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100

He is known for his discovery of gravity.

Who is Sir Isaac Newton ?

100

What is the square root of 144 ?

12

100

What is the capital city of France ?

Paris

100

What is the name of the hobbit played by Elijah Wood in the Lord of the Rings movies ?

Frodo Baggins

100

In Physics, matter has three fundamental states; gas, solid and ...?

liquid

200

What gas makes up around 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere ?

Nitrogen

200

The original definition of pi is the ratio of a circle's _________  to ___________ ?

Pi was originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.    

it now has various equivalent definitions and appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics.

200

Where is the deepest part in the Earth's oceans ?

The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean.  It's deepest point is known as the Challenger Deep (10971 metres in depth)

200

In which year were the Academy Awards, or "Oscars", first presented?

1929

200

Scoliosis affects which part of the body ?

The spine

300

Which element is a liquid at room temperature ?

Mercury (or bromine)

300

1 There are 7 girls on a bus.
2. Each girl has 7 backpacks.
3. In each backpack, there are 7 cats.

How many legs are on the bus, not counting the driver?

10,990 legs. 

  1.  7 × 7 × 7 = 343 cats. 343 × 4 = 1372 legs.
  2. There are 7 girls. They have 14 legs.

In total we get 1372 + 14 = 1386 legs.


300

The worlds longest river is the Nile - but what are the names of its two main branches ? ( Clue - colours)

The Blue Nile and the White Nile.

300

 In which 1984 science fiction movie did Linda Hamilton play the role of Sarah Connor ?

The Terminator

300

Which 2017 song became the first to rack up over three billion views on YouTube?

Despacito

400

How many bones do sharks have in their bodies ?

0, zero - Sharks and other cartilaginous fish (skates and rays) have skeletons made of cartilage and connective tissue. Cartilage is flexible and durable, yet is about half the normal density of bone. 

400

What is the next number in the sequence 

23, 45, 89, 177, ?

353

45 = (23 x 2) - 1

89 = (45 x 2) - 1

177 =(89 x 2) - 1

353 = (177 x 2) - 1

400

What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America?

Chile - With a toothy coastline of 2,650 miles (4,265 km), it accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America.

400

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."  Which line is this movie from ?  (Extra clue - 1986 movie, starring Matthew Broderick, about a high school student and his two friends who take a day off school).

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

400

US sprinter Jim Hines was the first man to do what in under 10 seconds ?

Run 100m in under 10 seconds

500

What is 'calciferol' better known as ?

Vitamin D

500

if 5 people can build 5 houses in 5 days, how long will it take 100 people to build 100 houses ?

5 days

it takes 5 man days to build a house (1 man can build 1 house in 5 days) so even if you have 100 people building 100 houses, or 1000 people building 1000 houses, it will still take 5 days.

500

What is the driest place on Earth?

The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antactica. It hasn't rained there for more than 2 million years!

500

Who was the English director of the epic movie Gladiator in 2000 ?  His other movies as director include Alien, Prometheus, Black Hawk Down

Ridley Scott

500

Which lake holds by far the largest volume of water in the UK ?  

Loch Ness,  along with a monster 

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