1 - What is the other giant spiral galaxy of the Local Group, along with the Milky Way?

Athena

Eurypides

Andromeda

Clytemnestra

2 - What model of rocket is shown below?

An Ariane IV An Ariane V A Delta IV A Proton (three-stages model)

3 - 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

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

The Indians

The Egyptians

The Greeks

The Chinese

5 - 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

6 - 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)

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

De Broglie

Heisenberg

Bohr

Einstein

8 - Which computer language was originally not interpreted?

Perl

Python

C

Basic

9 - 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

10 - We say a planet is in ________ when that planet is furthest away from the sun.

Perihelion

Aphelion

Apoapsis

Periapsis

11 - How was the NASA probe Climate Orbiter lost in 1999?

Bad insulation exposed the electronic circuit to extreme heat, fatally damaging it

A typing mistake when entering coordinates caused it to miss the red planet

A mixup between Imperial and Metric units in navigation data caused it to approach too near to Mars

The probe stopped responding for an unknown reason while it was already in orbit

12 - Who discovered and capitalized alternating current?

Edison

Tesla

Maxwell

Einstien

13 - 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

14 - The mammal pictured below has a number of nearly-unique characteristics for a mammal. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

It has venomous spurs It lay eggs It can detect the body electricity of its preys It is deaf from birth

15 - What top speed does a TGV (French high speed train) reach in commercial service?

220 km/h (137 miles/h)

250 km/h (155 miles/h)

300 km/h (186 miles/h)

380 km/h (236 miles/h)

16 - Which Space mission was described by James Lovell and Neil Armstrong as 'The most significant in the history of US spaceflight'?

Apollo 13

Apollo 8

Apollo 14

Gemini 4

17 - Who sponsored the most widely adopted school computer in the UK in the early 1980's?

Acorn

Apple

International Business Machines

British Broadcasting Corporation

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

HD 224693B

Gliese 777 AC

2M1207B

55 Cancri AE

19 - 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)

20 - What are the four fundamental interactions between particles?

Electromagnetic, kinetic, potential, nuclear

Electromagnetic, nuclear (strong), nuclear (weak), gravity

Magnetic, ionic, elecric, gravity

Gravity, nuclear (strong), nuclear (weak), ionic, magnetic

 

  

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