Science in Music
'OK, so you're a rocket scientist' are lyrics from which Shania Twain song?
a. That Don't Impress Me Much
b. From This Moment
c. You're Still the One
d. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under
a. That Don't Impress Me Much
July 16, 1945 - The Trinity test took place in the desert of New Mexico, where the first-ever nuclear fission bomb was detonated. Which leader of the Manhattan Project, upon seeing the blast, was reminded of a line of Hindu scripture, "I am become Death, destroyer of worlds"?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Niels Bohr
c. Robert Oppenheimer
d. Werner Heisenberg
c. Robert Oppenheimer
Cytology is what?
a. the ability of a substance to sublime
b. the study of deformities in matter
c. study of cells
d. substances at very low temperatures
c. study of cells
What is the name of the chart listing all the elements?
a. Periodic Table
b. Elemental Table
c. Timeline
d. Elemental Chart
a. Periodic Table
Someone tells you that water swirls counter-clockwise going down the drain if you live in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise if you live in the southern hemisphere. Are they right?
a. yes
b. no
b. no
The REM song, "Man on the Moon" refers to two famous scientists in the lyrics. Newton is one, but who is the other?
a. Einstein
b. Faraday
c. Darwin
d. Tesla
c. Darwin
September 3, 1928 - On this day, Alexander Fleming returns to his office to discover that mold-contaminated bacteria colonies had been killed, possibly by the mold. Over the next ten years or so this led to the development of the first antibiotic. Which antibiotic?
a. penicillin
b. vancomycin
c. amoxicillin
d. cloxicillin
a. penicillin
What is the science that deals with the arrangement of strata?
a. geology
b. seismology
c. stratigraphy
d. geomorphology
a. geology
Lumber (wood from trees) would be considered as a ________ resource.
a. renewable
b. nonrenewable
c. none of these
d. nonexhaustible
a. renewable
If you look around a running refrigerator you will always find some hot area. Why do refrigerators have coils that get hot?
a. Refrigerators use a lot of electricity, which runs through the coils and makes them hot
b. Heat transfers from the food-compartment into the coils, making them hot
c. The coils cool the motor that runs the refrigerator
d. The coils are heated as part of the automatic-defrost cycle
b. Heat transfers from the food-compartment into the coils, making them hot
The hit single "Biology" came from the album "Chemistry" by which British girl band?
a. Spice Girls
b. All Saints
c. Sugababes
d. Girls Aloud
d. Girls Aloud
November 24, 1859 - We go back in time for a controversial publication of a book of scientific theory by Charles Darwin. The theory would prove revolutionary for the field of biology but create many complications from the religious sphere. What is the name of the book?
a. On the Revolution of Spheres
b. Descent of Man
c. Elements
d. On the Origin of Species
d. On the Origin of Species
What would an oologist study?
a. birds' eggs
b. comets (especially from Oort's cloud)
c. amphibians
d. volcanic rocks
a. birds' eggs
How many phases of the moon are there?
a. 1
b. 8
c. 9
d. 6
b. 8
Why are sunsets red?
a. Red light can curl around the earth as it turns
b. Red light makes it through the atmosphere better than blue
c. Red light isn't pulled down by gravity as much
d. Red light is reflected by water vapor in the atmosphere
b. Red light makes it through the atmosphere better than blue
"The Scientist" is a 2002 single by which British group? a. Oasis
b. Pulp
c. Blur
d. Coldplay
d. Coldplay
In what year was the General Relativity Theory formed?
a. 1543
b. 1895
c. 1915
d. 1927
c. 1915
Genetic engineering is also sometimes known as what?
a. organic chemistry
b. cloning
c. bimolecular studies
d. gene-splicing
c. bimolecular studies
Which of the following is an igneous rock?
a. Marble
b. Gypsum
c. Sandstone
d. Obsidian
d. Obsidian
How do rockets fly? Which analogy below is best to explain how a rocket works? [Don't try these at home though!]]
a. You sit on a chair, on an ice rink, and throw basketballs out in front of you
b. You jump off a ladder onto a trampoline
c. You set off a firecracker in a totally sealed container
d. You grab a high voltage line with your bare hands
a. You sit on a chair, on an ice rink, and throw basketballs out in front of you
Which British glam rock band, whose lead singer was Brian Connolly, had a minor UK hit with a song named "Alexander Graham Bell"?
a. T-Rex
b. Sweet
c. Slade
d. Wizzard
b. Sweet
November 8, 1895 - The electromagnetic waves known as X-rays were first observed on this date, leading to their discoverer getting the first ever Physics Nobel Prize award. Who was this scientist?
a. Marie Curie
b. Wilhelm Roentgen
c. Hendrick Lorentz
d. Lord Rayleigh
b. Wilhelm Roentgen
Helminthology is the study of what?
a. parasitic worms
b. all types of bees
c. insects
d. enzymes
d. enzymes
In which layer of the atmosphere does the ozone layer of the Earth lie in?
a. Thermosphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Stratosphere
d. Troposphere
c. Stratosphere
You fill a glass half-full with ice cubes and then add water so that it is nearly full and the cubes are floating. Next you mark that water line with a pen and wait for the ice to melt. Where is the new water line compared to your mark?
a. sitting above your line
b. sitting at the line you marked
c. sitting below your line
d. it's random - could be above or below your line
b. sitting at the line you marked