Hard Science & Technology Quiz

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 - What are the four fundamental interactions between particles?

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 - How do organisms use Adenosine Triphosphate?

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

17 - What is a perfect number?

18 - Who discovered and capitalized alternating current?

19 - What is a Lagrange point?

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

 

  

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