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