Science
He is known for his discovery of gravity.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton ?
What is the square root of 144 ?
12
What is the capital city of France ?
Paris
What is the name of the hobbit played by Elijah Wood in the Lord of the Rings movies ?
Frodo Baggins
In Physics, matter has three fundamental states; gas, solid and ...?
liquid
What gas makes up around 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere ?
Nitrogen
The original definition of pi is the ratio of a circle's _________ to ___________ ?
Pi was originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
it now has various equivalent definitions and appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics.
Where is the deepest part in the Earth's oceans ?
The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It's deepest point is known as the Challenger Deep (10971 metres in depth)
In which year were the Academy Awards, or "Oscars", first presented?
1929
Scoliosis affects which part of the body ?
The spine
Which element is a liquid at room temperature ?
Mercury (or bromine)
1 There are 7 girls on a bus.
2. Each girl has 7 backpacks.
3. In each backpack, there are 7 cats.
How many legs are on the bus, not counting the driver?
10,990 legs.
In total we get 1372 + 14 = 1386 legs.
The worlds longest river is the Nile - but what are the names of its two main branches ? ( Clue - colours)
The Blue Nile and the White Nile.
In which 1984 science fiction movie did Linda Hamilton play the role of Sarah Connor ?
The Terminator
Which 2017 song became the first to rack up over three billion views on YouTube?
Despacito
How many bones do sharks have in their bodies ?
0, zero - Sharks and other cartilaginous fish (skates and rays) have skeletons made of cartilage and connective tissue. Cartilage is flexible and durable, yet is about half the normal density of bone.
What is the next number in the sequence
23, 45, 89, 177, ?
353
45 = (23 x 2) - 1
89 = (45 x 2) - 1
177 =(89 x 2) - 1
353 = (177 x 2) - 1
What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America?
Chile - With a toothy coastline of 2,650 miles (4,265 km), it accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America.
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Which line is this movie from ? (Extra clue - 1986 movie, starring Matthew Broderick, about a high school student and his two friends who take a day off school).
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
US sprinter Jim Hines was the first man to do what in under 10 seconds ?
Run 100m in under 10 seconds
What is 'calciferol' better known as ?
Vitamin D
if 5 people can build 5 houses in 5 days, how long will it take 100 people to build 100 houses ?
5 days
it takes 5 man days to build a house (1 man can build 1 house in 5 days) so even if you have 100 people building 100 houses, or 1000 people building 1000 houses, it will still take 5 days.
What is the driest place on Earth?
The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antactica. It hasn't rained there for more than 2 million years!
Who was the English director of the epic movie Gladiator in 2000 ? His other movies as director include Alien, Prometheus, Black Hawk Down
Ridley Scott
Which lake holds by far the largest volume of water in the UK ?
Loch Ness, along with a monster