Hard Science & Technology Quiz

 

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

2 - The pH scale measures...

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

4 - What is a perfect number?

5 - What potential source of danger to space travellers was discovered by this Scientist?

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

7 - What is the process by which a eukaryotic cell divides into two new cells?

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

9 - What is the number phi equal to?

10 - Who discovered and capitalized alternating current?

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

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

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

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

15 - Given the following standard phase diagram (temperature vs pressure) of compound y, what phase or phases of matter are present at point x?

16 - Which of these standards is not used for connecting daughter boards to computers' mother board?

17 - What is one difference between RNA and DNA?

18 - What are the craters on Venus named after?

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

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

 

  

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