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1
What nationality was Galileo Galilei?
Italian
French
Russian
American
2
Which science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
Philip K Dick
Issac Asimov
Douglas Adams
Arthur C. Clark
3
What animal gets its name from the Portuguese word for ostrich?
Crane
Chicken
Emu
Flamingo
4
What is the S.I. unit for potential difference?
Volt
Watt
Joule
Amp
5
What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Pollution
6
How many Laws of Thermodynamics are there?
4
2
1
3
7
What is the common name for the patella?
Kneecap
Rib
Elbow
Shoulder
8
What is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of radiation
Red dwarf
Galaxy
Pulsar
Black Hole
9
Pure water has a pH of around which number?
0
1
7
14
10
Which planet in the Solar System is closest in size to Earth?
Venus
The Moon
Mars
Mercury
11
Triton is the largest moon of which planet?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
12
Which popular pet belongs to the biological family felidae?
Cat
Dog
Hamster
Rabbit
13
Pulmonary refers to which part of the human body?
Feet
Brain
Heart
Lungs
14
Kelvin is a unit to measure what?
Temperature
Distance
Mass
Force
15
Roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists, star in which TV show?
Hollyoaks
Futurama
The Big Bang Theory
The Goldbergs
16
What is the human body’s biggest organ?
Brain
Skin
Heart
Lungs
17
Which scientific word when translated means 'anything that can produce disease'?
Virus
Bacteria
Pathogen
Plague
18
Who won the 1921 Nobel Physics Prize for his work on the photolelectric effect?
Stephen Hawking
Sir Humphry Davy
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
19
Who discovered sodium in 1807 and strontium in 1808?
Stephen Hawking
Sir Humphry Davy
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
20
Which bird has the scientific name "pica pica"?
Crow
Sparrow
Pigeon
Magpie
21
What is the largest living species of lizard?
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Crocodile
Alligator
Komodo Dragon
22
Which country accounts for 70% of the world's platinum production?
South Africa
Australia
China
USA
23
Persons with which blood group are called "universal donors"?
AB
B
A
O
24
How many hearts does an octopus have?
2
4
1
3
25
What elementary particles can be up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top?
Quarks
Darks
Charks
Barks
26
Which scientist and mathematician would you associate with Syracuse?
Archimedes
Sir Isaac Newton
Lord Kelvin
Micheal Faraday
27
What is nitrous oxide more commonly known
Pollution
Helium
Oxygen
Laughing Gas
28
Which planet in the solar system is the hottest?
Jupiter
The Sun
Venus
Mercury
29
What is the name of the second biggest planet in our solar system?
Earth
The Sun
Saturn
Jupiter
30
Sir Isaac Newton was born in which English county?
Lancashire
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
County Durham
31
What has the chemical formula H
2
O
2
?
Water Dioxide
Hydrogen Peroxide
Water
Water Hydride
32
Who was the third person to walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Pete Conrad
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
33
Which Law states 'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'?
Newton's Third Law
Newton's First Law
Einstein's Third Law
Einstein's First Law
34
What is the only rock that floats in water?
Granite
Marble
Pumice
Chalk
35
Which element has the chemical symbol Pb?
Silver
Platinum
Lead
Perbium
36
What gas is commonly used to fill floating Birthday balloons?
Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
Helium
Hydrogen
37
Scientist Marie Curie was born in which country?
Poland
France
UK
USA
38
Whose law states that the force needed to extend a spring is proportional to that extension?
Hooke's Law
Cook's Law
Hook's Law
Cooke's Law
39
What number comes next in the Fibonacci series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5?
4
2
8
6
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What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Gd
Ag
Au
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