Science 1
1. Which vitamin helps vision in low light and keeps the skin healthy?
A
2. Riboflavin and Niacin are what types of vitamins?
B
3. What type of lens is thicker at the centre than at the edge?
Convex
4. What is the name of the radar that measures the movement of rain?
Doppler
5. Virtually everybody here will have seen one of these in their lives at least once, but what is a Snellen Chart?
Eye Test Chart
6. What is measured in Hertz?
Frequency
7. Which mineral forms the lead in your pencil?
Graphite
8. In 1895 the company Bayer created what trademark for a cough suppressant, named after the Greek for bravery and self-sacrifice?
Heroin
9. Atoms of the same elements with the same number of protons and electrons, but different numbers of neutrons, are called what?
Isotopes
10. What is the only letter that does not appear on the periodic table?
J
Science 2
1. What is the climate change agreement aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, named after the Japanese city in which it was agreed in 1997?
Kyoto Protocol
2. A polygraph is more popularly called a what?
Lie detector
3. Who is the only person to have won a Nobel prize for both physics and chemistry?
Marie Curie
4. What name is given to the hypothetical climatic effect that nuclear war would have on the atmosphere?
Nuclear Winter
5. What name is given to an angle of more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?
Obtuse
6. What term used in photography is an abbreviation of picture and element?
Pixel
7. The term 'quasi-stellar radio source' is more commonly known by what abbreviated word?
Quasar
8. Litmus paper turns what colour when in contact with an acid?
Red
9. There are three types of rock; igneous, metamorphic and what?
Sedimentary
10. Oil of cloves is traditionally used to treat pain in which part of the body
Teeth
Science 3
1. What is the speed of sound in a vacuum?
Zero
2. What is the science that deals with the origin, nature and effects of drugs?
Pharmacology
3. In Einstein’s theory of relativity, E=MC2 , what does ‘C’ stand for?
The speed of light
4. A 'NiCad' battery or cell is a term referring to which two elemental components?
Nickel and Cadmium
5. Circumvallate papillae, fungiform papilla, and foliate papilla, found in the mouth are known as the what?
Taste buds
6. What acid is blamed for muscle pain and cramp during exercise?
Lactic
7. A calorimeter measures what?
Heat
8. What is missing out of the trio: Sine, Cosine and what?
Tangent
9. What is the longest side of a right-angled triangle called?
Hypotenuse
10. Which vitamin do we get from exposure to sunlight?
D
Science 4
1. Sodium hypochlorite is more commonly known by what name?
Bleach
2. What is the name of the South African surgeon who was the first person to perform an adult heart transplant?
Christian Barnard
3. Which planet in our solar system has the shortest year?
Mercury
4. Salinity describes the content of what in a body of water or soil?
Salt
5. Which unusual medical service began in Australia in 1928?
Flying doctor service
6. What term describes half the diameter of a circle?
Radius
7. An apple seed contains which poisonous substance?
Cyanide
8. What vitamin are you deficient in if you are suffering from scurvy?
Vitamin C
9. A photovoltaic module is more commonly known as what?
Solar panel
10. Vitamin B9 is taken by pregnant women. By what name is it better known?
Folic acid
Science 5
1. The unit used to measure the strength of a magnetic field is named after which famous scientist?
Tesla
2. What did Foucault's pendulum prove?
That the earth rotates
3. Selenology is the scientific study of what?
The Moon
4. What word describes the chemical process that makes rubber more durable via the addition of sulphur?
Vulcanization
5. Spell the medical condition Eczema.
Eczema
6. Viagra pills are traditionally what colour?
Blue
7. Dendrochronology is a scientific way of dating based on the analysis of what?
Tree rings
8. What colour would litmus paper turn if you rubbed it on damp washing powder?
Blue
9. The terms: sine, cosine, tangent, hypotenuse, adjacent and opposite feature in which branch of mathematics?
Trigonometry
10. What is the chemical symbol for diamond?
C
Science 6
1. What is the formula 2 π R (2 pi R) used for working out?
Circumference of a circle
2. What is the unit of measurement of wind speed?
Knot
3. In 1969, who were the first two people to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
4. Americans call it Kerosene, what do we call it?
Paraffin
5. The Ebola disease is named after an African what?
River
6. In probability theory, the Law of Large Numbers is a principle which tries to explain what?
Coincidences
7. Chlorophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Green
8. What is the name given to a triangle where all the sides are different lengths?
Scalene
9. What unit of enormous distance has the symbol pc and equates to about 3.26 light-years or 19.2 trillion miles?
Parsec
10. Which English businessman offered a $25 million prize for the best way of extracting CO2 from the atmosphere in 2007?
Richard Branson
Science 7
1. In mathematics and computer science the abbreviation hex refers to a number base of what?
Sixteen
2. Bronze is an alloy of what two metals?
Copper and tin
3. What term refers to the scientific study of the relationship between living things, and their natural environment?
Ecology
4. Which German-born physicist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics?
Albert Einstein
5. In mathematics, what is the name given to the space inside a sphere?
Ball
6. Osmic relates to which of the senses?
Smell
7. Vitamin C is also known as what acid?
Ascorbic
8. Called brimstone in the Bible, what element is a bright yellow crystalline solid, symbol S?
Sulphur
9. What acid is commonly found in car batteries and is known as Oil of Vitriol?
Sulphuric
10. An Emetic is a drug given to promote what?
Vomiting
Science 8
1. In the human body, what is the “inferior vena cava”?
A vein
2. In which decade did the computer mouse first come into commercial use?
1980’s
3. What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
212 degrees
4. What is the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness?
Diamond
5. On the Mohs' Scale of mineral hardness, what is number one and softest?
Talc
6. The mainly blue colour of what is explained by the phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering?
The sky
7. The UK’s first mobile phone call in 1985 was on which UK network?
Vodafone
8. In geology, igneous refers to rock formed by what effect?
Volcanic
9. In astronomy, a spectroheliograph is an instrument used for photographing or recording the image of what?
The sun
10. Which scientist, born in 1879 was variously a citizen of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the United States?
Albert Einstein
Science 9
1. In computing, a terabyte is how many bytes?
A trillion
2. Commonly used in batteries, what is the lightest metal and least dense solid element?
Lithium
3. Which acid has the chemical formula HNO3 and is known as Aqua Fortis?
Nitric acid
4. What unit of volume, usually used to refer to spirits, is an eighth of a fluid ounce?
A dram
5. What type of energy is possessed by a body in motion?
Kinetic
6. Bauxite is the main ore for which metal which is widely used in aerospace and transport?
Aluminium
7. What is the integer that forms the top part of a fraction called?
Numerator
8. German physicist Max Planck is regarded as the founder of which theory, for which he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1918?
Quantum Theory
9. Which common medicine, produced by living microbes, has a name that means ‘against life’ in Greek?
Antibiotic
10. What metal is the best electric conductor?
Silver
Science 10
1. The word Sapiens, as in homo sapiens refers to what?
Wise
2. The medical term occiput refers to the back of the ...what?
Head
3. Lithology is the study of which natural substance?
Rock
4. Pecks, lippies and forpets are all old measures of what?
Volume
5. What acid is the cause of a nettle's sting and an ant bite?
Formic
6. If sinistral is left handed, what is right handed?
Dextral
7. Quarks are elementary particles which got their name from which famous James Joyce novel?
Finnegans Wake
8. What is the second planet from the sun?
Venus
9. Axilla is the scientific term for which part of the body?
Armpit
10. Micturate is a medical term for expelling what from the human body?
Urine
Science 11
1. The term 'circadian rhythm' refers to a cycle of what length?
24 hours
2. Toxaemia is another name for what medical condition?
Blood poisoning
3. Dry ice is the solid form of which gas?
Carbon Dioxide
4. Which element with the symbol Cr gives rubies their colour?
Chromium
5. Which country launched an unmanned spacecraft, called Mangalyaan, to Mars in 2013?
India
6. Lux is a unit of what?
Illumination
7. What H is the second element in the periodic table?
Helium
8. If someone is esotropic, what eye problem do they have?
Cross eyed
9. Podagra is the technical term for which painful foot condition that is caused by a build up of uric acid in the blood?
Gout
10. Magnesium sulfate is named after a Surrey town that it was discovered in/how do we know it?
Epsom Salts
Science 12
1. What element is also known as Noxious air?
Nitrogen
2. How do we better know a rhinoplasty?
Nose job
3. What does a noctambulist do?
Sleep walk
4. How many zeros are represented by the prefix 'tera'?
Twelve
5. How far in meters do you stand from an eye chart in a standard vision test?
6m
6. Used in mathematics, the US term ‘slipstick’ is better known as what in the UK?
Slide rule
7. In Space terms, Extragalactic refers to outside what?
The Milky way
8. What is the third angle of a triangle if the other two are 25 and 18 degrees?
137 degrees
9. Which chemical element has the symbol K?
Potassium
10. Which T has the chemical symbol W and was formerly used for light bulb filaments?
Tungsten
Science 13
1. What voltage is the common AAA battery?
1.5 volts
2. In 1898, Marie & Pierre Curie announced the discovery of which element?
Radium
3. The medical condition of the feet Tinea Pedis is better known by what name?
Athletes foot
4. In palaeontology, coprolite is fossilised what?
Dung
5. The point directly above an earthquake's focal point is called what?
Epicentre
6. Which chemical element has the atomic number 1 and is also known as Inflammable air?
Hydrogen
7. What is the speed of sound at sea level called?
MACH 1
8. If you drink wood alcohol, then it can make you go blind but what is the correct name for wood alcohol?
Methanol
9. What L is another name for the drug Tincture of Opium?
Laudanum
10. What is an angle called which is larger than 180 degrees and smaller than 360 degrees?
Reflex angle
Science 14
1. Mal de Mer is the French term for which ailment in humans?
Sea sickness
2. How many elements make up ozone? )
1 (it’s chemical formula is O3
3. Diplopia is the medical term for which confusing eye condition?
Double vision
4. Emetophobia is the irrational fear of which bodily function?
Vomiting
5. Wilhelm Roentgen won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 for his discovery of what?
X-Rays
6. The scientific word 'rhinotillexomania' is used to describe people who love to do what nasty habit?
Pick their nose
7. What common product is named from Greek 'rock oil'?
Petroleum
8. What single letter is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium?
K
9. Which US founding father developed bifocals in 1784?
Benjamin Franklin
10. The Mercalli scale measures the intensity of what?
An earthquake
Science 15
1. What invention was originally called 'wireless telegraphy'?
Radio
2. In which decade did Edison first patent the electric light bulb?
1870’s
3. If an exoskeleton is an external skeleton, what is an internal skeleton?
Endoskeleton
4. Desynchronises is the medical name for what condition related to travel?
Jet lag
5. Which chemical element has the symbol Ba?
Barium
6. Which element is represented by the letters HG in the periodic table?
Mercury
I7. n weather terms, what does pluvial refer to?
Rain
8. Which gemstone takes its name from the ancient Greek work for unbreakable?
Diamond
9. H2O is obviously the chemical compound for water, but what is H2O2 the chemical compound for?
Hydrogen Peroxide
10. The medical condition Hematoma Auris is better known by what name relating to food?
Cauliflower ear
Science 16
1. Which English scientist wrote a letter to a friend in 1704 in which he predicted the end of the world in 2060?
Sir Isaac Newton
2. Which gas, the main constituent of natural gas, has the chemical formula CH4?
Methane
3. What elementary particle is the basic unit of light?
Photon
4. Exobiology is the study of what?
Life on other planets
5. Which element has the chemical symbol of P?
Phosphorus
6. Which chemical represented by the symbol F is the most reactive of all the chemical elements?
Fluorine
7. Which scientific word beginning with P translated means 'disease producer'?
Pathogen
8. Podophobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body?
Feet
9. What ‘M’ word is defined as a device that changes sound into electric current?
Microphone
10. Which chemical element has the symbol MN?
Manganese
Science 17
1. How many incisors should a healthy human adult have?
8
2. Which K is another word for China clay?
Kaolin
3. What does a trichologist study?
Hair
4. Lobate Scarps are a feature of which planet?
Mercury
5. What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale?
7
6. The Incas referred to which element as “tears of the sun”?
Gold
8. Sleep what is a sleep disorder where people stop breathing for periods whilst they are asleep?
Apnoea
8. What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
Insulator
9. Which substance In the skin helps filters out the suns harmful rays?
Melanin
10. How many planets in our solar system are bigger than earth?
4
Science 18
1. Which scientist devised the three laws of motion?
Sir Isaac Newton
2. What name which comes from Latin is given to the dissection of live animals for experiments?
Vivisection
3. Named after its German inventor, what is the name of the flat circular transparent dish used for cultivating microorganisms?
Petri dish
4. Which strong element is named after a group of mythological Greek super-beings?
Titanium
5. What is the scientific scale used for measuring the hardness of rocks?
Mohs scale
6. Blackwater Fever is a complication of which other deadly disease?
Malaria
7. Which metal has the chemical symbol Ag?
Silver
8. the drug Diazepam is better known as what?
Valium
9. Supersonic speeds are measured in what units?
Mach
10. The maths symbol for 'therefore' is how many dots arranged as a triangle?
Three
Science 19
1. Which is the most common gas in the earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
2. Who developed the theory of Relativity?
Albert Einstein
3. Tectonics is the study of what?
The earth's crust
4. Which element causes the affliction known to divers as the bends?
Nitrogen
5. Which two elements are alloyed to make brass?
Copper and zinc
6. What is the heaviest organ in the human body?
Liver
7. What number turned on its side is the symbol for infinity?
8
8. What does a Geiger Counter Measure?
Radioactivity
9. Capillary action refers to the movement of which substances?
Liquids
10. What was Alfred Nobles most famous invention?
Dynamite
Science 20
1. Found in your mouth, what are your cuspids otherwise known as?
Canine teeth
2. The first famously cloned sheep of 1996 was named after which country singer?
Dolly Parton (because the sheep was cloned from mammary cells)
3. Ethylene glycol is better known as what that you would use in the car?
Antifreeze
4. Chang and Eng Bunker were the first recorded people have what medical anomaly?
Siamese twins
5. Which instrument is used for measuring atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
6. What disease did Edward Jenner develop an effective vaccine for?
Smallpox
7. What part of the body does Thoracic medicine deal with?
The Chest (and lungs)
8. An olfactometer measures what sense?
Smell
9. In computing, what does DSL stand for?
Digital subscriber line
10. How many naturally occurring noble gases are there?
6
Science 21
1. What is the only element to exist naturally on earth as a solid, a liquid and a gas?
Water
2. In which decade of the 20th Century did John Logie Baird introduce us to television?
1920's (1926)
3. Ivan who, was a famous scientist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs?
Pavlov
4. What name is given for the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom?
The Atomic number
5. What modern-day country was Marie Curie born in?
Poland
6. What is the study of mushrooms called?
Mycology
7. Which female chemist helped unravel the mystery of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin
8. Tin is represented as what letter or letters on the periodic table?
Sn
9. Who did Albert Einstein refer to as ‘the father of modern science’?
Galileo Galilei
10. In geometry, what name is given to a point where two or more curves, lines, or edges meet?
Vertex
Science 22
1. Which is the science of matter and its behaviour?
Physics
2. The scientific unit LUMEN is used in the measurement of what?
Light
3. What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier?
whip
4. What does the chemical symbol Pb stand for?
Lead
5. Which ancient city shares its name with a system of weights for weighing precious metals and gemstones?
Troy
6. Tylenol is a brand name for which commonly used drug?
Paracetamol
7. What word describes substances that can be broken down by biological action?
Biodegradable
8. The orbicularis oculi muscle is the fastest muscle in the human body, where exactly is it located?
The eyelid
9. What is the name of the largest and longest nerve in the human body?
Sciatic
10. How many moons does Venus have?
none
Maths 1
1. How many seconds are there in an hour?
3600
2. What is the angle in degrees between each hour at the middle of a clock face?
30
3. In mathematics, how many sides does a rhombus have?
4
4. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 100?
25
5. If you throw two dice at the same time, what is the probability of getting a 6 on both?
1 in 36
6. What is 255 divided by 5?
51
7. What is 2 cubed?
8
8. What is a number called that is equal to the sum of all the numbers by which it is divisible?
A perfect number
9. A semi-circular protractor used in basic geometry has a scale of how many degrees?
180
10. How many square inches are there in a square foot?
144
Maths 2
1. How many seconds are there in 24 hours?
86400
2. What is the square root of 169?
13
3. How many times does the number seven appear in the numbers 1 to 100?
20
4. What is the sum of the first 5 prime numbers?
28
5. How many faces does a cube have?
6
6. What does each angle of a regular pentagon measure in degrees?
108
7. What is two-thirds of three-quarters?
A half
8. What is the cube root of 8000 (eight thousand)?
20
9. How many sides does a dodecahedron have?
12
10. How many inches are there in 5 feet?
60
Units of measurement
1. What is greater in volume, a pint of beer or a half-litre of beer?
A pint of beer
2. What unit of length equates to about 5.9 trillion miles?
Light-year
3. In the Imperial Measurement system how many pounds are in a stone?
14
4. Which unit of measurement, abolished for official use in the UK in 1985 but still used in horse racing, are there eight of in a mile?
Furlong
5. In computing, Mickeys measure the speed of what?
Computer mouse
6. What’s longer, a nautical mile or a mile?
Nautical mile (it’s 1.15 miles)
7. Used to measure the height of horses, how many inches are there in 'a hand'?
4
8. An Astronomical unit is based on the distance between the earth and what other heavenly object?
The sun
9. The distance of which athletics race is sometimes referred to as the metric mile?
1500 metres race
10. According to Newton, What is mass multiplied by acceleration?
Force