SPORTS AND PHYSICS
What force slows you down when you run?
Friction (because of the conflict between inertia and kinetic)
Where was this famous sentence “Houston we’ve had a problem” pronounced?
During the Apollo 13 Mission
What force do the castellers have to counteract to build a human tower?
Gravity
What are the dimensions of space according to the Time Traveller?
Length, breadth, thickness and time
What did the experiment on time using the planes show?
Time dilates: the faster you go, the more time dilates
Define the centre of mass.
It’s how mass is spread around an object/ body
What do the letters NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
How much space should you leave between 2 cards when you build a house of cards?
½ the size of the card
Jack is on a train travelling at steady speed. He’s bouncing a ball up and down. Jill is on the platform. What does Jill see? (2)
The ball follows a triangular path and moves faster.
What’s a solution in chemistry?
The molecules are evenly blended/ dissolved. You can’t see the components separately.
Explain how air acts on the ball to achieve the Magnus effect.
The air around the ball creates low pressure (the air is moving in the same direction as the ball) and high pressure (the air is moving in the opposite direction)
Name the European satellite system for navigation.
Galileo
Name the biggest scientific challenge in building the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The dimension of the plateau/ basis had to be accurate otherwise the top would have failed.
Why shouldn’t Wonder Woman be able to deflect bullets during the battle scene?
They’re too fast for her to react./ They travel faster than reaction time.
What system uses miles, pounds, inches, feet… and is only officially used in 3 countries?
The Imperial system
Explain what a ball does when a quarterback throws it (American football).
It tilts upward and spins around its axis of rotation
Name the 2 astronauts that were finally rescued on the ISS in April 2025. (Family names matter)
Butch Willmore and Suni Williams
What material did they use to build the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Limestone and granite
Name the experiment with the cat to explain quantum physics.
Shrödinger’s cat
Name the high jump technique where the jumpers jump with their backs towards the bar and revolutionised high jumping.
The Fosbury flop
According to the experiment, what’s the time difference between a left-leg and a right-leg amputee on a 200-meter race?
0.2 seconds
Name the first American who orbited the Earth in Feb. 1962.
John Glenn
What did the Egyptians use to carry the stones to build the Great Pyramid of Giza? Give details
9-metre-long sleds
Name all vibranium’s properties.
Metal/ glows (purple in the dark)/ shiny/ conducts electricity/ radioactive/ absorbs the force and re-emit it.
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2024. What field did they work in?
Machine learning and artificial networks