What is the surface temperature of the Sun? 35 million Degrees C 1.3 Million Degrees C 330 000 Degrees C 6000 Degrees C dWhat is the temperature at the centre of the Sun 35 Million Degrees C 1.3 Million Degrees C 330 000 Degrees C 6000 Degrees C aWhat is the brightest star visible from Earth? Rigel Vega Grantares Sirius dHow far does light travel in one year? 6000000 miles 6000000000 miles 6000 miles 6000000000000 miles dWhat is the chemical symbol for Aluminium? Al Aul Ali A aWhat is the chemical symbol for Carbon? C Ca Car Cr aWhat is the chemical symbol for Iron? I Ir In Fe dWhat is the chemical symbol for Krypton? K Ky Kp Kr dWhat is the chemical symbol for Mercury? Me My Mc Hg dWhat is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen? H Ho Hy He aWhat is the chemical symbol for Pottassium? P K Po Pt bWhat is the chemical symbol for Silver? S Si Ag Au cWhat is the chemical symbol for Tungsten? T U W Tu cWhat is the chemical symbol for Zinc? Z Zi Zn Zc cWhat is the chemical symbol for Gold? Ag Au Al Go bWhat is the chemical symbol for Lead? L Le Pb Pe cWhat is the chemical symbol for Uranium? Ur Gt U Um cWhat is the chemical symbol for Strontium? S St Sr Sm cWhat is the chemical symbol for Nickel? Ni N Nu Cu aWhat is the chemical symbol for Copper? Co C Cu Cp cWhat is the chemical symbol for Radium? R Rd Rm Ra dWho Invented the Lightning Conductor? Benjamin Franklin Isaac Newton Archimedes Leonardo Da Vinci aWho Invented the Jet Engine? Sir Christopher CockerellSir Frank Whittle Thomas Eddison J.G. Barnett bWhat is the chemical symbol for Vanadium? V Ve Vd Vn aWhat is the chemical symbol for Sulphur? S Su Sp De aWhat is the chemical symbol for Helium? H Hm He Hl cWhat is the chemical symbol for Magnesium? M Ma Mm Mg dWhat is the chemical symbol for Molybedenum? M Mb Gh Mo dWhat is the chemical symbol for Nitrogen? Ni Ng N Nn cWhat is the chemical symbol for Oxygen? Og O On Ox bWhat does the victim of a herniated intervertebral part suffer from? Pulled muscle Slipped disc Cracked spine Broken vertebrae bWhat two months are named after men? March & October February & April July & August May & October cWhat is the thickness of the Earth's atmosphere? 50 miles 80 miles 100 miles 120 miles dWhich of the five senses are most likely to be lost if hit by lightening? Touch Smell Hearing Sight cWhat is the term for an organism that lives on or in another? Flea Lice Leach Parasite dWhat percentage of the Earth's water is drinkable? 1% 10% 30% 90% aWhat planet travels round the Sun every 248 years? Pluto Mars Jupiter Venus aWhat in 1975 did 18 Nobel laureates claim has no basis in fact? Astronomy Astrology Psychology Sociology bWhat type of bomb is a Mills bomb? Atom Nuclear Grenade Bouncing cWhat kind of fruit were the golden apples of Greek mythology? Crab Apricot Plum Peach bHow many sides has a pentagon? 10 8 7 5 dWhat is considered the standard rate at which a pulse should beat? 80/minute 72/minute 60/minute 95/minute bWhat does the Greek term 'Geo' denote? Earth Ground Sky Of the place aWhat fraction of 18 carat gold is pure? One third One half Three quarters One quarter cWhat is made by adding lactobacillus bulgaricus to milk? Cottage cheese Yoghurt Butter Skimmed milk bWhat vitamin complex includes thiamine/niacin/riboflavin? B A D E aWhat two months contain equinoxes? July & May March & September October & February December & June bWhat did Wilhelm Roentgen discover in 1895? car vaccine X-ray perambulator cHow many logarithmic scales are there on a slide rule? 4 8 3 2 dWhat takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth? Shooting stars Sunlight Ozone Rain bWhat is the world's most common compound? Clay Water Soil Air bWhat wheel did Blaise Pascal invent in search of perpetual motion? Steering Square Cart Roulette dWhat part of the body is affected when you get taresthesia? Brain Arm Foot Nose cWho invented the reflecting telescope? Newton Galileo Einstein Moore aWhat does a heliologist study? Gas Sun Wind Temperature bIn what units is acceleration measured? Metres/sec Metres/sec squared Newtons/metre Newtons/metre squared bWhat is the chemical symbol for potassium? P Po Pm K dWhat is the radius of the sun? 432600 miles 902345 miles 127900 miles 8879770 miles aWhat is the unit of electrical current? Volt Ohm Ampere Watt cWhat unit is equivalent to 1 Coulomb/second? 1 Watt 1 Ampere 1 Newton 1 Calorie bWhat is the Polar radius of the Earth? 6356.8 km 5578.9 km 34543.87 km 45.87 km aWhat is the Equatorial radius of the Earth? 6378.2 km 45547.66 km 232232.56 km 43443 km aWhat is measured in radians? Heat Air pressure Luminance Angles dHow many yards make up one chain? 2 6 22 100 cHow many chains make up one furlong? 2 8 22 10 dHow many furlongs make a mile? 10 8 22 16 bWhat is the symbol for inductance? I L H K bInto how many chambers is the human heart divided? 2 3 4 6 cWhich is organ do we rely on most to help us balance? Nose Ear Eye Finger bWhat vitamin do we get from sunlight? A B C D dWhat deficiency is indicated by white flecks on the fingernail? Vitamin A Vitamin D Calcium Iron cWhat name is given to the energy posessed by a body due to its momentum? Potential energy Kinetic energy Catalytic energy momentus energy bHow many parts of Oxygen are there for every part of Carbon in Carbon Dioxide? 1 2 3 4 bWhich is the most dense planet in our solar system? Pluto Earth Saturn Mercury bWhich is the least dense planet in our solar system? Earth Pluto Saturn Neptune cHow many moons, or satelites, has Venus? 0 1 2 3 aHow many moons, or satelites, has Saturn? 0 2 5 10 dHow many moons, or satelites, has Mercury? 0 1 3 6 aWhich planet in our solar system has the strongest surface gravity? Pluto Jupiter Earth Mercury bWhich planet in our solar system has the weakest surface gravity? Earth Mars Pluto Mercury dHow many square yards make one acre? 200 1080 4840 7390 cHow many fluid ounces in one pint? 16 14 112 20 dHow many horse power to 1 Watt? 1760 746 174 474 bWhat is the unit of sound pressure? Newton Pascal Candela Farrad bWhat is the unit of capacitance? Newton Pascal Candela Farrad dWhat is the unit of magnetic flux? Tesla Weber Coulomb Henry bWhat is the unit of magnetic induction? Weber Henry Tesla Joule cWhat is the unit of conductance? Ohm Tesla Siemans Ampere cHow many radians are there in 360 degrees 2 * pi 4 * pi pi / 4 pi / 2 aIn a circle of radius r, what is the formula for the circumference? pi * r 2 * pi * r r / pi * 2 r / 2 * pi bWhat is the approximate e.m.f of a Leclanche cell? 2 volts 2.2 volts 1.46 volts 1.88 volts cWhat is the approximate e.m.f of a ni-cad cell? 2 volts 1.2 volts 1.3 volts 2.2 volts cWhat is the approximate e.m.f of a bichromate cell? 2 volts 2.2 volts 1 volt 1.5 volts aWhat is the standard waveform for the electricity generated in Britain? Square wave Sawtooth wave Sine wave Pulse wave cWhat frequency is the electricity generated in Britain? 60 Hz 100 Hz 50 Hz 240 Hz cWhat frequency is the electricity generated in the USA? 40 Hz 50 Hz 60 Hz 100 Hz cIn Ohm's law, which of the folowing is true? V=I/R I=V*R V=R/I I=V/R dWhat is the term used for the creation of nuclear power by splitting the atom? Fusion Fission Fison Particle acceleration bWhich of the following gasses is inert? Hydrogen Oxygen Argon Sulphur Dioxide cWhich Greek letter is used to define a small change between two values? Alpha Gamma Omega Delta dWhat is the ozone layer around the earth which protects us from the sun's rays called? Stratosphere Hemisphere Ionosphere Semisphere cWhat harm can be done to our bodies by the Sun? Loss of sight Skin cancer Bone cancer Brain tumur bHow far is the Sun from Earth? 39 000 000 miles 93 000 000 miles 25 000 0000 miles 29 000 000 miles bWhere would you find a Plimsole line? On a motorbike On an aeroplane On a ship On a racing car cWhat is the force of the Earth's gravity? 2.56 Newtons 9.81 Newtons 4.81 Newtons 67.9 Newtons bWhat is the heaviest organ in the human body? Heart Kidney Liver Lung cWhich of the following do you not have two of? Lung Kidney Liver Ear lobe cHow many colours are there in the spectrum? 5 6 7 8 cWhich frequency would you not be able to hear? 1000 Hz 10000 Hz 15000 Hz 90000 Hz dWhich is not a conductor of electricity? Alluminium Silver Water Porcelein dWhat two gasses together make up 95% of the Sun's matter? Hydrogen and Oxygen Hydrogen and Helium Helium and Oxygen Hydrogen and Argon bFrom where does 70% of the world's bromine come? Mount Everest Mount Etna Atlantic Ocean South Pole cHow far does the Earth travel every day? 1 500 000 miles 10 000 000 miles 250 000 miles 200 000 miles aHow long does it take light to travel from the moon to Earth? 1.5 years 2.25 days 1.25 seconds 1.45 weeks cIn what year did brakes become standard on all four wheels of a motor car? 1890 1920 1940 1965 bIn what year did the practice of starting motor cars with an ignition key become widespread? 1890 1920 1929 1949 dIn what year did the study of radio waves begin? 1855 1885 1905 1925 bIn what year was wireless communication acheived between England and France? 1799 1829 1879 1899 dIn what year did John Logie Baird first demonstrate the television picture? 1922 1926 1930 1937 bIn what year was the first pocket camera produced? 1785 1895 1925 1955 bWhere was the first simultaneous sound and film demonstration given? Paris New York London Tokyo bWhat was the first satellite ever launched called? Arriane Saturn Telstar Darius cWho first predicted the use of satellites for communication? Arthur C Clarke Isaac Assimov Michael Farraday Vladmir Zworykin aIn what year was Asprin invented? 1783 1893 1923 1953 bWho invented the bicycle? Giffard Benz Dresser Macmillan dWhat did Benjamin Franklin invent in 1780? Lightning conductor Bicycle Barbed wire Bifocal lens dWho invented the fountain pen? Bic Biro Penn Waterman dIn what year was paper invented? 120 BC 120 AD 105 AD 1020 AD cFrom what country did the mechanical clock originate? Holland France Greece China dIn what year was the first human heart transplant achieved? 1947 1967 1974 1979 bIn degrees Centigrade, what is the boiling point of alcohol? 78.5 135.5 1000 1020 aWhat is measured with an actinometer? Height of mountains Heat of the sun's rays fibre diameters gradients bWhat is measured with a sclerometer? Hardness of crystals Viscosity of liquids Lung capacity Ductility aHow long did man's first powered, sustained controlled flight last? 12 seconds 24 seconds 12 minutes 24 minutes aIn which geological era did giant reptiles become extinct? Cenozoic Mesozoic Upper palaeozoic Lower palaeozoic bThe deficiecy of what mineral causes a poor memory? Cobalt Copper Iron Calcium cWhat is a result of a magnesium deficiency? Delirium Growth retarding Bloodshot eyes Loss of fertility aHow many bones are in the human skull? 1 2 22 53 cHow many bones are in a human arm? 2 5 10 30 dIn what year was smallpox officially eradicated from this world? 1859 1959 1979 1985 cOpium is made from the unripe fruits from which plant? Tulip Rose Poppy Lilac cWhat colour does litmus paper turn when dipped in acid? Blue Yellow Green Red dWhat is the predominant gas present in natural gas? Butane Propane Ethane Methane dWhat is myopia commonly known as? Tunnel vision Long sightedness Short sightedness Double vision cIn what year did man first set foot on the moon? 1969 1968 1970 1971 aFrom what rock is marble formed? Shale Granite Limestone Slate cWhat type of rock is marble? Sedimentary Igneous Glacial Metamorphic dWhat is Dinitrogen oxide more commonly known as? Laughing gas Nerve gas Liquid Petroleum Gas Natural gas aKelp is a type of what? Clay Polyester Kerosene Seaweed dDutch metal is an alloy of which two metals? Copper and brass Zinc and brass Copper and zinc Brass and iron cWhich of the following is not a transducer? Electric motor Electric shaver Radio speaker Hi Fi amplifier dWhat colour is magenta? Green Yellow Blue Red dA quotient is the result of what operation? Multiplication Addition Subtraction Division dWhich of the following has the lowest relative density? Marble Cork Brick Lead bHow many sides has a trapezium? Four Six Eight Two aWhich of the following is not caused by adrenalin? Increased heartbeat Pupils enlarging Decreased sweating Hair standing on end cWhat controls the amount of light entering the eye? Iris Cornea Retina Conjunctiva aWhat deficiency causes beri beri? Vitamin A Calcium Protein Vitamin B dWhat deficiency causes rickets? Calcium Vitamin D Vitamin A Iron bFrom what is chalk made? China clay Limestone Granite Shale bWhich of the following is not a letter of the Greek Alphabet? Alpha Epsilon Lambda Xenon dWhat is the boiling point of water? 32 degrees Centigrade 32 degrees Farenheight 100 degrees Centigrade 100 degrees Frenheight cWhat is the boiling point of alcohol? 42 degrees Centigrade 72 degrees Centigrade 112 degrees Centigrade 172 degrees Centigrade bHow long does it take Halleys Comet to complete one orbit? 12 weeks 10 years 76 years 300 years cA liquid which will mix with another liquid is called what? Miscible Soluble Dilutable Solvable aTo produce a large quantity of gas bubbles by chemical reaction is to what? Effervesce Oxidize Carbonate Oxygenate aWhich one of the folowing is a lustrous material? Paper Granite Silver Marble cHow many atoms does a diatomic molecule posess? 1 2 4 10 bWhat is measured with a Geiger counter? Earthquakes Radiation Sea depths Car exhaust fumes bWhat colour does litmus paper turn on contact with an alkali? Red Green Blue Orange cWhat is the most common substance in rocks? Quartz Lead Carbon Clay aWhat is the process of removing elasticity from rubber called? Saporification Hydrolysis Vulcanization Smelting cWaht is the name given to an animal with no backbone? Spineless Invertebrate Marsupial Lizzard bWhat type of animal is a kangaroo? Marsupial Invertebrate Omnivour Cotyledon aWhat is a fluke? Worm Lizzard Butterfly Moth aWich one of the following is not an anthropod? Crab Toad Spider Fly bWhich of the following is not amphibian? Frog Water rat Duck Toad cInto how many separate parts is the body of an insect divided? 2 3 4 6 aInto how many parts is the body of a caterpillar divided? 2 4 8 14 dHow many wings has a butterfly? 2 3 4 5 cWhat is the liquid in a plant called? Pith Cortex Sap Phloem cWhat is the main part of the large intestine called? Cloaca Duodenum Pancreas Colon dTo what does the term 'hepatic' relate? Kidneys Lungs Liver Pancreas cTo what does the term 'gastric' relate? Throat Stomach Lung Bowels bWhat colour is bile? Red Yellow Blue Green dA ball of food mixed with saliva is called what? Erepsin Bolus Villus Ileum bWhat type of person is prone to marasmus? Old people Pregnant women Children Sportsmen cWhat is the main vein entering the heart called? Pulmonary vein Hepatic vein Aorta Vena cava dInto how many sections is the human heart divided? 2 4 5 10 bWhat is the correct name for a white blood cell? Leucocyte Fibrin Arteriole Haemoglobin aTo what does the term ' renal ' relate? Liver Heart Kidney Lung cHow many layers of skin does a human being have? 1 2 3 4 bWhat does a tendon join together? Two muscles A muscle and a bone Two bones A muscle and a ligament bHow many groups of taste buds are on our tongues? 2 4 6 10 bWhere in the body would you find an ossicle? Eye Nose Ear Throat cWhere in the body would you find the cochlea? Ankle Throat Ear Wrist cWho invented logarithms? Bell Archimedes Newton Napier dWho discovered the effect of gravity? Archimedes Einstein Newton Napier cOn what frequency does the British electrical system operate? 40 Hz 50 Hz 60 Hz 80 Hz bHow many sides has an octagon? 4 6 8 12 cTo what does an epicentre relate? Volcanoes Huricanes Earthquakes Comets cWhat colour is magnesium oxide? Yellow White Gold Colourless bWhat are computer storage disks coated with? Magnesium oxide Manganese dioxide Iron oxide Copper oxide cTo what does an isobar relate? Temperature Atmospheric pressure Wind speed Land heights bWhat does the prefix ' iso ' mean? Wind Equal Atomic Opposite bWhat speed has to be exceeded to become hypersonic? Mach 2 Mach 4 Mach 5 Mach 9 cWhat does the prefix ' hyper ' mean? Inside Above External Internal bWhat is methane otherwise known as? North sea gas Laughing gas Nerve Gas Marsh gas dWhen is a mantissa used? Trigonometry Algebra Geometry Logarithms dWhat cannot be seen under an optical microscope but is visible with an electron microscope? Red blood cell Virus Atom Human hair bTo what does the term ' open clusters ' relate? Bacteria Stars Bombs Diamonds bWhat is cordite? Poison Lubricant Explosive Anaesthetic cIn what would you find Eugenol? Perfume Food preservative Fizzy pop Nail varnish aWhat forms the main part of a tooth? Calcium Dentine Enamel Bone bWhat is the name for a device which converts AC to DC? Transformer Inverter Amplifier Rectifier bThe study of the tissues and organs of living creatures is called what? Histology Topology Topography Kidology aWhat does the prefix ' homo ' mean? Opposite With Inside Same dWhich of the following can be used to make transistors? Silver Gold Silicon Graphite cWhat effect does insulin have on the blood? Increase sugar level Decrease sugar level Increase pressure Decrease pressure bWhat is the device called which converts DC to AC ? Rectifier Inverter Amplifier Transformer bWhat is the correct name for a material such as germanium or silicon? Insulator Conductor Semiconductor Resistor cIn Britain what colour wire would you connect into the neutral terminal on a 13 Amp plug? Black Brown Blue Pink cIn Britain what colour wire would you connect into the live terminal on a 13 Amp plug? Red Blue Brown Green cHow many strokes are there on a standard petrol motor car engine? 2 4 6 12 bWhat goes accross the points on a petrol engine? Transistor Transformer Condenser Diode cWhat does the prefix ' geo ' mean? Water Planets Mountains Earth dHow many sides has a hexagon? 5 6 7 12 bWhat did Napier invent? Slide rule Calculator Logarithms Algebra cTo what does Pythagoras's theorum relate? Logarithms Calculus Trigonometry Algebra cWhat is the sum of the three angles of a triangle? 90 degrees 180 degrees 360 degrees 900 degrees bWhat is the lowest prime number? 1 2 3 5 aA Zener is a type of what? Transistor Resistor Capacitor Diode dHow many cells has a 12 volt car battery? 1 2 6 12 cWhat is the unit of resistance? Volt Ohm Amp Watt bOn a resistor, what value does the colour violet have? 4 5 6 7 dIn the resistor colour code, what colour is zero? Green Red Black White cWhat is the fourth band on a resistor? Voltage rating Current rating Tolerance Resistance cHow many eyes has a fly? 0 2 4 8 bWhat is the Greek letter which means micro? Iota Mu Omicron Sigma bWhich of the following is not a Greek letter? Omega Pi Chi Geiger dWhat is another name for Ethyne? Acetylene Methane Ether Benzene aWhat is the most malleable metal? Lead Gold Alluminium Silver bHow many primary colours are there? 2 3 6 12 bWhich of the following is not a primary colour? Red Yellow Green Blue bHow many legs do insects have? 4 6 8 10 bHow many legs does a spider have? 4 6 8 10 cWhat is 93 million miles away from Earth? The Moon Mars The Sun Sirius cWhat travels along fibre optics? Sound Electricity Light Heat cWhat is cryogen? An anesthetic A freezing mixture A poison A fertiliser bWhich of the following is a ferrous metal? Copper Zinc Steel Tin c