PHYSICS
Which 19th-century invention
allowed messages to be sent as pulses
of electric current along wires?
TELEGRAPH
What does “diffusion” mean?
TO SPREAD OUT
Which part or parts of the body
consist largely of dead cells?
SKIN
Of what is 3.14159 the most
accurate approximation?
PI
What is a chronometer?
A WATCH
Which planet is completely
covered by clouds?
VENUS
In which country did people first
use gunpowder?
CHINA
Which animal group has a pouch?
MARSUPIALS
In math, e = 2.71828. But what is e?
EULER'S NUMBER
What do cipher machines do?
ENCRYPT & DECRYPT MESSAGES
A rainbow results from refraction
and what other action of light?
DIFFUSE REFLECTION/DISPERSION
What gas is commonly produced by cows?
METHANE
Who devised the scientific system
for naming organisms?
CARL VON LINNAEUS
Which mathematical
formula expresses the fact that
differentiation and integration are
inverse operations of each other?
FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS
Which British computer scientist
led the team that cracked the
Enigma code?
ALAN TURING
Approximately how many stars
are in the Milky Way galaxy?
180 BILLION
Who invented dynamite by
combining unstable nitroglycerin
and ground rock?
ALFRED NOBEL
Who, in about 400 B.C.E, set up
a medical school that sought
physical causes for illnesses?
HIPPOCRATES
The golden ratio w is a number
often used in the world of physics.
True or False?
What breakthrough first-person shooter game was released
in 1993?
DOOM
Which scientist made the
link between electricity
and magnetism?
HANS CHRISTIAN ORSTED
Which English chemist
discovered oxygen?
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
In 1952, what was the first species
of creature to be cloned?
TADPOLE
Which famous mathematical
principle did Archimedes come
up with in the bath?
BUOYANCY PRINCIPLE
Which piece of diving equipment
was invented by Jacques Cousteau?
AQUALUNG
How far above Earth does
space start?
100KM
What chemical causes a fever?
PYROGEN
What name is given to the flap of
elastic cartilage attached to the
entrance of the larynx?
EPIGLOTTIS
How many Langrarian points are
there in the Earth-moon-sun system?
5
Who suggested that a computer
network be established to allow
ARPA research contractors to
communicate more easily?
JCR LICKLIDER