Science Trivia Quiz
What type of coal is brown and fibrous?
A: Lignite.
What is the sticky wax obtained from sheep?
A: Lanolin.
What is the trade name for the non-stick material used for coating
cooking pans?
A: Teflon.
What name is given to the brittle kind of iron used for making engine
blocks and manhole covers?
A: Cast Iron.
Which scientific unit gives a measure of loudness?
A: Decibel.
The behavior of sound in rooms and concert halls is a separate
science. what is its name?
A: Acoustics.
What kind of animal is an iguana?
A: Reptile.
Camera film bears an ISO number. What does ISO stand for?
A: International Standards Organization.
What is the name given to the molten rock beneath the surface of the
Earth?
A: Magma.
Which disease is spread in minute water drops?
A: Legionnaire's disease.
What raw material is used for making glass?
A: Sand.
What is the strong inelastic material found in a human tendon?
A: Collagen.
What material forms the hard outermost layer of a human tooth?
A: Enamel.
Snowflakes are symmetrical. How many sides do they have?
A: Six.
What name is given to an atomic particle carrying a negative charge?
A: Electron.
DNA is found in which part of the cell?
A: Nucleus.
By which name is the drug acetylsalicylic acid better known?
A: Aspirin.
How many legs has an insect?
A: Six.
What kind of an organism is a truffle?
A: Fungus.
Where in the body does a cataract form?
A: The eye.
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
A: Hydrogen.
Which flower has the same name as a diaphragm in the eye?
A: Iris.
What is the name of the strong material found in plant cell walls?
A: Cellulose.
Which animals are arthropods and have eight legs?
A: Arachnids.
Which is the modern scientific unit of work and energy?
A: Joule.
Chlorine, fluorine and bromine belong to which family of elements?
A: Halogens.
What name is given to the change of state from liquid to gas?
A: Evaporation.
Who pioneered the airship?
A: Count Von Zeppelin.
What in genetics, is the term denoting the transmission of traits and
characteristics from parents of offspring?
A: Heredity / inheritance.
Which scientist discovered the neutron?
A: James Chadwick.
Which was the first antibiotic to be discovered?
A: Penicillin.
What is oncology?
A: Branch of medicine concerning cancer.
What is the boiling point of water?
A: 100 degrees Celsius.
Ascorbic acid is which vitamin?
A: Vitamin C.
What, specifically, are the metals amalgam, solder, pewter and steel?
A: Alloys.
What is the generic term for the mechanical, electrical and
electronic components of a computer?
A: Hardware.
Whose research on X-ray diffraction of ?DNA crystals helped Crick and
Watson during the race to discover the structure of DNA?
A: Rosalind Franklin.
Heisenberg is most associated with which branch of physics?
A: Quantum Mechanics.
What did Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes discover?
A: Superconductivity.
What science is the study of missiles in motion?
A: Ballistics.
Which branch of science has four fundamental principles: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division.
A: Arithmetic.
What kind of elements are found in a pure state in nature?
A: Native elements.
What are classified by their measurement in degrees as "right",
"reflex", "obtuse", or "acute"?
A: Angles.
What is the name given to the longest side of a right-angled
triangle?
A: Hypotenuse.
