INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
Who discovered penicillin (the first true antiobiotic)?
ALEXANDER FLEMING
Name the dynasties that ruled over Czech lands (in chronological order).
HOUSE OF PŘEMYSLID, LUXEMBOURG, JAGELLON, HABSBURG
What is the only planet not named after a God?
EARTH
What is the largest organ in the human body?
THE SKIN
If you mix all colours of light, which colour do you get?
WHITE
What is a legal protection that gives someone the ownership of a product idea?
A PATENT
ELIZABETH II
(February 6, 2022 = 70 years on the throne)
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
NEIL ARMSTRONG
He landed on July 20, 1969, with Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin.
How many teeth does an average man have?
32
Which physicist is more famous for his cat than for his equation?
ERWIN SCHRODINGER
What is the name of the first woman to win a Nobel prize?
(Also the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.)
MARIE CURIE (SKLODOWSKA)
Which president of the USA was killed in Ford's Theatre in 1865?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
What do we call an international conflict, during which the USA and the USSR fought for dominance in a space race?
COLD WAR
Which mammal can fly?
A BAT
What is the most famous Enstein equation?
E = mc2
(E) Energy = (m) the product of mass x (c2) speed of light
What is the name of the Czech chemist who invented the soft contact lenses in 1959?
OTTO WICHTERLE
During which war was a Christmas Truce called?
WORLD WAR I
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
MERCURY
What do white blood cells do?
They PROTECT YOU against illness and disease.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The energy of the Universe is constant; it can NEITHER BE CREATED OR DESTROYED but only transferred and transformed.
Who created the first gasoline-powered car?
CARL BENZ
What is the world’s oldest recorded civilization?
MESOPOTAMIA
What phenomena keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
GRAVITY
How many neck vertebrae do giraffes have, compared to a human's seven?
7
Approximately how long does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth?
8 MINUTES