SCIENCE QUIZ 11

Question: Which geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
Answer: Houston

Question: What are the three primary colours of light?
Answer: Red Blue Green

Question: What is the name given to the system for categorising library books?
Answer: Dewey Decimal System

Question: What is the smallest cell in the human body?
Answer: The male sperm. It takes about 175,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single egg cell.

Question: What is the largest cell in the human body?
Answer: The female ovum, or egg cell. It is about 1/180 inch in diameter.

Question: Who said... 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind'?
Answer: Albert Einstein

Question: What is a Capon?
Answer: A castrated rooster.

Question: What is the world's largest herb?
Answer: Banana plant

Question: What does a Sphygmomanometer measure?
Answer: Blood pressure

Question: What colour is Yaks milk?
Answer: Pink

Question: What is a Perfusionist's role in a hospital surgery?
Answer: Running the heart & lung machine

Question: What is the only rock that floats in water?
Answer: Pumice. An igneous (produced by volcanic action) rock having a spongy or frothy texture, and composed largely of glass. It is still sometimes used, as 'pumice stone', to scrape the skin when bathing.

Question: When is Halley's comet expected to appear again?
Answer: 2061

Question: The condition of seasonal allergic rhinitis is better known by what name?
Answer: Hayfever

Question: Which fruit is a cross between the mandarin orange and the bitter orange and is named after a port in Morocco?
Answer: Tangerine

Question: When was power steering first available in a petrol driven car?
Answer: It was in the USA in 1951.

Question: In Australia, in which month of the year is the longest day?
Answer: December

Question: Which two months are covered by the star sign Gemini?
Answer: May

Question: What single letter is the chemical symbol for the element Tungsten?
Answer: W

Question: Which fruit has the scientific name of malus pumulia?
Answer: Apple