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Trivia questions about science; physics, chemistry, energy, elements, instruments and more.Which scientist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and the Nobel Peace
Prize? Who persuaded Einstein to write to President F D Roosevelt of the
USA, warning him of the power of atomic fission? Who developed the modern system of classifying plants and animals? Who was captain of Darwin's ship HMS Beagle, and subsequently became
governor of New Zealand. Robert Oppenheimer is remembered for his work on which invention? Which radioactive element is named after the progenitor of the
periodic table? Who suggested that 'necessity is the mother of invention'? Stephen Jay Gould developed which evolutionary theory? What is a device in a machine which allows free movement, especially
of a rotating shaft in a housing? What is the branch of science concerning the study of bodies in
motion? Who, referring to the principle of leverage, said, 'Give me the place
to stand and I will move the earth'? Einstein left Germany to work at which American university? In which area of science are the terms CPU, PC and VDU used? What is 'Lamarckism'? Who shared a Nobel Prize for Physics with his son? What is the word which means either the strength of an earthquake or
the brightness of a star? Who claimed that the sciences and the arts were divided by a gaping
chasm? Camphor is what type of chemical? Potassium belongs to which group of elements? What discovery, made by Alec Jeffreys in the mid-1980s, is now used
as a means of identification? Who discovered X-rays? Which of Einstein's theories of relativity, the general or the
special, was published first? What is another name for a rhombus whose internal angles are equal? Who first proposed that the geological processes occurring now can be
used to understand the changes of the past? Which metallic element, with the atomic number 83, is used to soothe
gastric ulcers? What was the first synthetic plastic? What is the name for a three-dimensional curve generated by a line
encircling a cylinder at a constant angle? Which scientist proposed that atoms are the smallest unit of matter? Who was the first Englishman to put a dinosaur on show? Who was the first scientist to win Nobel Prizes for Physics and
Chemistry? Which metaphysician developed the theory of calculus at the same time
as did Newton? Which nebula is contained in the constellation Taurus? What is the more common name for oil of vitriol? What name is given to the medieval practices which tried to turn lead
into silver and gold? Which field of learning attracted the attention of the ancient Greek
Galen? What is measured by a hygrometer and a hygroscope? Who developed a general electrochemical theory as well as effective
ways of poisoning people? The first florin, minted in 1252, was composed of which material?
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