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 does 'SAS' stand for (when related to computer hard disks)?

Serial Attached SCSI

Server Attached SATA

Serial Attached SATA

SCSI Attached SATA

3 - What scientific phenomenon is often (mistakenly) thought as having been first reported by Columbus?

The inversion of the sense of gyration of water emptying from a hole as one crosses the equator

The difference between the geographic & magnetic North Poles

The existence of Aurora Borealis above the ocean

The increase in the sea's level near the equator, due to the increased centrifugal force

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

Copper

Chlorine

Cerium

Cobalt

5 - Which of the following is not a formula for energy?

(mv²)/2 (where m is mass, and v is speed)

hf (where h is Planck's constant, and f is frequency)

ma (where m is mass, and a is acceleration)

mc² (where m is mass, and c is the speed of light)

6 - Which of these aircraft designers was responsible for the Hawker Hurricane fighter plane?

Sir Frank Whittle

Reginald J Mitchell

Sir Sidney Camm

Sir Barnes Wallace

7 - 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

8 - Which of these is an example of an extremophile?

Elephas maximus

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Architeuthis martensi

Bacillus infernus

9 - Which ancient people is generally (and somewhat controversially) credited with the invention of the zero?

The Indians

The Egyptians

The Greeks

The Chinese

10 - Who discovered and capitalized alternating current?

Edison

Tesla

Maxwell

Einstien

11 - According to the Nyquist-Shannon theory:

to double an amplifier's loudness, you must quadruple the power supplied

doubling the density of a medium halves the speed of sound through that medium

to capture a signal, the sample frequency must be at least double the signal frequency

any telephone or telegraph system based on wires requires at least two of them

12 - Which extra solar planet is currently known as orbiting a brown dwarf?

HD 224693B

Gliese 777 AC

2M1207B

55 Cancri AE

13 - What is a perfect number?

A number such that the sum of its factors, excluding itself, is greater than itself

A number such that its only divisors are 1 and itself

A number such that the sum of its factors, excluding itself, equals itself

A number such that it cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers

14 - How do organisms use Adenosine Triphosphate?

as a digestive enzyme

as an energy carrier

to maintain cell membrane integrity

as a competitive inhibitor

15 - How far away from is the Earth from the Sun (on average) ?

1.5 x 10^8 km (9.32 x 10^7 miles)

1.3 x 10^7 km (8.08 x 10^6 miles)

1.8 x 10^10 km (1.12 x 10^10 miles)

1.2 x 10^7 km (7.46 x 10^6 miles)

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

Jean Luc

Jacques Piccard

Jules Verne

Jacques Cousteau

17 - 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

18 - Which British Astronomer has a Lunar crater named after him?

Sir Bernard Lovell

Henry Brinton

Sir Fred Hoyle

Sir Patrick Moore

19 - Who is the only person to hold a patent on a chemical element?

Glenn T. Seaborg

Marie Curie

Enrico Fermi

Albert Ghiorso

20 - 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

 

  

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