Science knowledge
How many days are in a typical lundar cycle
29.5 days
What do you call an elephant that flies?
A Jumbo Jet
Name 5 European countries
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland. France, England, Spain
Name the country where tea is originally from.
China
What is the most common element in the human body?
Oxygen
Name the process where a solid turns into a liquid
melting
What gets wet when drying?
a towel
What is the tallest mountain range in the world?
The Himalayas
What is the primary gas in Earths atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Which organ do insects NOT have?
Lungs
What does a thermometer measure?
Temperature
What gets bigger the more you take away?
a hole
What is the second largest body of water based on volume?
The Atlantic Ocean
What is the Japanese art of folding paper called?
Origami
What is the fastest growing plant?
Moso bamboo
What is the splitting of atomic nuclei called?
Fission
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
Name three countries that start with the letter 'C'
Canada, Cuba and Chile
What is the capital city Greece?
Athens
What’s the name of the protein in blood that carries oxygen?
Haemoglobin
What does a Geiger Counter measure?
Radiation
What goes all the way around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp
What percentage of Earth’s water is not held in oceans?
3%
In which country does the Pope live?
Italy- Vatican City
What largest extant bear species and largest extant land carnivore, species U. maritimus, is difficult to see on infrared cameras due to blubber and fur blocking their heat?
Polar bear
Atoms of the same chemical element but with different atomic masses are known as what?
Isotopes
I’m the rare case when today comes before yesterday. What am I?
A dictionary
The ancient city of Petra is located in which country?
Jordan
Bronze is an alloy made of which two elements?
Copper and Tin
What is the heaviest internal organ in the human body?
The liver
What animal kills the most humans each year?
The mosquito
What question can you never truthfully answer yes to?
Are you asleep
Morocco
Which African Country was used as the setting for Tatooine for Movie Starwars?
Tunisia
An average human performs what this basic function about 20 times a minute, or over 10 million times a year?
Blink