SCIENCE QUIZ 1

Question: What name is given to calfskin, dressed and prepared for writing on?
Answer: Vellum

Question: In 1884, what was invented by Lewis Waterman?
Answer: Fountain Pen

Question: What is a female bear called?
Answer: Sow

Question: What killer disease was controlled by Jonas Salk’s vaccine?
Answer: Polio

Question: Which is the world’s tallest mammal?
Answer: The Giraffe

Question: What are the young of Squirrels called?
Answer: Kittens

Question: What is the main element in Bronze?
Answer: Copper

Question: What type of fuel do jet aircraft use?
Answer: Kerosene

Question: What is the second month of the year to have exactly 30 days?
Answer: June

Question: Which colourless, odourless light gas is used to lift airships?
Answer: Helium

Question: What is the fraction usually given as an approximation for PI?
Answer: 22/7

Question: At sea, between which hours is the first watch?
Answer: 8pm and Midnight

Question: What type of creature is the Aberdeen?
Answer: Cow/Bull

Question: What do the Australians call the yellow dogs that are regarded as serious pests in their Country?
Answer: Dingoes

Question: What is the sum of degrees in the internal angles in a triangle?
Answer: 180 degrees

Question: What is the national bird of New Zealand?
Answer: The kiwi

Question: What name is given to plants that last for many years?
Answer: Perennials

Question: What does PVC stand for as in the compound PVC?
Answer: Polyvinyl Chloride

Question: Thor Heyerdal's raft the 'kon-tiki' was made of what type of wood?
Answer: Balsa

Question: Where, in a household, would you find a magnetron?
Answer: In a microwave oven.