Animals
What is the name of the Russian scientist who famously used dogs to study conditioned reflexes?
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal successfully reached the summit of which mountain in 1953?
Mount Everest
What name is given to the effect on photos when the light of a camera flash or other bright light source illuminates blood vessels at the back of the eye?
Red eye
Plants which store water in their stems, leaves, roots or even fruits, are commonly known as what types of plants?
Succulents
Eggs Florentine is the name of the dish of eggs baked with what vegetable?
Spinach
What name is given to a creature that is equally at home on land and in water?
Amphibian/Amphibious
Who was the American astronaut and geologist who became the 5th person to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 14 mission?
Alan Shepard
What is the medical name for nearsightedness, the most common vision problem where people often have longer eyeballs?
Myopia
In order to conserve water xerophytes have adaptations that minimize their water loss through which process?
Transpiration
The two main ingredients of a Hollandaise sauce are egg yolks and what?
Butter
What is the name given to animals which spend most of their time in trees?
Arboreal
Which Portuguese explorer is known for discovering a sea route to the eastern spice islands of Indonesia?
Ferdinand Magellan
Photokeratitis is the name given to what condition affecting the eyes - we associate it with our skin?
Sunburn
What is the name of the cells which are used for water storage tissue in xerophytes?
Parenchyma cells
A boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and baked or deep-fried is known as a what?
Scotch Egg
"Pica pica" is the scientific name for which bird?
The Eurasian Magpie / Magpie
British explorer Alexander Gordon Laing is famous for his journey across which desert in the early 19th century?
Sahara Desert
Genetic, or caused by an illness, what is the name of the condition in which someone has two different colored eyes?
Heterochromia
What's the term for the openings on plant leaves that regulates gas exchange and water loss?
Stomata
Which confection or dessert consists of egg whites beaten with sugar and baked?
Meringue
Also called "scaly anteaters", eight different species of what mammal can be found across Asia and Africa?
Pangolins
Which Norwegian explorer led the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911?
Roald Amundsen
What part of the eye is the only living tissue in the human body that doesn’t contain blood vessels?
The Cornea
What's the term for the process of xerophytes shedding leaves during drought to conserve water?
Leaf abscission
There is a French name for a hot sandwich made with ham and cheese, what is it called when it has an egg on top?
Croque Madame