History
Riddles
Chemistry and Mathematics
Biology
Miscellaneous
100
What percent of STEM workers are women?
25%
100
What is 9 + 10?
19
21 (100 bonus points)
100
What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
An insulator
100
How many bones do we have in our body?
205
100
What larger variant of the "sweet" banana is frequently used for cooking?
plantains
200
What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
200
How did Ben Franklin feel after discovering electricity?
shocked
200
87
200
What is an interesting biology fact?
:)
200
Strangely enough, the Guinness Book of World Records has an entry for the "fastest wing beat of a bird" and the record holder has an astonishing 200 beats/flaps per SECOND. This record-holder is the ruby-throated variety of what type of bird?
hummingbird
300
Name your favorite Woman in STEM
!
300
What kind of chemical element hates to be a follower?
lead
300
1
300
What is the rarest blood type in humans?
AB-
300
If an infectious microbe is pyrogenic, that means that it causes what condition, defined by the CDC as a body temperature of more than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, in humans?
Fever
400
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and what was it for?
Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes (one in physics and one in chemistry)
If radioactivity is included in your answer, that could also be right!
400
What is the best type of medicine?
Laughter :)
400
Chlorine, bromine and iodine are members of which group of chemical elements?
Halogens
400
The two subunits of the organelle known as the endoplasmic reticulum are typically abbreviated RER and SER. What do the "R" and "S" stand for in these abbreviations?
rough and smooth
400
What dozy treetop mammal can hold its breath underwater for a whopping 40 minutes, even longer than dolphins?
Sloths!
500
What is this image and who discovered it?
Double helix (DNA) discovered by Rosalind Franklin
500
I can be good for you, I can be bad, I can be found all over inside and outside your body. I am microscopic, single-celled and have no nucleus.
Bacteria
500
Which gas can be used to fill balloons, and to effect a comedy voice if inhaled ...? You have to provide the chemical symbol!
Helium - He
500
In DNA, the four nucleotide bases are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine; in RNA, what base replaces thymine?
Uracil
500
Why did you join VWIS?
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