Hard Science & Technology Quiz

 

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

2 - The pH scale measures...

3 - What is a Lagrange point?

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

5 - What are the four fundamental interactions between particles?

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

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

8 - Truth and beauty were the names of two sorts of quarks, what were the other four?

9 - Who was the only US Astronaut to fly aboard Gemini, Apollo and the STS (Shuttle), including two maiden flights?

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

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

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

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

14 - Which computer language was originally not interpreted?

15 - Sikhote-Alin is a well-known name to Space enthusiasts. But who or what was he/ she / it?

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

17 - Who discovered and capitalized alternating current?

18 - What is the number phi equal to?

19 - Of the following animals, which is the most closely related to humans from an evolutionary point of view?

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

 

  

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