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Manchester Physics Offer-Holders Quiz 2020-05-16
Manchester Physics Offer-Holders Quiz 2020-05-16
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What is the name for a group of crows?
A flock
A murder
A feather
A coven
2
The flag of Albania features an eagle, but how many heads does it have?
2
4
3
1
3
Which dinosaur is this?
Stegosaurus
Velociraptor
Triceratops
T-Rex
4
Round 4 - Geography:
What is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name?
Z
K
Q
Y
5
In which country is the world's highest waterfall?
Peru
Venezuela
Canada
Namibia
6
Which law states that the pressure of a gas increases as the volume of the container decreases?
First Law of Thermodynamics
Murphy’s Law
Boyle's Law
Kirchhoff's Second Law
7
How many times is a proton heavier than an electron?
2000
1836
10^6
40π
8
In Finding Nemo, what is the name of Nemo's dad?
Dory
Marlin
Kevin
Marvin
9
When was the Hubble space telescope launched?
1990
1996
1987
1994
10
How many litres of saliva does the average human produce in their lifetime?
12000
1550
26900
51100
11
How many words does Scotland have for snow? (according to the New Scottish Thesaurus)
66
5
17
421
12
Round 2 - Picture Round:
Which famous museum is this?
The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
The Natural Science Museum, London
The Louvre, Paris
The Deutsches Museum, Munich
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What is the study of flags called?
Heraldry
Vexillology
Flagology
Bunting
14
What was the world’s first national park, established in 1862?
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
Stonehenge, UK
Yellowstone, USA
15
Which well-known action spy series features Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt?
Fast & Furious
Mission: Impossible
Jason Bourne
Kingsman
16
How many Academy Awards (Oscars) has Leonardo DiCaprio won?
3
5
11
1
17
What country is the newest in the world to be recognised by the UN?
Central African Republic (2004)
South Sudan (2011)
Montenegro (2012)
Czechoslovakia (1993)
18
Which brand has this logo?
Microsoft
Google
eBay
NBC (National Broadcasting Company)
19
If you have brontophobia, what are you afraid of?
Thunder
Horses
Literature
Open spaces
20
Which of the below films has NOT won 11 Academy Awards (Oscars)?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Titanic (1997)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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How many 'Indiana Jones' movies have been made?
4
6
3
2
22
Which household appliance was sent into space for the first time in 2015?
A microwave
An expresso machine
A kettle
A fridge
23
Round 1 - Very Random General Knowledge:
How many guinea pigs is it illegal to own in Switzerland?
1
0
2
3
24
What particles are usually accelerated inside the Large Hadron Collider?
Higgs bosons
Photons and helium neutrons
Strange and charmed quarks
Hydrogen protons and lead ions
25
What was the first James Bond film called?
Goldfinger
James Bond
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Dr No
26
How many steps are there in the Eiffel Tower?
1710
2613
310
1315
27
When did it last snow in the Sahara Desert?
1979
1860
~1300AD
1560
28
Who replaced Richard Harris as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films?
Michael Gambon
Christopher Lee
Ian McKellen
Peter O'Toole
29
Which famous scientist is this?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Ernest Rutherford
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
30
What does a galvanometer measure?
Electrostatic force
Electric current
Wave frequency
Gamma ray emission
31
Which actor was digitally resurrected for Star Wars film Rogue One?
Christopher Lee
Anthony Daniels
Peter Cushing
Alec Guinness
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Round 5 - Films:
What is the highest-grossing film of all time? (not adjusted for inflation)
Gone with the Wind
Titanic
Avengers: Endgame
Avatar
33
On what day are people statistically most likely to have a heart attack?
Friday
Sunday
Monday
Saturday
34
Round 3 - Cheeky bit of physics:
Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?
Plasma
Superfluid
String
Bose–Einstein condensate
35
What type of foil was used in the Rutherford experiment to discover the atomic nucleus?
Rutherfordium
Gold
Iron
Platinum
36
Which famous comet orbits the Earth every 75-76 years?
Herschel's Comet
X Æ A-12
Halley's Comet
Kepler-118b
37
Which animal is this?
Anteater
Echidna
Pangolin
Scaled Turtle
38
In 2019, how many films based off books by horror writer Stephen King were released?
1
3
5
4
39
What is the longest river in the world?
Yangtze
Mississippi
Nile
Amazon
40
How many Kepler's laws of planetary motion are there?
2
4
3
1
41
Which brand of chocolate bar is this?
Kit Kat
Kat Kit
Penguin
Twix
42
What painting is this?
The Studio (Picasso)
Madame Leblanc (Ingres)
Imaginary Landscape (Durand)
Arnolfini and His Bride (Van Eyck)
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What city is this?
Florence
Madrid
Venice
Barcelona
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What is the name of the Twitter bird?
Tweet
Jack
Terry
Larry
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When was the first colour photograph taken?
1922
1901
1889
1861
46
Who directed Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator?
Michael Bay
Christopher Nolan
James Cameron
Steven Spielberg
47
What instrument is this?
Mandolin
Guitar
Viola
Banjo
48
Who wrote this famous comedy science fiction book?
Douglas Adams
Arthur C Clarke
Isaac Asimov
J R R Tolkien
49
Which South American country has land borders with ten other countries?
Argentina
Columbia
Ecuador
Brazil
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Mount Vesuvius casts a shadow over which modern Italian city?
Salerno
Naples
Genoa
Verona