Science Trivia Questions and Answers
What delta-winged supersonic transport is the fastest passenger
plane?
A: The Concorde.
What comet was first sighted by the Chinese in 240 B.C.?
A: Halley's Comet.
What does "SPF" mean on sunscreen containers?
A: Sun Protection factor.
What M-word is defined as "a device that changes sound into
electric current"?
A: Microphone.
What brand became the first sugar-free sugar substitute, in 1957?
A: Sweet'n Low.
What colorless gas is essential in the production of fertilizers
and light bulbs?
A: Nitrogen.
What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world
in 1520?
A: The rifle.
What explosive jelly is combined with gasoline to make incendiary
bombs?
A: Napalm.
What did Dr. Heinrich Dreser hype as a non addictive substitute
for morphine in 1898?
A: Heroin.
What did the Nimbus-7 satellite monitor changes in the depth of?
A: The ozone layer.
What body part is low-density lipoprotein most likely to clog?
A: Arteries.
What's wire rope most often called?
A: Cable.
What was the short word for "Infantile Paralysis" on 1950s March
of Dimes posters?
A: Polio.
What book did Christians often place on their foreheads to cure
insomnia in medieval times?
A: The Bible.
What are you shopping for it you're sized up by a Brannock
Device?
A: Shoes.
What's the most common automotive essential that is measured in
terms of its viscosity?
A: Oil.
What did 18th-century chemist Antoine Lavoisier prove was a
compound of hydrogen and oxygen?
A: Water.
What objects are studied in what enthusiasts call "ufology"?
A: Unidentified flying objects.
Who's known in the shrink biz as "Weird Beard"?
A: Sigmund Freud.
What's the unit of capacity for fuel wood?
A: A cord.
How many of every ten coffee beans in USDA approved coffee can be
moldy, insect-infested or insect-damaged?
A: One.
What's the English title of Freud's book Traumdeutung?
A: The Interpretation of Dreams.
What celestial objects were once referred to as "hairy stars"?
A: Comets.
What piece of lumber's actual size is one-and-a-half by
three-and-a-half inches when "surfaced"?
A: A two-by-four.
What tool did astronomer Rodger Thompson say is "fundamentally
altering our view of the universe"?
A: The Hubble telescope.
What's the most common contributor to chronic bronchitis?
A Smoking.
What constellation points to the south celestial pole?
A: The Southern Cross.
What's the study of materials at very low temperatures?
A: Cryogenics.
What unit of length is derived from the Latin word uncia?
A: The inch.
What country launched Europe's first super-high-speed passenger
train, in 1981?
A: France.
What's believed by many to be a satellite of Neptune that escaped
its primary orbit?
A: Pluto.
What planet is circled by only two moons?
A :Mars.
What artillery weapon was launched upon the world in 400 B.C.?
A: The catapult.
What procedure is performed on an abscess if the dentist thinks
the tooth can be saved?
A :Root canal.
What Greek advised: "Let your food be your medicine, and your
medicine by your food"?
A: Hippocrates.
What does an anthropophagic census-taker fear?
A: People.
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