SCIENCE QUIZ 25

Question: Who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming

Question: Where would you hurt if you were kicked on the Tarsus?
Answer: The ankle

Question: Which of the following is the smallest paper size; A3, A4, or A5?
Answer: A5

Question: What part of the body does Silicosis affect?
Answer: The lungs

Question: What is 1999 in Roman numerals?
Answer: MCMXCIX

Question: On a standard computer keyboard, which is the largest key?
Answer: The space bar

Question: What is the main difference between monkeys and apes?
Answer: Monkeys have tails

Question: What common household item was invented by Percy Spencer in 1945?
Answer: Microwave oven

Question: Which organ of the body is responsible for the production of anti-bodies?
Answer: The spleen

Question: What is the only creature that has a tongue but cannot stick it out of its mouth?
Answer: Crocodile

Question: It is made from thermo-plastic paper and the manilla hemp used to make rope, it is designed to withstand boiling water, what is it?
Answer: A teabag

Question: What is Britain's largest freshwater fish?
Answer: The Pike

Question: What word is used for the removal of salt from seawater to produce fresh water?
Answer: Desalinisation

Question: In 1986 the world's worst nuclear disaster happened where?
Answer: Chernobyl

Question: What is the name of the optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions?
Answer: Mirage

Question: Which is the largest Web Footed Bird in the world?
Answer: The Albatross

Question: In Mobile (cell) Phones, what does WAP stand for?
Answer: Wireless Application Protocol

Question: What name is given to an inert substance administered in place of an active drug?
Answer: Placebo

Question: What do you call the number below the line in a fraction?
Answer: Denominator

Question: Which anaesthetic was first used in 1847 to prevent patients from feeling pain whilst surgeons operated on them?
Answer: Chloroform