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  • How much does the average cumulus cloud weigh?
    500,000 kg
  • What is the scientific term for the production of light by living organisms?
    bioluminescence
  • How often do your taste buds regenerate?
    every 10 days
  • How far away can a wolf smell its prey?
    nearly 3 km
  • What is Jupiter's largest moon?
    Ganymede
  • When did New Jersey achieve statehood?
    1787
  • Who invented the telescope?
    Hans Lippershey in 1608
  • What is the world's most poisonous spider?
    Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer) or banana spider
  • What gas becomes a superfluid when cooled to absolute zero?
    helium
  • How many legs do spiders have?
    8
  • Who invented dynamite?
    Alfred Nobel
  • ‘To buy a …’ means to buy something (usually a motor vehicle) that doesn’t work well and is therefore worthless.
    lemon
  • Herpetology is the study of what?
    Insects
    Fish
    Reptiles and amphibians
    Birds
  • If you ‘have sticky fingers’, you’re…?
    a thief
  • How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth?
    8 minutes and 20 seconds
  • What living animal has the heaviest brain?
    Sperm whale (9 kg)
  • Before you can face the cold outside, you have to … up, which means to get dressed warmly.
    bundle
  • What is the only human body part that can't repair itself?
    teeth
  • What percentage of a cat's bones are in its tail?
    10%
  • What planet has the most moons?
    Jupiter
  • In which state is Harvard University located?
    Massachusetts
    Pennsylvania
    Connecticut
    New York
  • What was the method of execution for King Charles I of England?
    Burning at the stake
    Hanging
    Firing squad
    Beheading
  • What is the most common element in the human body?
    oxygen
  • What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
    Venus
  • Mycology is the study of what?
    fungi
  • What is a hummingbird's heart rate while in flight?
    1,260 beats per minute
  • Where are the 3 smallest bones in the human body?
    middle ear
  • How fast can lava flow?
    over 60 km/h
  • Which organ do insects NOT have?
    lungs
  • What is the symbol for silver?
    Ag
  • What is the smallest mammal in the world?
    bumblebee bat
  • Unlike most other fish, sharks have no…?
    bones
  • When did Pennsylvania achieve statehood?
    1787
  • The average person has about … liters of blood.
    5
  • How much skin will the average person shed during their lifetime?
    over 50 kg
  • “Brace yourself” means “…yourself.”
    prepare
  • An earthquake that measures 8 on the Richter Scale would be how many times stronger than an earthquake that measures 4 on the same scale?
    10,000 times
  • What is the largest living structure on Earth?
    Great Barrier Reef
  • What is the average number of readers for a published scientific paper?
    10
    10,000
    1,000
    500
  • What did I.M. Pei design outside the Louvre, in Paris?
    a pyramid
  • Jack … (also called “Old Man Winter”) is an old character who goes around and nips (gently bites) at people’s noses and toes during winter.
    Frost
  • Which fruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and mandarin/tangerine?
    orange
  • How many eggs does a queen bee lay per day?
    2,000
  • The idiom ‘walking on thin …’ means to be in a risky situation that can easily go bad.
    ice
  • Which art movement, first in painting and later in music, developed in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
    Surrealism
    Cubism
    Impressionism
    Expressionism
  • If you exaggerate the severity of a situation, you ‘make a mountain out of a …’?
    molehill
  • The Earth's core is composed primarily of what substance?
    an iron-nickel alloy
  • How many separate functions does the human liver have?
    over 500
  • CH3COOH is the chemical formula for what common household item?
    vinegar
  • In what type of matter are atoms most tightly packed?
    solids
  • Why are sharks and rays different from other fish?
    They have no bones.
  • When will the sun run out of fuel?
    in 5 billion years
  • What scientist discovered X-rays?
    Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895
  • How many km of blood vessels are there in the human body?
    over 160,000
  • What inorganic molecule does lightning produce?
    Ozone (O3)
    Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
    Methane (CH₄)
    Ammonia (NH₃)
  • What is the functional unit of heredity?
    gene
  • What is the fastest flying bird in the world?
    peregrine falcon
  • What do you call the application of science to criminal investigation?
    Forensic science
    Toxicology
    Pathology
    Criminology
  • What is the name of the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere?
    troposphere
  • How many brains did a Stegosaurus have?
    1
  • What has the highest atomic number of any non-radioactive element?
    lead
  • What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
    anemometer
  • What is the gestation period of a blue whale?
    10-12 months
  • What is the windiest planet in our solar system?
    Neptune
  • What is the standard unit of kinetic energy?
    Joule (J)
    Pascal (Pa)
    Newton (N)
    Watt (W)
  • What discovery earned Wilhelm Röntgen the first Nobel Prize for Physics?
    X-rays
  • What is the smallest biological unit of a living organism?
    cell
  • What do scientists use to clean up radioactive waste?
    Electrolysis
    Fermentation
    Photosynthesis
    Bioremediation
  • What is the largest planet in our solar system?
    Jupiter
  • When did Delaware achieve statehood?
    1787
  • What happened to the bodies of former Russian tsar Nicholas II and his family after they were slaughtered?
    They were taken to England and burried in Westminster Abbey.
    They were thrown into the Volga River.
    They were burned.
    They were embalmed and displayed in a public mausoleum.
  • What percentage of the cells in your body are bacteria?
    90% bacteria and only 10% human cells
  • If you’re ‘cool as a …’, you’re someone who’s very calm and relaxed.
    cucumber
  • Stephen Hawking was a vigorous supporter of what interpretation of quantum mechanics?
    The Pilot-Wave Theory
    The Transactional Interpreation
    The Many-Worlds Interpretation
    The Copenhagen Interpretation
  • How long does it take an individual blood cell to make a complete circuit of the body?
    60 seconds/1 minute
  • In 2004, what was discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia?
    The remains of a hobbit-sized human, no more than 1 m tall
  • The coldest, darkest time of winter is known as ‘the … of winter’.
    dead
  • Name the church where Leonardo da Vinci's famous fresco the "Last Supper" is painted.
    Notre-Dame
    Santa Maria delle Grazie
    Saint Peter's Basilica
    Sagrada Familia
  • When was the idea of the atom first introduced?
    450 BC
  • How many times does a giant panda poop each day?
    40 times
  • Who painted "The Starry Night"?
    Claude Monet
    Salvador Dalí
    Pablo Picasso
    Vincent van Gogh
  • Who invented the first battery?
    Alessandro Volta, in 1800
  • Which animal often symbolizes peace in art?
    Dove
    Dog
    Owl
    Eagle
  • What was the first genetically engineered organism?
    Tobacco (1983)
  • How many patents did Thomas Edison accumulate during his lifetime?
    2,332
  • What is the strongest living creature on Earth?
    Gonorrhea bacterium capable of pulling up to 100,000 times its own body weight!
  • Early photographers made their images on…
    glass
  • Hurricanes only form over …?
    warm water
  • What is the oldest city in the United States?
    Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Charleston, South Carolina
    St. Augustine, Florida
    Jamestown, Virginia
  • The US Navy has trained … to find enemy swimmers, locate underwater mines, and guard nuclear arsenals.
    bottlenose dolphins (as well as sea lions)
  • What is the energy called that an object possesses due to its motion?
    Kinetic energy
    Potential energy
    Chemical energy
    Thermal energy
  • What is the most abundant element in the Universe?
    hydrogen
  • What illness accounted for 40% of U. S. military casualties during World War I?
    influenza/flu
  • How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?
    every 76 years
  • What is the symbol for Potassium?
    K (derived from Neo-Latin, kalium)
  • How many earthquakes are there worldwide each year?
    over 1 million
  • Which serial killer's intelligence, charm, and good looks were emphasized in media coverage of his murder trial in Florida in 1978?
    Ted Bundy
  • What layer of the Earth's atmosphere makes radio communications possible?
    ionosphere
  • What type of cloud is characterized by thin, wispy strands?
    Cirrus
  • ‘Putting something on …’ means delaying or pausing it until later.
    ice
  • What is the gestation period of a hippopotamus?
    8 months
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