What's the powerhouse of the cell? (Spelling has to be right)
Mitochondria
What's the seventh number of the Fibonacci sequence?
13
Do fish pee?
Yes, they do
What makes sucrose (table sugar)?
glucose + fructose
What's the number system with base 2 called?
Binary
What is homeostasis? (Extra 50 points if you can name 2 examples)
Maintaining constant internal conditions in the body
2 examples: Blood glucose, body temp, oxygen content, pH, water potential, blood pressure
111111111 x 111111111
Don't use a calculator
12345678987654321
What does a- mean in biology? (Minus 50 for example)
Lack of/Insufficient/Less of
(Anything similar is accepted)
Dating (Science related)
Carbon Dating ahahahahahahahaha
What is 0 in Roman Numerals?
There isn't one >:)))
How to pronounce chitin (NO SEARCHING)
kai-tin
What is Fermat's last theorem
No three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation aⁿ + bⁿ = cⁿ for any integer value of n greater than 2.
What do fibres do and can we digest them?
It stimulates peristalsis (adds bulk to faeces - also acceptable) and no, we cannot digest it.
What is a saprotrophic organism?
An organism that performs extracellular digestion on decaying organisms
What is a 12 sided polygon
Dodecagon
What is the second R in MRSGRENH?
Reproduction
Poison (STAT)
Poisson Distribution
When was the structure of DNA discovered?
1953
What was one of the most famous species studied by Charles Darwin?
Finches
What was Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize for?
His discovery of the photoelectric effect
The chemical formula of respiration (You must get the balancing right) (Extra 50 points if you get the formatting right)
6O2 + C6H12O6 ⇌ 6CO2 + 6H2O
e(-iπ) = ?
π=pi
-1
What is another name for vas deferens and the fallopian tube? Where is the point of conception? What is a zygote? What's the fluid that the foetus grows in? (All 5 must be correct to get 500)
Sperm duct, oviduct, oviduct/fallopian tube, a stem cell/fertilized egg, amniotic fluid
What is Johannes Kepler best known for?
Law of Planetary motion
What are the 7 millennium problems and what's the prize money? (500 points for one problem, 50 each additional problem named, no points if you get the prize money wrong)
1 Million US Dollars
Problems: Yang-Mills and Mass Gap, Riemann Hypothesis, P vs NP Problem, Navier-Stokes Equation, Hodge Conjecture, Poincaré Conjecture and Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture