1 - What was the diametre of the biggest Kamtchatka crab found?

56 cm (22 inches)

105 cm (42 inches)

180 cm (72 inches)

356 cm (140 inches)

2 - What is the greatest number of electrons that can fit into the first electron shell (also called an energy level)?

2

3

6

10

3 - How do organisms use Adenosine Triphosphate?

as a digestive enzyme

as an energy carrier

to maintain cell membrane integrity

as a competitive inhibitor

4 - What is a Lagrange point?

An orbital spot where a small object will remain stationary with respect to two large gravitational objects

The vertical angle at which a spinning object will become unstable and fall over

A sharp-pointed fulcrum where the slope from the point is equal in all directions

The temperature for a liquid at which no amount of pressure will prevent boiling

5 - What bridge shook itself to destruction leading to the new science of wind engineering?

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Causey Gap Bridge

Sunshine Skyway

Phillipe Ridge Causeway

6 - Which is not one of the six classical simple machines?

lever

hinge

wedge

screw

7 - The pH scale measures...

The concentration of hydronium ions.

The inverse concentration of hydronium ions.

The level of molecular activity

The concentration of NH- ions

8 - Which famous Astronomer had a gold prosthetic nose, having lost the real one in a duel?

William Herschel

Galileo

Nicolas Copernicus

Tycho Brahe

9 - Which one has explored the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot in the ocean?

Jean Luc

Jacques Piccard

Jules Verne

Jacques Cousteau

10 - What does EPROM stand for (in relation to computers)?

Erasable Programmable Real On-core Memory

Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

Easily Programmable Real On-core Memory

Easily Programmable Read Once Memory

11 - During WW2, the British created a machine called Colossus to break the German Fish cypher. Who was not involved in the project?

Albert Small

Max Newman

Alan Turing

Tommy Flowers

12 - What has been found to be special about the star BPM 37093 in Centaurus?

It is the densest White Dwarf yet discovered

It has a core of solid diamond

It is currently the closest star to the Earth (apart from the Sun!)

It has been shown to possess a planetary system

13 - What is the name of the largest known cellestial body belonging to the Solar system that lies beyond the orbit of Pluto?

Deucalion

Quaoar

Varuna

Chaos

14 - Who was the first to propose the uncertainty principle, which is vital to quantum mechanics?

De Broglie

Heisenberg

Bohr

Einstein

15 - How many planets can be seen with normal 20/20 vision, unaided by telescopes, and unhindered by light polution?

6

7

9

8

16 - Of the following, who did NOT take part in the development of the first steam engines?

James Watt

Thomas Newcomen

Thomas Savery

James Hargreaves

17 - For research in what field did Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield win the Nobel prize of Medicine in 2003?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The study of AIDS

The genetic causes of degenerative brain diseases

The use of laser in open-heart surgery

18 - Which of the following is not credited to the Chinese?

The invention of rockets

The discovery of magnetic attraction

The discovery of electric attraction

The calculation of pi to the fifth decimal

19 - Which element was named after the country 'Cyprus'?

Copper

Chlorine

Cerium

Cobalt

20 - What is the quark combination in a proton?

uud

udd

usd

ssd

 

  

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