PART I

1. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?

A: The cerebrum
2. The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the?
A: Iris
3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?
A: Melanin
4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?
A: Quadriceps
5. True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are called ventricles.
A: True
6. What substance are nails made of?
A: Keratin
7. What is the human bodys biggest organ?
A: The skin
8. The innermost part of bones contains what?
A: Bone marrow
9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 bones.
A: False (there are 206)
10. How many lungs does the human body have?
A: 2
11. Another name for your voice box is the?
A: Larynx
12. The two holes in your nose are called?
A: Nostrils
13. Your tongue is home to special structures that allow you to experience tastes such as sour, sweet, bitter
and
salty, what is their name?
A: Taste buds
14. The bones that make up your spine are called what?
A: Vertebrae
15. The shape of DNA is known as?
A: A double helix
16. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called?
A: Circulation
17. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?
A: Ribs
18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?
A: The esophagus
19. True or false? Your ears are important when it comes to staying balanced.
A: True
20. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?
A: Epidermis

1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?

A: Mercury
2. What is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?
A: Saturn
3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
A: Venus
4. What planet is famous for its big red spot on it?
A: Jupiter
5. What planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?
A: Saturn
6. Can humans breathe normally in space as they can on Earth?
A: No
7. Is the sun a star or a planet?
A: A star
8. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
A: Neil Armstrong
9. What planet is known as the red planet?
A: Mars

10. What is the name of the force holding us to the Earth?

A: Gravity
11. Have human beings ever set foot on Mars?
A: No
12. What is the name of a place that uses telescopes and other scientific equipment to research space and
astronomy?
A: An observatory
13. What is the name of NASAs most famous space telescope?
A: Hubble Space Telescope
14. Earth is located in which galaxy?
A: The Milky Way Galaxy
15. What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?
A: Sputnik
16. Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
A: Jupiter
17. What is the name of Saturns largest moon?
A: Titan
18. Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
A: Mars
19. Does the sun orbit the Earth?
A: No
20. Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?
A: Yes

1. Electric current is measured using what device?

A: Ammeter
2. True or false? Batteries convert chemical to electrical energy.
A: True
3. In terms of electricity, what does DC stand for?
A: Direct current
4. The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?
A: Filament
5. Conductors have a high or low resistance?
A: Low
6. True or false? The concept of electric fields was first introduced by Albert Einstein.
A: False (Michael Faraday)
7. Electric resistance is typically measured in what units?
A: Ohms
8. In terms of electricity, what does AC stand for?
A: Alternating current
9. Electric power is typically measured in what units?
A: Watts
10. True or false? You can extend battery life by storing batteries at a low temperature.
A: True

1. True or false? Sound travels faster through water than air?

A: True
2. Water is made up of what two elements?
A: Hydrogen and oxygen
3. What is another name for a tidal wave?
A: Tsunami
4. True or false? The Indian Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.
A: False - Pacific Ocean
5. The solid state of water is known as what?
A: Ice
6. Can the average human survive without water for a few days or a few weeks?
A: A few days
7. True or false? Pure water is tasteless.
A: True
8. Nimbus, cumulus and stratus are types of what?
A: Clouds
9. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.
A: False

10. Does water cover more or less than 50% of the Earths surface?
A: More - Around 70%
11. True or false? Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).
A: True
12. When water is cooled, does it contract or expand?
A: Expand
13. Water freezes at what temperature?
A: 0 C (32 F)
14. True or false? Water is easy to compress.
A: False
15. What is the chemical formula of water?
A: H20
16. The deepest point in all of the worlds oceans is named what?
A: Mariana Trench
17. True or false? The consumption of bottled water has risen significantly over the last few decades.
A: True
18. Pure water has a pH level of a around what number?
A: 7
19. What is the longest river on Earth?
A: The Nile River
20. True or false? Ice sinks in water.
A: False - It floats

1. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

A: Jupiter
2. What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen?
A: O
3. Another name for a tidal wave is a?
A: Tsunami
4. True or false? Dogs are herbivores.
A: . False - They are omnivores
5. What is the 7th element on the periodic table of elements?
A: Nitrogen
6. What is the name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephants face?
A: A trunk
7. True or false? DNA is the shortened form of the term Deoxyribonucleic acid?
A: True
8. The highest mountain on earth is?
A: Mount Everest
9. What is the name of the closest star to the earth?
A: The sun
10. True or false? Frogs are cold blooded animals.
A: True
11. What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol He?
A: Helium
12. The fear of what animal is known as arachnophobia?
A: Spiders
13. Pure water has a pH level of a around?
A: 7
14. The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as what?
A: Lava
15. True or false? Yogurt is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.
A: True
16. What is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain?
A: The skull
17. Is the compound HCl an acid or base?
A: An acid (hydrochloric acid)
18. True or false? The fastest land animal in the world is the zebra.
A: False (it is the cheetah)
19. How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?
A: 0
20. What famous scientist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on theoretical physics?
A: Albert Einstein

1. When a solid changes to a liquid it is called what?

A: Melting
2. True or false? Liquids are easy to compress.
A: False
3. When a gas changes into a liquid it is called what?
A: Condensation
4. True or false? The particles of a gas are packed tightly together.
A: False
5. When solids reach their melting points they become what?
A: Liquids
6. True or false? Plasma is a state of matter.
A: True
7. When a gas reaches its condensation point it becomes a what?
A: Liquid
8. True or false? Solids do not take the shape of the container they are in.
A: True
9. What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
A: Sublimination
10. True or false? Gases are hard to compress.
A: False

1. What is the name of the worlds largest reef system?

A: Great Barrier Reef
2. Do male or female mosquitoes bite people?
A: Female
3. True or false? Earth Day is held on June 18.
A: False (April 22)
4. What state of the USA is the Grand Canyon located in?
A: Arizona
5. True or false? The Dead Sea is 8.6 times more salty than the ocean.
A: True
6. What are the 3 Rs of recycling?
A: Reduce, reuse and recycle
7. True or false? The horn of a rhinoceros is made from bone.
A: False (keratin)
8. What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin?
A: Galapagos Islands
9. Ayers Rock in Australia is also known as what?
A: Uluru
10. True or false? Burning or logging naturally occurring forests is known as deforestation.
A: True

1. What is the chemical symbol of gold?

A: Au
2. True or false? Steel is a chemical element.
A: False - Alloy
3. What is the most common metal found on Earth?
A: Iron
4. True or False? Sodium is a very reactive metal.
A: True
5. What three kinds of medals are awarded at the Olympic Games?
A: Gold, silver and bronze
6. True or false? Metal bonding with metal is known as a metallic bond.
A: True
7. Bronze is made from what two metals?
A: Copper and tin
8. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
A: Mercury
9. True or false? Sterling silver is made up of less than 50% silver by weight.
A: False - Over 92%
10.What metal has the chemical symbol Pb?
A: Lead

1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Pandas diet?
A: Bamboo
2. True or false? Mice live for up to 10 years.
A: False - Captive mice live for up to 2 and a half years while wild mice only live for an average
of around 4
months.
3. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders?
A: Arachnophobia
4. What is the largest type of big cat in the world?
A: The tiger, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds).
5. True or false? Crocodiles have no sweat glands so they use their mouths to release heat.
A: True - They often sleep with their mouth open to cool down.
6. Are butterflies insects?
A: Yes
7. What are female elephants called?
A: Cows
8. True or false? Bats are mammals.
A: True
9. Bees are found on every continent of earth except for one, which is it?
A: Antarctica
10. True or false? Cats spend an average of 13 to 14 hours a day sleeping.
A: True
11. What is the fastest land animal in the world?
A: The cheetah (it can reach speeds of up to 120kph 75mph).
12. A doe is what kind of animal?
A: A female deer.
13. True or false? Cougars are herbivores.
A: False - They are carnivores.
14. Groups of lions are known as what?
A: Prides
15. Is a dolphin a mammal?
A: Yes
16. What is the largest land animal in the world?
A: The elephant - The largest on record weighed around 12,000 kilograms! (26,000 lb).
17. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.
A: False Snakes skin is smooth and dry.
18. What is the only continent on earth where Giraffes live in the wild?
A: Africa
19. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?
A: 2
20. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?
A: The Gorilla
21. Is a shark a fish or a mammal?
A: A fish
22. What is the most recognizable feature of a hedgehogs appearance?
A: Their spines of spiky hair.
23. True or false? Owls are far-sighted, meaning that anything within a few inches of their eyes cant be
seen
properly.
A: True
24. What is the name of an adult female horse?
A: A mare
25. What are baby goats called?
A: Kids
26. What is the tallest animal in the world?
A: The giraffe - The average height is around 5 metres (16ft) and the tallest on record stood
nearly 6 metres (20 ft)
tall.
27. True or false? Rabbits are born blind.
A: True
28. What is the most recognizable physical feature of the male lion?
A: Its mane
29. How many legs does a spider have?

A: 8
30. The crocodile species is believed to have been around for how long? 2 million years or 200 million
years?
A: 200 million years

1. Now that Pluto is no longer included, how many planets are there in the Solar System?
A: 8
2. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
A: Mercury
3. What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
A: Jupiter
4. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
A: Venus
5. The sixth planet from the Sun features an extensive ring system, what is the name of this planet?
A: Saturn
6. The chemical element uranium was named after what planet?
A: Uranus
7. What planet in the solar system is farthest from the Sun?
A: Neptune
8. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
A: Mars
9. What planet is closest in size to Earth?
A: Venus
10. The moon Titan orbits what planet?
A: Saturn
11. What planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
A: Mars
12. True or false? Neptune is larger than Saturn.
A: False
13. The Galilean moons orbit what planet?
A: Jupiter
14. What planet is closest to the Sun?
A: Mercury
15. What is the seventh planet from the Sun?
A: Uranus
16. True or false? Venus has more atmospheric pressure than Earth?
A: True
17. Triton is the largest moon of what planet?
A: Neptune
18. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?
A: Venus
19. What is the third planet from the Sun?
A: Earth
20. Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet?
A: Mars
1. Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
A: Charles Darwin
2. A person who studies biology is known as a?
A: Biologist
3. Botany is the study of?
A: Plants
4. Can frogs live in salt water?
A: No
5. True or false? The common cold is caused by a virus.
A: True
6. Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?
A: Omnivores
7. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what?
A: Antibiotics
8. A single piece of coiled DNA is known as a?
A: Chromosome
9. A group of dog offspring is known as a?
A: Litter
10. The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as?

A: Mycology
11. What is the name of the process used by plants to convert sunlight into food?
A: Photosynthesis
12. The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?
A: Extinction
13. The process of pasteurization is named after which famous French microbiologist?
A: Louis Pasteur
14. True or false? A salamander is a warm blooded animal?
A: False
15. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?
A: Mutation

1. When light bends as it enters a different medium the process is known as what?
A: Refraction
2. A magnifying glass is what type of lens?
A: Convex
3. Electric resistance is typically measured in what units?
A: Ohms
4. A person who studies physics is known as a?
A: Physicist
5. Metals expand when heated and do what when cooled?
A: Contract
6. What is the first name of the famous scientist who gave us Newtons three laws of motion?
A: Isaac
7. What state of the art computer technology is used to train pilots when wanting to copy the experience of
flying an aircraft?
A: A flight simulator
8. Electric power is typically measured in what units?
A: Watts
9. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the?
A: Big bang
10. Who is the Hubble Space Telescope named after?
A: Edwin Hubble
11. The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?
A: Filament
12. Theoretical physicist James Maxwell was born in what country?
A: Scotland
13. Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or short to be visible for humans?
A: Long
14. What kind of eclipse do we have when the moon is between the sun and the earth?
A: A solar eclipse
15. True or false? Iron is attracted by magnets.
A: True
16. What is the earths primary source of energy?
A: The sun
17. Conductors have a high or low resistance?
A: Low
18. Electric current is typically measured in what units?
A: Amperes
19. What scientist is well known for his theory of relativity?
A: Albert Einstein
20. Earth is located in which galaxy?
A: The Milky Way galaxy

1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?

A: The Sun
2. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007?
A: 2007
3. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?
A: Central Processing Unit
4. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the year 1900.
A: False - 1889

5. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?

A: Edwin Hubble
6. Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?
A: Long
7. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?
A: Web browsers
8. True or false? Gold is not a good conductor of electricity?
A: False
9. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company?
A: Honda
10. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.
A: True
11. In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?
A: Read Only Memory
12. Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?
A: CDs
13. What is the Earths primary source of energy?
A: The Sun
14. IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand for?
A: International Business Machines
15. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
A: Paul Allen
16. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
A: Isaac Asimov
17. True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices.
A: True
18. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?
A: World Wide Web
19. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?
A: The Apple iPod
20. True or false? DNA is an abbreviation for Deoxyribonucleic acid.
A: True
1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?
A: The Pacific Ocean
2. What are the two main metals in the earths core?
A: Iron and nickel
3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?
A: The center of the earth
4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
A: Magma
5. What do you call it after it has erupted?
A: Lava
6. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?
A: Australia
7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?
A: A geologist
8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.
A: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous
9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.
A: False - 5000 feet (1500 meters)
10. What is the name of the deepest location in the worlds oceans?
A: Mariana Trench
11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious
mineral?
A: Diamond
12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?
A: The Sahara Desert in Africa
13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?
A: Red
14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?
A: Mount Everest
15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?
A: Hang from the ceiling
16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?

A: Waterfall
17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?
A: Seismologist
18. What is the name of the layer of earths atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially
damaging
ultraviolet light from the sun?
A: The ozone layer
19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?
A: Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%)
20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?
A: Oxygen (21%)

1. The scientific study of plant life is known as what?

A: Botany
2. The process of plants using energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food is known as what?
A: Photosynthesis
3. True or false? In the right conditions bamboo can grow over 60cm (24in) in just one day.
A: True
4. The movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower is known as what?
A: Pollination
5. Amber is made from fossilized tree _____?
A: Resin
6. True or false? Humans were on Earth before plants.
A: False
7. What grain has the highest level of worldwide production? (Hint: Rice is second)
A: Maize (corn)
8. A trailing or climbing plant is also known as a _____?
A: Vine
9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.
A: True
10. The Japanese word sakura means the blossoming of what kind of tree?
A: Cherry tree

1. True or false? Electrons are larger than molecules.

A: False
2. True or false? The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.
A: False - Pacific Ocean
3. True or false? The chemical make-up food often changes when you cook it.
A: True
4. True or false? Sharks are mammals.
A: False - Fish
5. True or false? The human body has four lungs.
A: False - 2
6. True or false? Atoms are most stable when their outer shells are full.
A: True
7. True or false? Filtration separates mixtures based upon their particle size.
A: False - Mercury
8. True or false? Venus is the closest planet to the Sun.
A: True
9. True or false? Conductors have low resistance.
A: False
10. True or false? Molecules can have atoms from more than one chemical element.
A: True
11. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.
A: False
12. True or false? The study of plants is known as botany.
A: True
13. True or false? Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in the world.
A: False - Mount Everest
14. True or false? Floatation separates mixtures based on density.
A: True
15. True or false? Herbivores eat meat.
A: False
16. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.

A: True
17. True or false?
A: True
18. True or false?
A: False - 8
19. True or false?
A: True
20. True or false?
A: False 206

Molecules are chemically bonded.

Spiders have six legs.
Kelvin is a measure of temperature.
The human skeleton is made up of less than 100 bones.

PART II
What "black metal" gave blacksmiths their name?
A :Iron.
What word describes the physical components of a computer?
A: Hardware.
What planet is the brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon?
A :Venus.
What planet needs 248 years to meander its way around the sun?
A: Pluto.
What did 18th-century astronomer Edmund Halley chart 24 of?
A: Comets.
What's a video cameraman doing when he "juices the brick"?
A: Recharging the battery.
What type of telephones did AT&T stop making in the mid-1980s?
A: Rotary phones.
What Entertainment Tonight star's voice did the New England Journal of Medicine claim triggered a woman's
epileptic seizures?
A :Mary Hart's.
What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?
A :Uranus.
What home appliance did the U.S. produce seven million of in 1953, up from 6,000 in 946?
A: The television.
What are you forbidden to do in a "snuff zone"?
A: Smoke.
What teenage year does an American first develop phobias in, on average?
A: Thirteen.

What innovation decreases the odds of hitting the car in front of you, but increases the odds of being hit by
the car behind you?
A: Anti-lock brakes.
What red-blooded body organ are vitamins A, B, D, E, and K stored in?
A: The Liver.
What's the positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom called?
A: A proton.
What did William Stanley invent in 1885 to transfer the current of one circuit to another?
A : The transformer.

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What is a siderodromophobic hobo afraid to hitch a ride on?

A: Trains.
What country was India ink developed in?
A: China.
What three-letter word denotes the residue of combustion or incineration?
A: Ash.
What fiber-optic instrument allows surgeons to see and repair damage within joints?
A: An arthroscope.
What photo company brags that with their products, "there really are no negatives"?
A :Polaroid.
What high-tech mogul appeared on a 1995 cover of Time headlined "Master of the Universe"?
A: Bill Gates.
What time period is sandwiched between the Cretaceous and Triassic?
A: The Jurassic.
What suntan lotion was developed by Dr. Ben Green in 1944 to protect pilots who bailed out over the
Pacific?
A: Coppertone.
What colorless, odorless substance is the main constituent of natural gas?
A: Methane.
What was the first place name uttered by a man on the moon?
A: Houston.
What does an AutoCut VCR automatically cut from TV programs?
A: Commercials.
What early scientist, after being forced to declare the Earth was motionless, muttered: "Nevertheless, it
does move"?
A :Galileo.
What typewriter brand was invented by a man whose father made a well-known flintlock rifle?
A: Remington.

Science trivia quiz questions answers and facts.

What was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?
A: Nagasaki.

What high-level computer language was named after a French mathematician and philosopher?
A: PASCAL.
What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off-John Glenn, Alan Shepard or Gus Grissom?
A: Gus Grissom.
What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1176?
A: A submarine.
What creature proved to be much faster than a horse in a 1927 race in Sydney, Australia?
A: The Kangaroo.
Science trivia questions answers and facts.

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What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?

A: Uranium.
What organ of a buffalo did Plains Indians use to make yellow paint?
A: The gallbladder.
What optical aids was nearsighted model Grace Robin the first to show off in 1930?
A: Contact lenses.
Funny pictures of animals doing human activities and printed on mugs, t shirts and other products.
Incredibly Funny Animals! Cat Wrestling, Thinking Elephants Fire Breathing Dragons, and crazy animal
antics!
What creature's fossilized leg bone did John Horner discover red blood cells in, in 1993?
A: A tyrannosaurus rex's.
What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?
A: Honey.
What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?
A: The Macintosh.
What male body part did Mademoiselle magazine find to be the favorite of most women?
A: Eyes.
What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?
A: Uranus.
What fat substitute got FDA approval for use in snack foods, despite reports of diarrhea and cramps?
A: Olestra.
What plant's meltdown was dubbed "Russian Roulette" by nuclear power wags?
A: Chernobyl's.
What is a single unit of quanta called?
A: A quantum.
What will fall off of the Great Sphinx in 200 years due to pollution and erosion, according to scholar
Chikaosa Tanimoto?
A: It's head.
What suntan lotion was developed by Dr. Ben Green in 1944 to protect pilots who bailed out over the
Pacific?
A: Coppertone.
What was Friedrich Serturner the first to extract from opium and use as a pain reliever?
A: Morphine.
What substance nets recyclers the most money?
A: Aluminum.
What are you shopping for if you are sized up by a Brannock Device?
A: Shoes.
What animal travels at 25 mph under water but finds it easier to toboggan on its belly on land?
A: The penguin.
What's the itchy skin condition tinea pedis better known as?
A: Athlete's foot.
What uncooked meat is a trichina worm most likely to make a home in?
A: Pork.

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How many of every 10 victims infected by the Ebola virus will die in two days?
A: Nine.
What computer company was named after a founder's memories of spending a summer in an Oregon
orchard?
A: Apple.
What butterfly-shaped gland is located just in front of the windpipe?
A: The Thyroid.
What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?
A: Laser.
What planet is the brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon?
A: Venus.
What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world in 1520?
A: The rifle.
What type of machine did 19-year-old French genius Blaise Pascal invent to help his dad do taxes in 1642?
A: An adding machine.
What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?
A: White blood cells, or leukocytes.
What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?
A: The tractor.
What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?
A: Wind.
What do itchy people call the "rhus radicans" they were sorry they came into contact with?
A: Poison Ivy.
What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?
A: The coconut.
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GENERAL SCIENCE TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Q: What process involves treating rubber with sulfur to harden it?
A: Vulcanizing.

Q: What scale of zero to 14 is used to measure acidity or alkalinity?

A: The pH scale.
Q: What O-word describes oxygen with molecules that have three atoms instead of two?
A: Ozone.
Q: What unit of electrical power is equal to one joule per second?
A: The Watt.
Q: What planet is closest in size to our moon?
A: Mercury.
Q: What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?
A: A liter.

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Q: What measure of energy comes from the Latin word meaning "heat"?
A: The calorie.
Q: What's removed from water in the process of desalination?
A: Salt.
Q: What species Amazonian electric variety packs a 650 volt wallop?
A: The eel's.
Q: What C word defines a substance that speeds a chemical reaction without being consumed?
A: Catalyst.
Q: What's the base unit of mass in the metric system?
A: The kilogram.
Q: What cooking fuel is produced by heating wood without oxygen?
A: Charcoal.
Q: What's the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature?
A: Mercury.
Q: Which will yield the most BTUs of energy--a gallon of oil, a pound of coal or a gallon of gasoline?
A: A gallon of oil.
Q: What unit of measure do you multiply by .39 to convert it to inches?
A: Centimeters.
Q: What method of underwater detection is short for "sound navigation and ranging"?
A: Sonar.
Q: What hazardous substance is euphemistically referred to as "mineral fiber"?
A: Asbestos.
Q: What color does litmus turn when dipped into acid?
A: Pink.
Q: What process involves heating an ore to obtain a metal?
A: Smelting.
Q: What's the U. S. equivalent of 0.45 kilograms?
A: One pound.
Q: What's defined as the distance between a lens and its focal point?
A: It's focal length.
Q: What energy unit is defined as the heat required to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius?
A: One Calorie.
Q: What founding father was knocked unconscious while attempting to electrocute a turkey?
A: Benjamin Franklin
Q: What continent is subjected to the world's largest ozone hole?
A: Antarctica.
Q: What sea creature can have an eye measuring 16 inches across, the largest in the animal kingdom?
A: A squid.
Q: What explosive cosmic event was seen with the naked eye in 1987, for the first time in 383 years?
A: A supernova.
Q: What three terms are represented in Newton's second law of motion F = ma?
A: Force, mass, acceleration.

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Q: How many of the nine planets have moons/

A: Seven.
Q: What were exterminated from Harvard's bio labs when they were found to be carrying radioactive
chemicals into the walls?
A: Ants.
Q: What type of trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?
A: Pine trees.
Q: What's the most malleable metal?
A: Gold.

COSMOLOGICAL TRIVIA QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND FACTS.

How long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?
A: Approximately 8 minutes and 18 seconds.
How far is the moon from the earth?
A: The actual Earth-Moon distance ranges from about 360,000 to 405, 000 kilometers, depending on the
position in the Moon's orbit. (223,694 to 251665 miles)
How much bigger is the sun than the earth?
A: The Earth is about 13 thousand kilometers (8000 miles) wide, whereas the Sun is roughly 1.4 million
kilometers (900,000 miles) across. If the Sun were a hollow ball, you could fit about one million Earths
inside of it!
Which planet is closest to the sun?
A: Mercury.
What is the name of the most recently discovered planet?
A: Quaoar.
What is the sun made out of?
A: The Sun is, at present, about 70% hydrogen and 28% helium by mass everything else amounts to less
than 2%
What powers the sun?
A: Fusion, the same as a hydrogen bomb.
How old is the sun?
A: About 5 billion years.
How old is the earth?
A: The earth is about 4.5 billion years old.
How old is the universe?
A: The Universe is at least 15 billion years old, but probably not more than 20 billion years old.
Which planet spins the fastest?
A: Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours.
fun printable cosmological trivia questions and answers
Which planet spins the slowest?
A: Venus is the slowest spinning planet in the solar system. It rotates only once every two hundred fortythree Earth days
How long is a Martian year?
A: The orbital period of Mars is 686.9726 days.

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Does the sun rotate?

A: The movements of the sunspots indicate that the Sun rotates once every 27 days at the equator, but
only once in 31 days at the poles.
How big is the milky way?
A: The Milky Way is actually a giant, as its mass is probably between 750 billion and one trillion solar
masses, and its diameter is about 100,000 light years.
What is the Milky Way?
A: The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy.
What star other than the sun is closest to the earth?
A: It is Proxima Centauri, the nearest member of the Alpha Centauri triple star system.
A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long.
Colored diamonds are caused by impurities such as nitrogen (yellow), boron (blue). With red diamonds
being due to deformities in the structure of the stone, and green ones being the result of irradiation.
Free science trivia facts.
Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance, and is also one of the most valuable natural
substances. Diamonds are crystals formed almost entirely of carbon. Because of its hardness, the diamond
is the most enduring of all gemstones. They are among the most costly jewels in the world, partly because
they are rare, Only four important diamond fields have been found - in Africa, South America, India, and the
Soviet Union.
In 1957, the Shipping port Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first nuclear facility to generate
electricity in the United States, went on line. (It was taken out of service in 1982.)
In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a
permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the
device.
Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
Mineral deposits in caves: The ones growing upward are stalagmites, the ones growing downward are
stalactites.
Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
Prussic acid, in a crystalline powder called Zyklon B, was used to kill in Germany's gas chambers. The gas
would paralyze the victim's lungs, causing them to suffocate.
Sea water, loaded with mineral salts, weighs about a pound and a half more per cubic foot than fresh water
at the same temperature.
Ten per cent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.
The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover
aluminum until 1827.
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered. Found in 1905, the original
3,100 carats were cut to make jewels for the British Crown Jewels and the British Royal family's collection.

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The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.
The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter - bigger than a basketball.
The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.
The only rock that floats in water is pumice.
The three most common elements in the universe are 1) hydrogen; 2) helium; 3) oxygen.
The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY.
What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?
A: Uranus.
What V-word is defined as "the ability of a liquid to resist flowing".
A: Viscosity.
What unit of measure was originally designed to be one forty-millionth of the Earth's circumference?
A: The meter.
What's sometimes dubbed Biosphere I?
A: Earth.
What are "human incubation chambers" heated to before Gillette's odor judges test deodorants by smelling
human armpits?
A: 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
What antidepressant is most often referred to by snide shrinks as "Slo Mo"?
A: Valium.
What gardeners' aid is identified by numbers indicating its percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium?
A: Fertilizer.
What facial features flank your glabella?
A: The eyebrows.
What organ of the body leads all others with 3,195 distinct genes?
A: The brain.
What Cool Whip ingredient outweighs all the others?
A: Water.
What does a kit-flying linonophobic fear?
A: String.
What's the common name for the eye inflammation doctors call conjunctivits?
A: Pink eye.
What country flew the first supersonic airliner in 1968 but saw it crash in 1973?
A: The Soviet Union.
What two-word term is defined as "the lowest possible temperature"?
A: Absolute zero.
What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
A: The sixteenth.
What handy mathematical instrument's days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in
the 1970s?

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A: The slide rule's.

What boxcar-sized instrument was repaired by the crew of the shuttle Endeavor in 1993?
A: The Hubble telescope.
What name for a bone disease translates as "porous bone"?
A: Osteoporosis.
What earthenware ceramic was produced in ancient China from feldspar and china clay?
A: Porcelain.
What's the U.S. military acronym for liquid oxygen?
A: LOX.
What's one-tenth of a bel?
A: A decibel.
What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1776?
A: A submarine.
What type of machine do the French call a telecopie?
A: A fax machine.
What unit of measure was once defined as the length of three grains of barley laid end to end?
A: The inch.
What are the two main constituents of bronze.
A: Copper and tin.
What Greek was the first physician to record case histories of patients?
A: Hippocrates.
What four planets have a smaller diameter than Earth?
A: Mars, Mercury, Pluto, Venus.
What word was coined when a trapped moth caused an early computer to crash?
A: Bug.
What technological revolution was credited with the large increase in paper use in the 1980s and 1990s?
A: The computer revolution.
What name for an automaton came from the Czech word meaning "forced labor"?
A: Robot.
What delta-winged supersonic transport is the fastest passenger plane?
A: The Concorde.
What comet was first sighted by the Chinese in 240 B.C.?
A: Halley's Comet.
What does "SPF" mean on sunscreen containers?
A: Sun Protection factor.
What M-word is defined as "a device that changes sound into electric current"?
A: Microphone.
What brand became the first sugar-free sugar substitute, in 1957?
A: Sweet'n Low.

What colorless gas is essential in the production of fertilizers and light bulbs?

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A: Nitrogen.
What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world in 1520?
A: The rifle.
What explosive jelly is combined with gasoline to make incendiary bombs?
A: Napalm.
What did Dr. Heinrich Dreser hype as a non addictive substitute for morphine in 1898?
A: Heroin.
What did the Nimbus-7 satellite monitor changes in the depth of?
A: The ozone layer.
What body part is low-density lipoprotein most likely to clog?
A: Arteries.
What's wire rope most often called?
A: Cable.
What was the short word for "Infantile Paralysis" on 1950s March of Dimes posters?
A: Polio.
What book did Christians often place on their foreheads to cure insomnia in medieval times?
A: The Bible.
What are you shopping for it you're sized up by a Brannock Device?
A: Shoes.
What's the most common automotive essential that is measured in terms of its viscosity?
A: Oil.
What did 18th-century chemist Antoine Lavoisier prove was a compound of hydrogen and oxygen?
A: Water.
What objects are studied in what enthusiasts call "ufology"?
A: Unidentified flying objects.
Who's known in the shrink biz as "Weird Beard"?
A: Sigmund Freud.
What's the unit of capacity for fuel wood?
A: A cord.
How many of every ten coffee beans in USDA approved coffee can be moldy, insect-infested or insectdamaged?
A: One.
What's the English title of Freud's book Traumdeutung?
A: The Interpretation of Dreams.
What celestial objects were once referred to as "hairy stars"?
A: Comets.
What piece of lumber's actual size is one-and-a-half by three-and-a-half inches when "surfaced"?
A: A two-by-four.
What tool did astronomer Rodger Thompson say is "fundamentally altering our view of the universe"?
A: The Hubble telescope.
What's the most common contributor to chronic bronchitis?
A Smoking.

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What constellation points to the south celestial pole?

A: The Southern Cross.
What's the study of materials at very low temperatures?
A: Cryogenics.
What unit of length is derived from the Latin word uncia?
A: The inch.
What country launched Europe's first super-high-speed passenger train, in 1981?
A: France.
What's believed by many to be a satellite of Neptune that escaped its primary orbit?
A: Pluto.
What planet is circled by only two moons?
A :Mars.
What artillery weapon was launched upon the world in 400 B.C.?
A: The catapult.
What procedure is performed on an abscess if the dentist thinks the tooth can be saved?
A :Root canal.
What Greek advised: "Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine by your food"?
A: Hippocrates.
What does an anthropophagic census-taker fear?
A: People.
What term for "bipolar disorder" has fallen out of general use?
A: Manic depression.
What planet has a storm system called the Great Red Spot?
A: Jupiter.
What will not be back to entice astronomers until 2061?
A: Halley's Comet.
Where did Bill Clinton urge U.S. scientists to look for more signs of life, in 1996?
A: Mars.
What office image transmitter did Bell Labs demonstrate as early as 1924?
A: A fax machine.

What direction did cartographers usually place at the top of maps when they believed the Earth was flat?
A: East.
What U.S. agency is considered by e-mail users to deliver "snail mail"?
A: The U.S. Postal Service.
What N-word describes a cloud of dust and gas in space.
A: Nebula.
What car model was developed in 1938 by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche?
A: The Volkswagen Beetle.
What plant's meltdown was dubbed "Russian Roulette" by nuclear power wags?
A: Chernobyl's.

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What Internet search utility was named for the mascot of the University of Minnesota, where it was
developed?
A: Gopher.
What type of power is defined as the generation of electricity from water?
A: Hydroelectric power.
What type of pills are known in the pharmacy biz as "pillows:?
A: Sleeping pills.
What organ was operated on in the first microsurgical procedure, in 1921?
A :The ear.
What transparent material is produced by heating lime, sand and soda?
A: Glass.
What does the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determine?
A: Its Atomic number.
What unit of time, when measured by an atomic clock, equals 9,192,631,770 energy changes of a cesium
atom?
A: One second.
What heat-resistant element replaced cotton as the filament of choice in electric light bulbs in 1910?
A: Tungsten.
What now-extinct bird's gizzard, when stewed in milk, was once thought to cure gallstones?
A: The passenger pigeon's.
What unit of power did James Watt coin to help market his steam engines?
A: Horsepower.
What comes in Bibb, oak leaf and escarole varieties?
A: Lettuce.
What treatment for cavities was first recommended by a 10th-century physician name Rhazes?
A: Fillings.
What did the EPA once refer to as "poorly buffered precipitation"?
A: Acid Rain.
What car parts require alignment in toe, camber and caster?
A: Wheels.
What car of the 1940s featured a central "Cyclops-eye" headlight that turned with the wheels"?
A: The Tucker.
What could Harrison's chronometer accurately measure during 18th-century voyages?
A: Longitude.
What's short for "binary digit"?
A: Bit.
Who licensed the MS-DOS operating system to IBM in 1980?
A: Bill Gates.
How many 1990s cigarettes must you smoke to get the toxic effect of one 1950s cigarette.?
A: Three.
What oil was first used as a laxative by Egyptians in 1600 B.C.?
A: Castor oil.

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Who was amazed to see the moons of Jupiter through a telescope on January 7, 1610?
A: Galileo.
What geographic term describes a hill with sharply sloping sides and a flat top?
A: Butte.
What serious underwater ailment was named after a Victorian notion of chic posture?
A: The bends.
What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off--John Glenn, Alan Shepard, or Gus Grissom?
A :Gus Grissom.

What U.S. coin weighs five grams?

A: A nickel.
Who spent more time in space than any woman or any U.S. astronaut, after NASA delayed her ride home by
six weeks in 1996?
A: Shannon Lucid.
How many Russian cosmonauts have walked on the moon?
A: Zero.
What staple of Sigmund's profession lies in state at the Freud Museum in London?
A: His couch.
What wattage of incandescent light bulb typically produces 1,700 lumens?
A: 100 watts.
What 20th-century decade saw the introduction of the felt-tip pen?
A: The 1960s.
What needle-stickers use the word "Qi" to describe the energy that flows through the body's pathways?
A: Acupuncturists.
What continent has yielded the largest trove of meteorites?
A: Antarctica.
What letter did NASA decide to preface "Okay" with, due to radio stati problems?
A : A.
What L-word is the proprietary name of the tranquilizer chlordiazepoxide?
A: Librium.
What are "newbies," who tend to attract scorn from Internet flamers?
A: Newcomers.
What's the smallest time interval -- a microsecond, a nanosecond or a picosecond?
A: A picosecond.
What sterilization process can kill 99.9 percent of salmonella organisms in poultry?
A :Irradiation.
Which Smithsonian museum attracted a record 118,437 people on April 14,1984?
A: The National Air and Space Museum.
Who saw the dies used to stamp out bodies of his stainless-steel cars end up as anchors for salmon traps?
A: John DeLorean.
What's the largest and densest of the four rocky planets?

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A: Earth.
What branch of biology deals with the nature of aging?
A: Gerontology.
What tropical disease were mental patients intentionally infected with in the early 1900s as a treatment for
insanity?
A: Malaria.
What's a detective studying if he's staring at arches loops, whorls, islands and dots?
A: Fingerprints.
What unit of measurement has a fluid volume of three teaspoons?
A: A tablespoon.
What creature's heart kept Baby Fae alive for 21 of her 33 days in 1984?
A: A baboon's.
What country was home of 153 of the first 400 Nobel Prize-winning scientists?
A: The U.S.
What chemical compound comes from the Greek word for "primary"?
A: Protein.
What number, a one followed by 100 zeroes, was first used by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1940?
A: Googol.
What's the most common computer acronym for a "Picture element"?
A: Pixel.
What's the most common cause of cirrhosis?
A: Alcohol abuse.
Q: What method of arranging elements into related groups was invented by Dimitri Mendeleyev?
A: The periodic table.
Q: What physicist remarked: "God is subtle, but he is not malicious"?
A: Albert Einstein.
Q: What M-word defines anything that occupies space?
A: Matter.
Q: What do you call a substance containing only one kind of atom?
A: An element.
Q: What teenager began studying physics after he noticed a chandelier swinging during a 1581
earthquake?
A: Galileo.
Q: What elementary particle's antiparticle is the positron?
A: The electron.
Q: What element comes last alphabetically?
A: Zirconium.
Q: What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?
A: Uranium.
Q: What American physicist pioneered the theory of "black holes" in 1939?
A: J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Q: What's a charged atom, with unequal numbers of electrons and protons?

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A: An Ion.
Q: What theory of physics proposes that energy is not transferred continuously but in discrete amounts>
A: The quantum theory.
Q: What element was converted to plutonium in the first nuclear reactors?
A: Uranium.
Q: What acronyms for "Weakly Interacting Massive Particles " and "Massive Compact Halo Objects" do
physicists use to explain dark matter?
A: Wimps and Machos.
Q: What astronomical term gradually replaced the cumbersome "gravitationally completely collapsed
object"?
A: Black Hole.
Q: What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?
A: Laser.
Q: What's a single unit of quanta called?
A: A quantum.
Q: What did scientists build in a squash court under a football stadium at the University of Chicago in
1942?
A: A nuclear reactor.
Q: What's the atomic number of hydrogen?
A: One.
Q: What element begins with the letter "k"?
A: Krypton.
Q: What F-word is defined in physics as a "nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive
nuclei"?
A: Fusion.
Q: What E-word was the first elementary particle to be discovered?
A: The electron.
What structure joins a bone to a muscle?
A: Tendon.
What is the shoulder blade called in a human?
A: Scapula.
What is the scientific name for a human kneecap?
A: Patella.
The Hypothalamus regulates what in the human body?
A: Physiologic stability.
Which part of the human digestive system is the most acidic?
A: Stomach.
What human organ is protected by the cranium?
A: The human brain.
The tube connecting the kidney to the bladder is called what?
A: Ureter.
Where in the human body can one find alveoli?
A: The Lung.

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What is the muscle used for breathing called which separates the chest from the abdomen?
A: Diaphragm.
Where in the human body are red blood cells produced?
A: In the bone marrow.
Which finger has the fastest growing nail?
A: Middle finger.
Which sex is twice as likely to catch leprosy?
A: The male.
The most insect bitten part of the human body is what part?
A: Foot.
Cholecystitis affects what part of the human body?
A: Gall bladder.
When sneezing, what part of the body is it impossible to keep open?
A: Eyes.
Which bone is the hardest bone in the human body?
A: Jaw bone.
What is an erythrocyte?
A: A red blood cell.
How long is the small intestine in a human?
A: 4 to 7 meters.
What is the roughly 24-hour cycle in the physiological processes of living things called?
A: Circadian rhythms.
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs in what part of the human body?
A: Hand or fingers.
Where is one's gluteus maximus located?
A: Your buttocks.
Veins carry blood to what organ?
A: Heart.
What component is shared by hair, nails, and skin?
A: Keratin.
The tendon at the top of the human heel is called what?
A: Achilles tendon.
What bone is also called the tibia?
A: The shin bone.
Hepatitis affects which organ?
A: Liver.
How many teeth do humans have?
A: 32.
How many senses to human beings have?
A: 5.
In the human body, what is the longest bone?

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A: Femur.
The major artery in the side of the neck is called what?
A: Carotid.
Where is ones uvula located in the body?
A: At the back of the throat.
What are the two bones in the forearm called?
A: Ulna and radius.
What disease does a tick bite spread?
A: Lyme disease.
Serborrheic dermatitis is more commonly called what term?
A: Dandruff.
A phlebotomist specializes in what?
A: Drawing blood.
What are the three parts of the backbone called?
A: Lumbar, Cervical, and thoracic.
The study of the skin is called the study of what?
A: Dermatology.
What is the term in medicine given to the deficiency of blood sugar which may occur after too large a dose
of insulin has been given?
A: Hypoglycemia.
Double, tented, radial and Ulnar loops, arches and whorls are found on what parts of the human body?
A: Thumbs and fingers.
What does necrotizing fasciitis attack?
A: Skin or flesh.
The light sensitive membrane on the inner lining of the eyeball is called what?
A: Retina.
What is another name for the disease known as Varicella?
A: Chickenpox.
What is the term used for a breast X-ray?
A: Mammogram.
What instrument is used to measure blood pressure?
A: Sphygmomanometer.
What human organs are affected by glaucoma?
A: Eyes.
Which human bone is most often broken?
A: Collar bone.
What deficiency causes anemia?
A: Red blood cells.
What is another more common term for acetylsalicylic acid?
A: Aspirin.
Which is the lowest of the seven vertebrae?
A: Coccyx.

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What was the first effective antibiotic used in medicine?

A: Penicillin.
What component is shared by hair, nails, and skin?
A: Keratin.
What are the two distinct layers of human skin called?
A: Dermis and epidermis.
The breast bone in a human is also know as what?
A: Sternum.
What is the scientific name for the belly button?
A: Umbilicus.
The tendon at the top of the human heel is called what?
A: Achilles tendon.
What bone is also called the tibia?
A: The shin bone.
Where is one's gluteus maximus located?
A: Your buttocks.
Veins carry blood to what organ?
A: Heart.
How many senses to human beings have?
A: 5.
In the human body, what is the longest bone?
A: Femur.
Which sex is twice as likely to catch leprosy?
A: The male.
The most insect bitten part of the human body is what part?
A: Foot.
Cholecystitis affects what part of the human body?
A: Gall bladder.
When sneezing, what part of the body is it impossible to keep open?
A: Eyes.
Hepatitis affects which organ?
A: Liver.
How many teeth do humans have?
A: 32.
What is the substance that makes up most of the human body?
A: Water.
Where is ones pituitary gland located?
A: In the brain.
Where would one find ones olfactory organs?
A: On ones face, the nose.
What organs are involved in renal failure?

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A: Kidneys.
The metacarpus is what part of your body?
A: Your hand.
What disease does the Wasserman test look for?
A: Syphillis.
What is the more common name for the maxilla bone?
A: Upper Jaw.
What disease would cause one to put on allopurinol?
A: Gout.
What is the scientific term for the thigh bone?
A: Femur.
What is myeloid tissue also called?
A: Bone marrow.
What were the names of the first recorded pair of Siamese twins?
A: Chang and Eng.
What is another word meaning masticating?
A: Chewing.
What part of the body is enlarged in Encephalitis?
A: Brain.
When the sun activates your melanocytes what appear on your body?
A: Freckles.
What are the four main blood groups?
A: A, B, AB, and O.
Found on the human body, especially the face, what is another name for lentigines?
A: Freckles.
Myalgia affects what part of the human body?
A: Muscles.
Gingivitis is inflammation of what part of the human body?
A: Gums.
Pulmonic refers to what part of the body?
A: Lungs.
What is the scientific name for the removal of ones kidney?
A: Nephrectomy.
What is the common name for swelling and inflammation of the thyroid gland?
A: Goiter.
Where in the body is the pineal gland located?
A: Brain.
The pollex is what part of the hand?
A: Thumb.
How many chambers are there in the human heart?
A: 4.

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What are people doing while osculating?

A: Kissing.
What are ones front cutting teeth also known as?
A: Incisors.
What non-contagious disease is the most common?
A: Tooth decay.
What does it mean if one is hirsute?
A: You are hairy.
Insulin is produced by what organ in the human body?
A: Pancreas.
If you can't stop moving your fingers and toes what do you have?
A: Athetosis.
In humans, what are the two types of blood corpuscles?
A: Red and white.
Which of the 5 human senses is most closely linked with memory?
A: Sense of smell.
What bodily function can reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour?
A: Sneeze.
In a splenectomy what is being removed?
A: Spleen.
What are the four tastes that a human can detect?
A: Sweet, Sour, Salt, Bitter.
A polyorchid man has at least three of what?
A: Testicles.
Where is the thickest part of the human skin?
A: The back.
Which finger has the fastest growing nail?
A: Middle finger.
Which bone is the hardest bone in the human body?
A: Jaw bone.
What is the outermost layer of skin called?
A: Epidermis.
What temperature in degrees centigrade is the average human body temperature?
A: 37 degrees.
What are the four types of teeth?
A: Incisors, canine, pre-molars, and molars.
What is the soft area of cartilage in a baby's head called?
A: Fontanelle.
What hormone controls the supply of sugar to the muscles?
A: Insulin.
The bridge can be found on what part of the body?
A: Nose.

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What is the muscle used for breathing called which separates the chest from the abdomen?
A: Diaphragm.
Alan Roberts' special super glue was used to join what?
A: Wounds.
What was the name of the first home computer to be manufactured?
A: Altair.
What was France's online telecom service called?
A: Minitel.
Which play by Capek introduced the word robot?
A: R.U.R.
How was Trevor Baylis's revolutionary radio powered?
A: Clockwork.
Who developed the Gaia Theory?
A: Sanford.
What does O stand for in the equipment NOSE which imitates the human nose?
A: Olfactory.
Which company sold the first hand-held hair dryers?
A: Racine Universal Motor Company.
Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose's invention the crescograph measures what?
A: Plant movements.
In which islands is Bikini Atoll where the first atomic bombs were tested?
A: Marshall Islands.
What was the codename of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
A: Little Boy.
Edward Salk developed a vaccine against what?
A: Polio.
Which hospital performed the first heart surgery on a baby in its mother's womb?
A: Guy's London.
Adolf Loos was a designer of what?
A: Buildings.
Who was the first Nobel Prize winner to come from Pakistan?
A: Abdus Salam.
What was the first shopping mall o the Internet called?
A: The Branch Mall.
What type of camera did Edwin Land develop?
A: Polaroid.
Leslie Rogge was the first person to be arrested due to what?
A: The Internet.
Who led the team which invented transistors in the 1940s?
A: Shockley.
In 1908 Wilbur Wright traveled what record-breaking number of miles in 2 hours 20 minutes?

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A: 77.
Which company manufactured the first electric razor?
A: Schick.
How long did Bleriot's first flight across the English Channel last?
A:43 minutes.
What nationality of plane first broke the 100mph sound barrier?
A: French.
The first air collision took place over which country?
A: Austria.
William Henry Hoover started making vacuum cleaners because his original trade was dying out; what was
it?
A: Harness maker.
THE SUN TRIVIA
Interesting Sun Trivia - Sunburn, Sunscreen, Suntan, The Sun, Song Titles, and related Trivia.
A Martian year is how long in earth days? ( A year being how long it takes for the planet to travel around
the sun)
A: 687 earth days.
Venus and Mercury are inferior planets... Why?
A: Their orbits are nearer to the sun than earths. Superior planets have orbits outside the earths.
Dr. Ben Green developed what in 1944 to protect pilots who bailed out over the Pacific ocean?
A: Coppertone suntan lotion.
The ultimate source of energy for most renewable energy systems is what?
A: The Sun.
What type of electromagnetic radiation is responsible for sunburn?
A: Ultraviolet radiation.
What type of nuclear reaction powers the sun?
A: Fusion.
What Elton John 70s hit returned to No.1 18 years later when Elton and George Michael recorded it as a
duet?
A: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me.
On sunscreen products, what does the SPF mean?
A: Sun Protection Factor.
What Memphis recording label recorded both Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley?
A: Sun.
The sun keeps the planets in orbit with it's force of what?
A: Gravity.
Who recorded the albums The Soul Cages and Nothing Like The Sun?
A: Sting.
What planet has an orbit closest to the sun?
A: Mercury.
Two planets orbit the sun faster than the earth, what are the names of the two planets?
A: Mercury and Venus.

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The approximate temperature at the surface of the sun is what?

A: 5,800 K (9,980 F).
Which star is about halfway through its 10 billion year life expectancy, will then expand into a red giant and
finally shrink to a white dwarf?
A: The sun.
What lies at the very center of the solar system?
A: The Sun.
What is the name of the planet that takes about 30 Earth years to orbit the sun?
A: Saturn.
It takes light from the sun how long to reach the earth?
A: About 8 minutes and 18 seconds.
About how long is a sunspot cycle?
A: 11 years.
Which planet is most often the furthest from the sun, but not always?
A: Pluto.
Which planet travels around the sun at an average speed of 185 miles per second?
A: The earth.
What are the thousands of small bodies orbiting the sun called?
A: Asteroids.
How far does the Sun's gravitational pull reach?
A: About 1 1/2 light years.
Helium forms about what percentage of the sun's mass?
A: 30 percent.
The sun is about how old?
A: 5 billion years.
How hot is the center of the sun?
A; The core of the Sun is 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
In 1991, where was the European space probe Ulysses sent off to?
A: The Sun.
Space trivia with questions about the universe,supernovas,black holes, Brown dwarfs, cosmic rays,
satellites and more!

How old is the universe?

A: In a study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers says the universe is between 11.2
billion and 20 billion years old.
What is a black hole?
A: A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing can escape, even light.
How far is the nearest black hole?
A: As of now the closest known one is thought to lie at about 1,600 light years from Earth.
What is a supernova?
A: A supernova is a stellar explosion which produces an extremely bright object made of plasma that
declines to invisibility over weeks or months.

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What is a quasar?
A: The scientific consensus is that quasars are powered by material falling into super massive black holes in
the nuclei of distant galaxies.
What is a neutron star?
A: Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of some massive stars.
What is a brown dwarf?
A: Brown dwarfs are sub-stellar objects with a mass below that necessary to maintain hydrogen-burning
nuclear fusion reactions in their cores.
What is a red giant?
A: They are stars of 0.4 - 10 times the mass of the Sun which have exhausted their supply of hydrogen in
their cores and switched to fusing hydrogen in a shell outside the core.
How hot is the sun?
A: The core of the Sun is 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The surface of the Sun, is only 10,000 degrees
Fahrenheit.
What is a solar flare?
A: A solar flare is an explosion on the Sun that happens when energy stored in twisted magnetic fields is
suddenly released.
What are cosmic rays?
A: Cosmic rays are high energy charged particles, originating in outer space, that travel at nearly the speed
of light and strike the Earth from all directions.
What is the Van Allen belt?
A: The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, trapped by
Earth's magnetic field.
What is the most common element found in the universe?
A: Hydrogen
What is Jupiter made of?
A: Jupiter is about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium (by numbers of atoms, 75/25% by mass) with traces of
methane, water, ammonia and "rock"
How many moons does Jupiter have?
A: Jupiter has 63 known satellites (as of Feb 2004): the four large Galilean moons plus many more small
ones some of which have not yet been named.
How long is a day on Mercury?
A: Mercury rotates three times in two of its years.
How many stars are there in in the big dipper?
A: The Big Dipper is a group of seven bright stars, 3 which form a handle and 4 which form a bowl.
How many stars are in the little dipper?
A: The little dipper has 6 stars.
What is a constellation?
A: A constellation is a group of stars that, when seen from Earth, form a pattern.
How many named constellations are there?
A: There are 88 constellations.
What is the big red spot on Jupiter?
A: The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a hurricane-like storm system. It is large enough that two Earths could
fit across it.
Where is the element gold come from?

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A: Gold only comes from Super Novae.

What is a parsec?
A: The parsec is a unit of length used in astronomy, approximately equal to 3.261 light years.
Which planet has the most moons?
A: Jupiter has the most of any planet. Saturn is second.
Which planet is the hottest?
A: Venus is the hottest planet.
Which planet is the coldest?
A: Pluto is the coldest planet. It has an icy temperature of -400 F.
How much would 100 pounds here on earth weigh on the moon?
A: If you weighed 100 pounds on earth, you would weigh only about 16 pounds on the moon.
What is Titan's atmosphere made of?
A: The atmosphere of Titan is made mostly of Nitrogen (80-90%), just like the Earth's atmosphere!
What is the diameter of the earth?
A: The diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers).
What is the diameter of the moon?
A: The diameter of the Moon is 3,474 kilometers.
How fast is the speed of light?
A: In metric units, the speed of light is exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (or 1,079,252,848.8 km/h).
Approximately 186,000 miles per second.
How many miles is one light year?
A: A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles.
What is a meteorite made of?
A: Most meteorites contain at least some iron metal (actually an alloy of iron and nickel). You can see the
metal shining on a broken surface. Iron meteorites are all metal, stony iron meteorites are about half metal,
half stone, and stone meteorites contain small flecks of metal.
How long is an astronomical unit?
A: The Astronomical Unit is the average distance between the Sun and Earth. Its value is 149,597,870 km
(about 93 million miles).
Space - technology, Endeavor, Pathfinder, Mars, Gus Grissom, Neil Armstrong, Moon, and more.

Which space first was achieved by Toyohiro Akiyama in 1991?

A: First fare-paying passenger.
How long did the record-breaking space walk from space shuttle Endeavor last in 1993?
A: Five hours.
On which island is the Kennedy Space Center?
A: Merritt.
Where did the European space probe Ulysses set off for in 1991?
A: The Sun.
What did Neil Armstrong say immediately before "the eagle has landed?"
A: Tranquility base here.
What was the name of the first chimpanzee sent into space by America?
A: Ham

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On what date in 1997 did Pathfinder land on Mars right on schedule?

A: 4th July.
Who was the next American in space after Sheppard?
A: Virgil Grissom.
In which year were all three astronauts on the first Moon landing expedition born?
A: 1930.
Which probe sent back the first major pictures of Jupiter in 1995?
A: Galileo.
Who made the first un-tethered space walk of the 1990s?
A: Mark Lee.
What was the name of the first probe to send back pictures from Mars?
A: Viking.
On which ship did President Nixon welcome the astronauts back from the Moon?
A: Hornet.
Which scientist located Pluto?
A: Clyde Tombaulgh.
In what year was Hale Bopp first seen?
A: 1995.
Which three astronauts died during a launch pad rehearsal in 1967
A: Gus Grissom, Ed White & Roger Chaffee.
What is Neil Armstrong's middle name?
A: Alden.
What was the name of the Japanese Moon orbiter launched in 1990?
A: Muses-A.
Which cosmonaut returned to Earth in 1996 after spending a record-breaking 438 days in space?
A: Polyakov.
Whop was the second Soviet cosmonaut?
A: Titov.
What was the nationality of the journalist who accompanied a docking mission to MIR in 1990?
A: Japanese.
How long did Sergei Krikalyev spend on Mir in the early 90s?
A: Ten months.
What was the role of Rocco Petrone in the Apollo XI project?
A: Launch director.
Who was the first woman to captain a space shuttle crew?
A: Eileen Collins.
How many orbits of the Moon were there on the first manned orbit?
A: 10.
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Trivia quiz questions about space, space craft, movies about space, space time and more!

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What was the name of the space craft that Valencia Tereshkova made her historic space flight?
A: Vostok 6.
200 years before Jules Verne, what Frenchman wrote about two fantastic space odysseys, one to the moon
and one to the sun?
A: Cyrano de Bergerac.
What was the first name of the first man to reach space from the earth?
A: Yuri.
Which 1968 movie was based on the book The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke?
A: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
In 1983, what country shot down a Korean jet over its own air space?
A: Russia.
John who travelled in space over 35 years after his first visit to space?
A: John Glenn
What actor who starred in Lost in Space was a regular member of the cast of Friends?
A: Matt LeBlanc.
In 1972 which space craft set off for Jupiter?
A: Pioneer 10.
What happened to the space shuttle Challenger on takeoff in 1986?
A: It exploded.
Which two Gemini spacecraft had the first rendezvous in space?
A: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
What was the name of the first American astronaut to walk in space?
A: Edward White.
What keeps the earth's atmosphere from just dissipating into space?
A: Gravity.
Bruce Willis led a team to confront a deadly threat from outer space in a 1998 film. What was the title?
A: Armageddon.
The ancient souped-up spacecraft flown by Han Solo in the Star Wars movie was named what?
A: The Millennium Falcon.
Before breaking into the movies as an outer space sex siren, what actress performed topless in Las Vegas?
A: Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in Slaughterhouse Five.
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, what restaurant chain had a branch in the space station?
A: Howard Johnson.
What movie had the line "In space no one can hear you scream" on the cinema posters?
A: Alien.
Who had to wait in the spacecraft while Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
A: Michael Collins.
Eileen Collins was the first female to hold what position on a space shuttle mission?
A: Captain.
What did John F Kennedy refer to in noting: "This is a new ocean and I believe the U.S. should sail it"?
A: Space.
What did NASA purchase in a wal-mart in 1995 to protect the space shuttle from woodpeckers?

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A: Six plastic owls.

What is the name of the first space probe to leave our solar system?
A: Pioneer 10.
What are the names of the US space shuttles?
A: Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour, Columbia.
What was the name of the space craft that Valencia Tereshkova made her historic space flight?
A: Vostok 6.
200 years before Jules Verne, what Frenchman wrote about two fantastic space odysseys, one to the moon
and one to the sun?
A: Cyrano de Bergerac.
What was the first name of the first man to reach space from the earth?
A: Yuri.
Which 1968 movie was based on the book The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke?
A: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
In 1983, what country shot down a Korean jet over its own air space?
A: Russia.
John who travelled in space over 35 years after his first visit to space?
A: John Glenn
What actor who starred in Lost in Space was a regular member of the cast of Friends?
A: Matt LeBlanc.
In 1972 which space craft set off for Jupiter?
A: Pioneer 10.
What happened to the space shuttle Challenger on takeoff in 1986?
A: It exploded.
Which two Gemini spacecraft had the first rendezvous in space?
A: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
What was the name of the first American astronaut to walk in space?
A: Edward White.
What keeps the earth's atmosphere from just dissipating into space?
A: Gravity.
Bruce Willis led a team to confront a deadly threat from outer space in a 1998 film. What was the title?
A: Armageddon.
The ancient souped-up spacecraft flown by Han Solo in the Star Wars movie was named what?
A: The Millennium Falcon.
Before breaking into the movies as an outer space sex siren, what actress performed topless in Las Vegas?
A: Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in Slaughterhouse Five.
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, what restaurant chain had a branch in the space station?
A: Howard Johnson.
What movie had the line "In space no one can hear you scream" on the cinema posters?
A: Alien.
Who had to wait in the spacecraft while Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
A: Michael Collins.

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Eileen Collins was the first female to hold what position on a space shuttle mission?
A: Captain.
In January 1986, a space shuttle blew up in mid-air, what was the name of that shuttle?
A: Challenger.
In 1810 in England who invented the tin can for holding food?
A: Peter Durand
Dr Buddy Lapidus invented and marketed in 1975 what new product?
A: Odor Eaters
In 1760, what means of personal transport was invented?
A: Roller Skates
Castanets were invented in what country?
A: Egypt
Percy LeBaron Spencer invented what in 1945?
A: Microwave Oven
What was invented by Dr Albert Southwick in 1881?
A: The electric chair
In what country was Calico cloth invented?
A: India
Who invented , in 1876, the carpet sweeper ?
A: Melvin R Bissell
Who said "necessity is the mother of invention" ?
A: Ovid
In 1911, Georges Claude invented what?
A: Neon lights
What product first used Nylon, which was invented in 1934?
A: Toothbrush
The guillotine was originally invented for chopping off what?
A: Hands
In 1879, James Ritty invented the what?
A: Cash Register
Dr George Wander invented what world famous hot drink in Switzerland in the1860s?
A: Ovaltine
Bedsprings were invented in what country?
A: Greece
What automobile safety device was invented in 1902 by Dr F Lanchester ?
A: Disc Brakes
Rice-Kellogg invented what in 1924?
A: Loudspeakers
Joseph Gayette invented what in 1857 to prevent piles?
A: Toilet Paper
What did Spanish scientists fit to cows to increase milk yield?

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A: False Teeth
In early watches , what material was the hairspring made out of?
A: Pigs Hair
Scissors were invented by who?
A: Leonardo Da Vinci
In 1895, the world's first disposable what was made by King Camp Gillette?
A: Razor Blade
J H Robertson invented what?
A: Automatic Transmission
What did Mege-Mouries invent in 1870 and winning a Napoleon prize for his efforts?
A: Margarine
Benjamin Franklin invented it and in 1916 Britain tried . What was it?
A: Daylight saving Time
Between 1804 - 1873 1,676 patents were issued for what type of household item?
A: Washing Machine
In what country were bagpipes invented ?
A: Iran - Persia at the time.
In 1858, Hamilton Smith invented what kind of machine?
A: A washing machine
Craven Walker invented what fashionable icon the 1960s?
A: Lava lamp
Percy Shaw invented what in 1934?
A: Cats eyes
Thomas Edison invented what kind of paper?
A: Wax paper
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, but what did his father Immanuel invent?
A: Plywood
Who invented the rocking chair?
A: Benjamin Franklin
What did Peter Goldmak invent in 1948?
A: LP record
In what country was the world's first water clock invented?
A: China
In which country were Venetian Blinds invented?
A: Japan
What musical instrument was invented by Jean-Christopher Denner ?
A: Clarinet
Johannes Ostermeir invented what kind of photographic accessory?
A: Flashbulbs
What did Garnet Carter of Chattanooga invent in 1926?
A: Miniature Golf

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Charlton C McGee invented what type of mechanism in 1935?

A: The parking meter
What was invented 1903, and patented in 1906 by G C Beilder?
A: The Photocopier
John Dunlop developed pneumatic tires, but what profession did he practice?
A: Veterinarian
Who is credited with inventing the Skyscraper?
A: William Le Baron Jenny
What common item did Walter Hunt invent in 1829?
A: The Safety Pin
In 1855, 45 years later than it was needed, what was invented?
A: The Can Opener
What is Papins Digester , invented by Denis Papin in 1679?
A: Pressure Cooker
Issac and Willian Fuld invented and patented what in 1892?
A: Ouija Board French German Oui Ya
What new item was introduced to cars for the first time in 1949?
A: The Ignition key
What did African American Garrett A Morgan invent?
A: The Traffic Signal
In 1888, Theophilus Van Kannal invented what in Philadelphia?
A: Revolving Door
What did Seth Wheeler patent it in 1871?
A: Wrapping Paper
In 1939 what was the first plant patented in the US?
A: New Dawn Rose
What was the name of the first war submarine invented by David Bushnell which sank?
A: Turtle
What kind of animal is the emblem of the US republican political party?
A: Elephant.
What color is an ocelot?
A: Yellow with black markings.
Which type of animals have more teeth, reptiles or mammals?
A: Mammals.
A cow normally has how many teats?
A: Four.
What is the only venomous snake found in Britain?
A: Adder.
What type of leaves does a Koala use for food?
A: Eucalyptus.
What type of animal is the main source of food for a mole?
A: Earthworms.

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What is another name for a Guinea Pig?

A: Cavy.
What kind of animals live in an apiary?
A: Bees.
What was Tarzan's Chimpanzee's name?
A: Cheta.
Celeste was the wife of which fictional animal?
A: Babar the Elephant.
What were the names of the two bears that lived in Jellystone park?
A: Yogi and Boo Boo.
What is the name for a collection of frogs?
A: Army.
What kind of animal was "Gentle Ben" on the TV show?
A: A Bear.
A female donkey is called a what?
A: Jenny.
On a common lady bug, what color are the spots?>
A: Black.
Which subhuman primate is the most intelligent?
A: Chimpanzee.
A mandrill is what type of creature?
A: Monkey.
The most Asian elephants to be found in their natural habitat can be found in what country?
A: India.
Which animal is the fastest, a hare, greyhound, or horse?
A: Hare.
What type of animal is a Tasmanian Devil?
A: Marsupial.
Which sense is the weakest sense in most primates?
A: Sense of Smell.
Sika, fallow, and Roe, are what types of animal?
A: Deer.
Animals living in what type of habitat are arboreal animals?
A: In or amongst trees.
What type of animal produces gossamer?
A: Spider.
What kind of animal is the source of mohair?
A: Angora Goat.
What land mammal other than man has the longest lifespan?
A: Elephant.
Lupus is the Latin name for what animal?

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A: Wolf.
Who was the British TV personality that presented the show Animal Magic?
A: Johnny Morris.
Michael Bond created what famous bear?
A: Paddington Bear.
Walt Disney's famous deer was named what?
A: Bambi.
A horse named Black Bess was ridden by who?
A: Dick Trupin.
In the Lone Range, what was Tonto's horse's name?
A: Scout.
What kind of animals were Chi Chi and An An?
A: Panda bears.
In the Jungle Book, what kind of creature was Baloo?
A: A bear.
How do bees communicate with each other?
A: Dancing.
A stoat produces fur called what?
A: Ermine.
What type of insect eats its mate after mating?
A: Preying Mantis.
Coral and algae have what kind of relationship?
A: Symbiotic.
What kind of animals don't hunt or eat any meat?
A: Herbivore.
What is the name of the largest land animal?
A: Elephant.
When caterpillar changes into an adult butterfly what is the change called?
A: Metamorphous.
The study of animals is given the name of what?
A: Zoology.
What type of mammals fly using echolocation?
A: Bats.
How many types of panda are there?
A: Two, the giant and the lesser.
The longest beetle in the world is how long?
A: Six inches.
Animals without backbones are called what?
A: Invertebrates.
An earthworm has how many hearts?
A: 5.

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A fluke is what kind of animal?

A: Worm.
The spots on a plaice are what color?
A: Orange.
An abalone is what kind of animal?
A: Marine snail.
The study of birds eggs is called what?
A: Oology.
What is the offspring of a mare and a male ass called?
A: A mule.
On a rabbit where would you find a scut?
A: The tail.
In Thailand, what is the sacred animal?
A: The white elephant.
Alphabetically, what animal comes first in the Chinese horoscope?
A: Boar.
Alphabetically, what animal comes last in the Chinese horoscope?
A: Tiger.
What type of animal is the symbol of medicine?
A: Snake.
Which type of semi aquatic animal is a lutra-lutra?
A: An Otter.
What animals make a sound called nuzzing?
A: Camels.
What animal is the symbol of long life in Korea?
A: The Deer.
A Curry Comb is used on what type of creature?
A: Horse.
The llama belongs to what family to what family of animals?
A: Camel.
Eskimos call what kind of creature a nanook?
A: Polar Bear.
Which animal has the longest lifespan in captivity?
A: Giant Tortoise.
In Peru, what animal provides 50% of all the protein eatin?
A: The Guinea Pig.
What animal pollinates banana plants in the wild?
A: Bats.
A fennec is what type of animal?
A: A Desert Fox.
What kind of creature always gives birth to same sex twins?
A: Armadillo.

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The Suidae family is made up of what animals?

A: Pigs.
A markhor is what type of animal?
A: Wild goat.
What type of insect has the best eyesight?
A: Dragonfly.
What form was the Egyptian god Sobek?
A: Crocodile.
A cow's stomach has how many chambers?
A: 4.
How many humps does an African camel have?
A: One.
Who are the queen bee's closest servants in a beehive?
A: Drones.
What is the animal with the Latin name "syncerus caffer"?
A: Cape Buffalo.
A Quagga is an extinct animal that was a distant cousin to which animal that exists today?
A: Zebra.
What does a carpophagus animal feed on?
A: Fruit.
Which animal has rectangular pupils?
A: Goat.
What kind of animal mates only once for 12 hours and can sleep for three years?
A: Snail.
Do mosquitoes have teeth?
A: yes.
A typical mayfly lives for how many days?
A: One.
What is a fox's den called?
A: Earth.
As far as reasoning power goes, what is the most intelligent family of birds?
A: Crow.
What bird is the international symbol of happiness?
A: Bluebird.
Emperor, Rock Hopper and jackass are all types of what?
A: Penguins.
What kind of bird is often described as being a thief and is thought by some people to bring bad luck?
A: Magpie.
This animal was mentioned in 'Alice in Wonderland' and was last sighted in Mauritius. What animal is it?
A: Dodo bird.
What still living bird has the worlds longest wingspan?

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A: Albatross.
The Jay belongs to which bird family?
A: Crow.
What is the family name of doves and pigeons?
A: Columidae.
What country does the Korat come from?
A: Thailand.
What was Long John Silver's parrot's name?
A: Captain Flint.
What is the fastest animal on two legs?
A: Ostrich.
What is New Zealand's national bird?
A: Kiwi.
What is a young penguin called?
A: Chick.
What flightless extinct bird has the Latin name Didus Ineptus?
A: Dodo bird.
Animals living in what type of habitat are arboreal animals?
A: In or amongst trees.
What type of creature is collectively called an unkindness?
A: Ravens.
Macaws come from which continent?
A: South America.
A golden eagle escaped from the London Zoo in 1965, what was its name?
A: Goldie.
Is a Corncake a mammal, reptile, or bird?
A: Bird.
What type of mammals fly using echolocation?
A: Bats.
What kind of birds are trained to catch and fetch fish?
A: Cormorants.
What kind of bird is the most common found in Briton?
A: Wren.
The study of birds eggs is called what?
A: Oology.
What type of animal was Dab-Dab in the Dr. Dolittle stories?
A: A Duck.
The shag belongs to what bird family?
A: Cormorant.
Turkey's originated in which country?
A: The United States.

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What kind of a group of animals are a paddling?

A: Ducks.
Which animal is the only creature that has legs but can't walk on them?
A: The Hummingbird.
What is a chemically castrated cock called?
A: Capon.
A smew is what type of creature?
A: Wild duck.
What is the animal with the Latin name "syncerus caffer"?
A: Cape Buffalo.
Which animal has eyes larger than it's brain?
A: Ostrich.
What variety of birds are Hooded and Carrion?
A: Crow.

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