? |
 |
Ludwig Mies van
Der Rohe |
|
 |
Which hangs from the ceiling, a stalactite or a
stalagmite? |
 |
Stalactite |
|
 |
Which is now the world's tallest building? (May
2004) |
 |
Taipei 101 (aka
Taibei 101) |
|
 |
Which is the closest galaxy to our own? |
 |
The Canis Major
Galaxy discovered in 2003 is now considered the closest at 25,000 light
years from Earth |
|
 |
Which is the densest planet in our solar system? |
 |
The
Earth |
|
 |
Which is the first chemical element in alphabetical
order? |
 |
Actinium (atomic
number 89) |
|
 |
Which is the largest organ in the human body? |
 |
The
skin |
|
 |
Which is the last chemical element (in alphabetical
order)? |
 |
Zirconium
(atomic number 40) |
|
 |
Which is the main component of Brass and Bronze? |
 |
Copper |
|
 |
Which is the opposite point to the Zenith? |
 |
Nadir |
|
 |
Which metal do you get from bauxite? |
 |
Aluminium |
|
 |
Which metal do you get out of Hematite? |
 |
Iron |
|
 |
Which Nobel Prize is awarded by the Caroline Institute
of Stockholm? |
 |
Physiology and
Medicine |
|
 |
Which period came after the Triassic? |
 |
Jurassic |
|
 |
Which unit of measurement was defined by Henry III of
England by placing three barleycorns in a line? |
 |
An
inch |
|
 |
Which vitamin is thiamine? |
 |
Vitamin
B1 |
|
 |
Which was the first jet airliner to enter commercial
service? |
 |
The DH
Comet |
|
 |
What two time Nobel prize winner was a proponent of
Vitamin C?
|
 |
Linus
Pauling |
|
 |
Who invented the centigrade scale? |
 |
Anders
Celsius |
|
 |
Who was the scientist who measured, on his honeymoon,
the amount of heat produced by a local waterfall? (He never had
children). |
 |
James Prescott
Joule |
|
 |
Which chemical element gets it's name from a greek word
meaning 'stranger'? |
 |
Xenon |
|
 |
Which two planets do not have moons? |
 |
Mercury and
Venus |
|
 |
Who won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Chemistry and the 1962
Nobel Peace Prize? |
 |
Linus
Pauling |
|
 |
Is the sun denser than water? |
 |
Yes, 1.41 times
as dense |
|
 |
What's the difference between a venom and a
poison? |
 |
A venom is
injected by biting or stinging |