INVENTIONS
Which car brand, known for their concern with driver safety and passenger safety, was the first to commercialize three-point safety belts in 1959?
a. Rolls-Royce
b. Lada
c. Ferrari
d. Volvo
d. Volvo
This pigment is what affects the color of the hair, skin, and eyes in humans and other mammals. It also protects the skin from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. What is the name of this pigment?
a. Melanin
b. Carotene
c. Babe
d. Limonene
a. melanin
This element is used for respiration. Without it we would not survive. What element is this?
a. Oxygen
b. Neon
c. Carbon
d. Kryton
a. oxygen
What are chunks of rocks of varied size in space called?
a. Shooting stars
b. Comets
c. Asteroids
d. Stars
c. asteroids
I am a type of fruit and my name rhymes with tree, pea, and tea. What am I?
a. Bumblebee
b. Frisbee
c. Coffee
d. Lychee
d. lychee
What toy was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?
a. Silly Putty
b. Play-Doh
c. Lite-Brite
d. Etch-a-Sketch
b. Play-Doh
What is the chemical name for baking soda?
a. Acetic acid
b. Magnesium hydroxide
c. Dihydrogen monoxide
d. Isopropanol
c. dihydrogen monoxide
Which of these elements isn’t a real element in the periodic table?
a. Kryton
b. Uranium
c. Neon
d. Kriteon
d. Kriteon
Portions of the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are also known as what?
a. Big and little dipper
b. Big and little belt
c. Big and little dog
d. Big and little Lion
a. big and little dipper
My name is taken from the Malay-Indonesian word for “duri” which means “spike”. What am I?
a. Durian
b. Doubah
c. Dinky Doo
d. Doobie Doo
a. Durian
Ralph Samuelson was only 18 when he invented this sporting item in 1922?
a. Golf tee
b. Motorboat
c. Water skis
d. Hang glider
c. Water skis
You forgot to add baking soda to a cake you were baking. How would your cake turn out?
a. It would be small and hard
b. It would be semi-liquid except around the edges
c. It would taste like anhydrous sodium chloride crystals
d It would cook too fast and the entire thing would burn
a. it would be small and hard
Atoms of elements in the same group of the periodic table have an equal number of which of the following?
a. Valence electrons
b. Core electrons
c. Protons
d. Neutrons
a. valence electrons
The smaller, Earth-like, planets are called “terrestrial” planets.What are the larger planets called?
a. Saturine
b. Jovian
c. Torrential
d. Uranian
b. Jovian
What type of fruit can you find growing from a cactus?
a. Spiky strawberry
b. prickly pear
c. Pointy plum
d. thorny tomato
b. prickly pear
What toy was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
a. Monopoly
b. Ping Pong
c. Frisbee
d. Ouija board
d. Ouija board
Sucralose is six hundred times sweeter than regular sugar. It’s commonly sold under what commercial name?
a. Cane sugar
b. Equal
c. Splenda
d. Sugar twin
c. Splenda
The elements hydrogen and helium together comprise what percent of almost all matter in the Universe?
a. 66%
b. 75%
c. 83%
d. 98%
d. 98%
We have all heard of the Hubble space telescope. What was the name of the first astronomer with the last name Hubble?
a. Mercutio
b. Galileo
c. Edwin
d. Isaac
c. Edwin
I am related to the peanut, chickpea, and soybean, although I am best known as a spice used in Asian cooking. What am I?
a. Muskmelon
b. Plantain
c. Taro
d. Tamarind
d. Tamarind
What item was originally called the “whirlwind”?
a. Vacuum cleaner
b. Washing machine
c. Blender
d. Electric Mixer
a. Vacuum cleaner
Throughout history, poisonous chemicals have been employed in warfare as weapons on multiple occasions. The first large-scale application of a lethal gas occurred during WW1. In 1915 the Germans launched an attack on enemy lines using a gas that is yellowish-green in color, contains two chlorine atoms in its molecule and reacts with water to produce a mixture of two acids. Which substance is this?
a. Phosgene, COCL2
b. Calcium dichloride, CaCl2
c. Dichlorodifluoromethane, CCl2Fl
d. Chlorine, Cl2
d. Chlorine, Cl2
One attempt to classify and present elements was based on characteristics shown by elements separated by seven steps when elements are listed by relative weights. Because it was similar to musical keys on a piano this classification was called:
a. The Eight Fold Notes
b. The Law of Octaves
c. The Eighth Scale
d. The Chord of Elements
b. The Law of Octaves
Who discovered Pluto in 1930?
a. Edwin Hubble
b. Joahann Encke
c. Cylde Tombaugh
d. Herbert R. Pluto
c. Cylde Tombaugh
I am a weird looking fruit and the start of my name sounds like another fruit. What am I?
a. Mangosteen
b. Bananaboat
c. Melonburger
d. Plumdog
a. mangosteen