SCIENCE QUIZ 30

Question: Who invented the jet engine?
Answer: Sir Frank Whittle

Question: When is the Blue Peter Flown?
Answer: When a ship is about to leave Port

Question: What is a cross between a collie and a greyhound called?
Answer: Lurcher

Question: Which planet normally lies between Saturn and Neptune?
Answer: Uranus

Question: In science, a substance dissolved in another substance is known as what?
Answer: Solute

Question: What will be the next year that reads the same upside down and back to front as it does the right way up?
Answer: 6009

Question: What do the initials HB stand for on a pencil?
Answer: Hard Black

Question: A mixture of ground chalk and raw linseed oil is known better as what?
Answer: Putty

Question: Which is the only bird, capable of rotating its neck through 270º?
Answer: Owl

Question: Bubbles of which gaseous element are responsible for the condition of divers (amongst others) known as 'The Bends'?
Answer: Nitrogen (It is also known as Caisson disease and medically as aeroembolism.

Question: Which part of a man's anatomy remains the same size from birth?
Answer: His eyes (this is also true of females)

Question: From which wood were longbows traditionally made?
Answer: Yew

Question: What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid better and more commonly known as?
Answer: DNA

Question: The worlds largest fruit is called the love fruit or the Coco de Mer, and can weigh up to 50 pounds (23kg). Which is the only Country it grows in?
Answer: Seychelles

Question: What are the 'aurora borealis' also known as?
Answer: Northern Lights - high-altitude luminosity occurring most frequently above 60° north or south latitude.

Question: What name is given to the envelope of gases which surrounds the Earth or another celestial body?
Answer: Atmosphere

Question: What term is used for the result of multiplying two or more numbers?
Answer: Product

Question: How many milligrams are in one gram?
Answer: 1000

Question: What is the main crop of the Greek island of Corfu?
Answer: Olives

Question: What is the term for a group of whales?
Answer: Pod