Hardest Science & Technology Quiz

 

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

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

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

4 - What is the quark combination in a proton?

5 - What is the name of the largest known cellestial body belonging to the Solar system that lies beyond the orbit of Pluto?

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

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

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

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

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

11 - The Three Gorges Dam in China will be the world's biggest when complete. When did the construction start?

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

13 - Of the following, who did NOT take part in the development of the first steam engines?

14 - What has been found to be special about the star BPM 37093 in Centaurus?

15 - What is a perfect number?

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

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

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

19 - How do organisms use Adenosine Triphosphate?

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

 

  

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