Important History of Science Questions with Answers

What is science?

Science is a systematic study of things and phenomena that construct and organise
knowledge in the structure of testable predictions and explanations about everything
that exists in the observable universe.

What are the three important branches of science?

Physical science, life science, and earth science are the three important branches of
science.

What is meant by physical science?

Physical science is the study of the inorganic world which does not include the study of
living things.

The term _____ was derived from the Latin word scientia, which means
awareness, knowledge, and understanding.

Answer: science

Explanation: The term science was derived from the Latin word scientia, which means
awareness, knowledge, and understanding.

What is the scientific method?

The scientific method is a process by which scientists investigate, verify and construct a
reliable and accurate outlook of any natural phenomenon.

What is meant by the hypothesis?

The hypothesis is a proposition that is deduced from theoretical reasoning and some
evidence. This is the beginning state of any research that transforms theoretical
questions into predictions.

Explain the earliest notions of science in world history.

The earliest practice of science can be found in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
(around 3000 to 1200 BC). Their practices in medicine, astronomy, and mathematics
shaped the classical Greek philosophy of antiquity, whereby attempts were made to
develop explanations of phenomena in the world based on natural causes. Even though
concepts and words of “nature” and “science” were not part of the culture, the ancient
Mesopotamians and Egyptians made significant contributions that later became the
foundations of Greek and medieval astronomy, medicine, and mathematics. From the
third 3rd millennium BCE, the Egyptians constructed a decimal counting system. They
solved physical problems employing geometry. They also developed a detailed calendar
system. Egyptian healing techniques consisted of drug usage as well as metaphysical
activities like rituals, prayers, and incantations.

What are the contributions of ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians to the

development of science?

The ancient Mesopotamians utilised the knowledge of various natural chemicals for
creating glass, pottery, metals, soap, and lime plaster. They studied animal anatomy,
physiology, astrology, and behaviour for divine purposes. The Mesopotamian civilisation
also had extensive interests in medicine. During the Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumerian
civilisation), the earliest medical documents appeared. They studied subjects which
have religious or practical applications and have a meagre interest in fulfilling curiosity.

Starting from 3000 BCE, the Egyptians developed a fairly capable numbering system
that was based on decimals. They applied their knowledge of geometry to solve
practical physical problems (helped builders and surveyors). They even constructed a
fully functional calendar that had twelve months, 30 days each and five days at the
year-end. The development of geometry was a crucial advancement to preserve
ownership and layout of agricultural land, which was flooded periodically by the river
Nile. The right angle and other laws of geometry were applied to construct rectilinear
buildings and bodies.

What are the important works of Aristotle?

Aristotle was a student of Plato; he put forward empiricism and the concept that
universal laws can be deduced through induction and observation. He laid the
foundation of the scientific method. He also developed numerous biological theses that
were very much empirical and analytical in nature. It was focused on the diversity of life
and biological causation. He made many observations on nature, especially the
attributes and habits of animals and plants. He classified around 540 animal species
and physically dissected around fifty species. The writings of Aristotle directly influenced
European and Islamic scholarship. They were then ultimately superseded in the
scientific revolution.

Explain the main works of Aryabhatta.

In 499 AD, Aryabhata put forward a heliocentric model of the solar system along with
basic concepts similar to gravitation. He developed mathematical and astronomical
theories in which the planet Earth was considered to be spinning on its own axis, and
the planets’ periods were described as elliptical paths with respect to the Sun. He also
considered that the planets and the Moon shine by reflecting sunlight, and planetary
orbits are ellipses. He had done precise calculations of astronomical quantities based
on his system, such as the Earth’s circumference, periods of planets, lunar eclipse, and
solar eclipse, the time required for one rotation of the Earth on its own axis, the length of
the revolution of the Earth, etc. He also put forward many trigonometric functions
(versine, sine, inverse sine, and cosine), algorithms and techniques of algebra, and
trigonometric tables. His works were translated into Arabic versions, and those were
available in the Islamic region by the 8th–10th centuries.

How did Islamic Golden Age contribute to the development of science?

After the disintegration of the Roman Empire, the Greek knowledge system also
deteriorated (during the early centuries of the Middle Ages). In the Middle East, it was
preserved during the Islamic Golden Age. The assimilation and recovery of Greek and
Islamic works into Western Europe from the period between the tenth and thirteenth
centuries revived the European “natural philosophy”.

What is the main contribution of Brahmagupta?

In the seventh century, Indian scholar Brahmagupta briefly explained the law of
gravitation and considered gravity as an attraction force. He also showed the application
of zero as both a decimal digit and placeholder with the Hindu-Arabic number system
currently used globally. Arabic translations of Brahmagupta’s text introduced this
numeral system to the Arabic region, where it was taken as Arabic numerals.
Who developed the first systematic analysis of natural philosophy?

Aristotle and Plato developed the first systematic analysis of natural philosophy, which
paved the way for the later complex investigations of the physical world. The
development of reasoning was of particular significance for the evolution of scientific
inquiry.

When did the scientific revolution begin in Europe?

The scientific revolution is considered a transition point in history, from where science
started to change its form from ancient thought and philosophy to classical physics,
which is dominated by mechanics. It is considered to have started in 1543 when the
books De revolutionibus by Nicolaus Copernicus and De humani corporis fabrica by
Andreas Vesalius were first published. In 1687, this period culminated with the release
of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. This period marked
an unprecedented surge of scientific publications all over Europe.

Question: Who wrote the science law 'for every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction'?
Answer: Newton
Question: Which mathematician first said the world wasn't flat, but a
sphere?
Answer: Pythagoras
Question: What is the name for a pivot on which a lever turns?
Answer: Fulcrum
Question: What is the name of the change of state from solid to liquid?
Answer: Melting
Question: Which science term means an observation which differs from
expectations?
Answer: Anomaly
Question: What is the name of the fundamental unit of temperature?
Answer: Kelvin
Question: What is the name for the bones which make up the spine?
Answer: Vertebrae
Question: Which biological term means without a spine?
Answer: Invertebrate
Question: What does the Beaufort Scale measure?
Answer: Wind Speed
Question: How many Laws of Thermodynamics are there?
Answer: 3

Question: Which is the lightest of all the metallic elements?

Answer: Lithium
Question: What is the chemical symbol Na, from the Latin Natrium, for
which element?
Answer: Sodium
Question: Aqua Regia is used to dissolve which metal?
Answer: Gold
Question: Which element is also known as quicksilver?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Which chemical is also known as quicksilver?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Which element, originally called hydragyrum, has the symbol
Hg?
Answer: Mercury
Question: What is the addictive chemical in tobacco?
Answer: Nicotine
Question: What substance are nails made from?
Answer: Keratin

Question: Waxing Gibbous refers to which celestial body?

Answer: Moon
Question: How many fundamental states of matter are there?
Answer: 3
Question: Isaac Newton was born in which century?
Answer: 17th
Question: Which layer of the earth is under the crust but above the core?
Answer: Mantle
Question: In which year did man last land on the moon?
Answer: 1972
Question: What is the name of the yellow-green digestive fluid produced
by your liver?
Answer: Bile
Question: Which animal has the longest gestation period?
Answer: Elephant
Question: What word means the wearing away of land by water or wind?
Answer: Erosion
Question: What type of rock is formed under huge amounts of heat or
pressure?
Answer: Metamorphic
Question: Where in the body would you find alveoli?
Answer: Lungs
Physics Trivia
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Question: Which science term means the rate of change of velocity?
Answer: Acceleration
Question: What is haematology the study of?
Answer: Blood
Question: Which term in math means without end or limits?
Answer: Infinity
Question: What is the name for the product of a combustion reaction?
Answer: Oxide
Question: How is hydropower generated?
Answer: Water
Question: What is measured with a Geiger counter?
Answer: Radioactivity
Question: Which word means how heavy something is, given its volume?
Answer: Density
Question: What type of energy is possessed by a body in motion?
Answer: Kinetic
Question: Capillary action refers to the movement of which substance?
Answer: Liquids
Question: What does the P stand for in the chemical PVC?
Answer: Poly
Space Trivia
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Question: How many officially recognized constellations are there?
Answer: 88
Question: Lobate Scarps are a feature of which planet?
Answer: Mercury
Question: How many years is it said to take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?
Answer: 11
Question: Waxing Gibbous refers to which celestial body?
Answer: Moon
Question: Which term means heat transfer through the movement of a
fluid?
Answer: Convection
Question: The Cassini-Huygens probe was sent to visit which planet?
Answer: Saturn
Question: In 1693 Giovanni Zupi observed that which planet actually
orbited the Sun?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Atlas is a moon of which planet?
Answer: Saturn
Question: Callisto and Io are moons that orbit which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: Ganymede is a moon which orbits which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: Which planet boasts the largest moon in the solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: Triton orbits which planet?
Answer: Neptune
Question: Which planet is best known for its rings?
Answer: Saturn
Question: Which planet is referred to as being Cronian?
Answer: Saturn
Question: Which planet takes around 668 days to orbit the Sun?
Answer: Mars
Question: Which planet is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
Answer: Saturn
Question: Which planet shares its name with a popular chocolate bar?
Answer: Mars
Question: Which planet is named after the Roman God of the Sea?
Answer: Neptune
Question: Which planet in our solar system takes about 225 days to orbit
the sun?
Answer: Venus
Question: Which of these is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
Question: Which plant is orbited by the moon of Proteus?
Answer: Neptune
Question: What is the name of the largest mountain on Mars?
Answer: Olympus Mons
Question: Which name is given to the collection of Jupiter's 4 largest
moons?
Answer: Galilean Moons
Question: Which space probe landed on Mars in June 1999?
Answer: Pathfinder
Question: The Rover Spirit was sent to which planet?
Answer: Mars
Question: What was the first artificial satellite to be launched into space
by the USSR?
Answer: Sputnik 1
Question: Who made the first spacewalk ever?
Answer: Alexei Leonov
Earth Sciences Trivia
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Question: Sedimentary rocks like limestone and chalk are largely
composed of which element?
Answer: Calcium
Question: What is the name given to the outer layer of the earth?
Answer: Crust
Question: Electrolysis is the process of getting hydrogen and oxygen
from which substance?
Answer: Water
Question: The Cerberus Fossae is found on which planet?
Answer: Mars
Question: Noachis Terra is a period of which planet's history?
Answer: Mars
Question: The Borealis Basin can be found on which planet?
Answer: Mars
Scientific Principles & Terms Trivia
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Question: Which theory says that the most simplest explanation is
properly the right one?
Answer: Occam's Razor
Question: Thermal decomposition means breaking down using what?
Answer: Heat
Question: What word means the relative reactivity of an element?
Answer: Valency
Question: What is mass multiplied by acceleration?
Answer: Force
Question: What was the surname of Michael, a British scientist who
developed the laws of electrolysis?
Answer: Faraday
Question: Johann Schroter spotted 20km Mountains on which planet in
1800?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Galileo first observed the rings of which planet in 1610?
Answer: Saturn
Question: Kepler came up with his three laws of planetary motion in
which century?
Answer: 17th
General Science & Biology Trivia
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Question: What is somnology the study of?
Answer: Sleep
Question: How many pairs of chromosomes do most people have?
Answer: 23
Question: Which living creature is the constellation Aquila named after?
Answer: Eagle
Question: What is the name of the sugar stored in the body for energy?
Answer: Glucose
Question: Which organ is located at the top of the neck?
Answer: Larynx
Question: What is the side of the triangle opposite the right angle,
according to Pythagoras?
Answer: Hypotenuse
Question: What is the outermost layer of skin called?
Answer: Epidermis
Question: Enzymes in the body assist with which process?
Answer: Digestion

Trivia Question: What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?

Answer: Oxygen

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Trivia Question: What inorganic molecule is produced by lightning?

Answer: Ozone

Trivia Question: Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of what two

elements?
Answer: Copper and Tin

Trivia Question: What is the nearest planet to the sun?

Answer: Mercury
Trivia Question: The earth has three layers that are different due to
varying temperatures. What are its three layers?
Answer: Crust, mantle, and core

Trivia Question: What is the largest known land animal?

Answer: Elephant

Trivia Question: Which of Newton’s Laws states that ‘for every

action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?’
Answer: The third law of motion

Trivia Question: How many elements are there in the periodic table?
Answer: 118

Trivia Question: What is the tallest type of grass?

Answer: Bamboo

Trivia Question: How many bones do sharks have?

Answer: Zero

Trivia Question: Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with

which specific organ in the body?
Answer: Pancreas

Trivia Question: What is the rarest blood type?

Answer: AB-

Trivia Question: What is it called when you make light change

direction by passing it through a lens?
Answer: Refraction
Trivia Question: What type of bond involves the sharing of electron
pairs between different atoms?
Answer: Covalent

Trivia Question: Where is the world’s most active volcano located?

Answer: Hawaii

Trivia Question: What disease stems from the medieval term that
means ‘bad air’?
Answer: Malaria

Trivia Question: Optics is the study of what?

Answer: Light

Trivia Question: What part of the brain deals with hearing and
language?
Answer: Temporal lobe

Trivia Question: Dolly was the first-ever living creature to be cloned.

What type of animal was she?
Answer: Sheep

Trivia Question: Animals that eat both plants and meat are called
what?
Answer: Omnivores

Trivia Question: What is the quality of an object that allows it to float

on water?
Answer: Buoyancy

Trivia Question: What is the largest internal organ of the human

body?
Answer: Liver
Trivia Question: Oncology focuses on what disease?
Answer: Cancer

Trivia Question: Which two elements on the periodic table are liquids
at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury and Bromine

Trivia Question: What planet in our solar system has the most
gravity?
Answer: Jupiter

Trivia Question: Penicillin is used to fight what type of infections?

Answer: Bacterial

Trivia Question: What is the medical term for bad breath?

Answer: Halitosis

Trivia Question: The study of the weather is called what?

Answer: Meteorology

Trivia Question: What is a Geiger Counter used to measure?

Answer: Radiation

Trivia Question: What type of cell division results in two four

daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes in the
parent cells?
Answer: Meiosis

Trivia Question: What is the symbol of the element silver?

Answer: Ag

Trivia Question: What does ‘E’ represent in E=MC2?

Answer: Energy
Trivia Question: According to Apollo astronauts, the Moon smells
like what?
Answer: Burnt gunpowder

Trivia Question: Frogs belong to which animal group?

Answer: Amphibians

Trivia Question: Which component of an atom might you expect to be

orbiting around it?
Answer: Electrons

Trivia Question: Mycology is the scientific study of what?

Answer: Fungi

Trivia Question: What is the name of the red pigment found in

vertebrates that functions in oxygen transport?
Answer: Hemoglobin

Trivia Question: What is the electrical charge of a neutron?

Answer: No charge

Trivia Question: What kind of energy does an unlit match have?

Answer: Chemical energy

Trivia Question: How do you calculate density?

Answer: Density is mass divided by volume

Trivia Question: What is it called when an individual doesn’t offer to

help someone in an emergency if there are other people present?
Answer: Bystander effect
Trivia Question: Which psychological concept did Pavlov’s dog help
him describe?
Answer: Conditioning

Trivia Question: In terms of pH, what is ammonia?

Answer: Basic

Trivia Question: About how old is Earth?

Answer: 4.5 billion years

Trivia Question: What is the name of the most recent supercontinent?

Answer: Pangea

Trivia Question: What is the scientific term for peeling skin?

Answer: Desquamation

Trivia Question: Which moon of Saturn has a methane cycle?

Answer: Titan

Trivia Question: Around what percentage of animal species are

invertebrates?
Answer: 95%

Trivia Question: What animal is the closest living relative of a

human?
Answer: Chimps and bonobos

Trivia Question: What is the “powerhouse of the cell?”

Answer: Mitochondria

Trivia Question: What is the sun mostly made up of?

Answer: Hydrogen
Trivia Question: The smallest bones in the body are located where?
Answer: The ear

Trivia Question: What is the scientific name for the job or role an
organism plays in its habitat?
Answer: Niche

Trivia Question: The process of weathered material moving due to

gravity is called what?
Answer: Erosion

Trivia Question: What is the fin on the backs of fish, some whales,
and dolphins called?
Answer: Dorsal Fin

Trivia Question: What is a scientist who specializes in the study of

cells called?
Answer: Cytologist

Trivia Question: What part of the brain controls hunger?

Answer: Hypothalamus

Trivia Question: What flap on your windpipe helps keep out food
particles?
Answer: Epiglottis

Trivia Question: What causes the moon to shine?

Answer: Reflection from the sunlight

Trivia Question: What does the ER of a cell stand for?

Answer: Endoplasmic Reticulum
Trivia Question: What is the main structural molecule in hair and
nails?
Answer: Keratin

Trivia Question: What is a unit that measures force?

Answer: Newtons

Trivia Question: What are the gaps between nerve cells called?
Answer: Synapses

Trivia Question: What is the galaxy closest in light-years to the Milky

Way Galaxy?
Answer: Andromeda

Trivia Question: Which constellation are the stars Castor and Pollux
in?
Answer: Gemini

Trivia Question: What element is a diamond composed of?

Answer: Carbon

Trivia Question: What was the first planet discovered with the aid of
a telescope?
Answer: Uranus

Trivia Question: What does a conchologist collect?

Answer: Seashells

Trivia Question: What is the splitting of atomic nuclei called?

Answer: Nuclear Fission

Trivia Question: What is the sticky part of the pistil called?

Answer: Stigma
Trivia Question: What instrument do you use to measure wind
speed?
Answer: Anemometer

Trivia Question: What do you count on a tree to tell how old it is?
Answer: It’s rings

Trivia Question: Botulinum toxin is commonly referred to as what?

Answer: Botox

Trivia Question: What does the gall bladder secrete?

Answer: Bile

Trivia Question: What is made by white blood cells to help fight off
infection?
Answer: Antibodies

Trivia Question: Which person is known for publishing “The

Interpretation of Dreams”?
Answer: Sigmund Freud

Trivia Question: How many chambers make up the human heart?

Answer: Four

Trivia Question: The first vaccine was for which disease?

Answer: Smallpox

Trivia Question: Who was the first woman in space?

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Trivia Question: What is the calm center part of a hurricane called?

Answer: Eye
Trivia Question: What layer of the Earth is right below the crust?
Answer: Mantle

Trivia Question: What is the first phase of mitosis?

Answer: Interphase

Trivia Question: What are the lower chambers of the human heart
called?
Answer: Ventricles

Trivia Question: Who begins food chains?

Answer: Producers

Trivia Question: What part of the brain is responsible for vision?

Answer: Occipital

Trivia Question: What is the chemical symbol for lead?

Answer: Pb

Trivia Question: Who is considered the “father” of organic

chemistry?
Answer: Friedrich Wöhler

Trivia Question: What scientist proposed the theory of continental

drift?
Answer: Alfred Wegener

Trivia Question: What is the study of plant life called?

Answer: Botany

Trivia Question: What color catches the eye first?

Answer: Yellow
Trivia Question: Specialized cells are called photoreceptors. What are
the 2 types of photoreceptors in the retina called?
Answer: Rods and cones

Trivia Question: A unit of electromotive force is called what?

Answer: Volt

Trivia Question: What gas makes up most of the atmosphere of Mars?

Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Trivia Question: To any astronaut, what is an EVA?

Answer: Extravehicular activity

Trivia Question: Between which two planets does the asteroid belt
lie?
Answer: Jupiter and Mars

Trivia Question: What is the process of breaking down food called?

Answer: Digestion

Trivia Question: How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?

Answer: Seven

Trivia Question: What ongoing process allows water to be constantly

recycled?
Answer: Water Cycle

Trivia Question: What is the average life cycle of a red blood cell?
Answer: 120 days

Trivia Question: What was the first sound-recording device called?

Answer: Phonograph
Trivia Question: What is the scientific word for push or pull?
Answer: Force

Trivia Question: What is the only bone in the human body that isn’t
attached to another bone?
Answer: Hyoid bone

Trivia Question: Who first proposed the concept of contact lenses?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Trivia Question: What are the four states of matter?

Answer: Solid, liquid, gas, plasma

Trivia Question: The metamorphism of what rock forms marble?

Answer: Limestone

Trivia Question: Aspirin comes from the bark of what tree?

Answer: Willow

Trivia Question: What is the smallest organ in the human body?

Answer: Pineal gland

Trivia Question: What are the four primary precious metals?

Answer: Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium

Trivia Question: What is the only planet in our solar system less
dense than water?
Answer: Saturn

Trivia Question: The Arrector Pili muscles are responsible for what
phenomenon?
Answer: Goosebumps
Trivia Question: What is the smallest named time interval?
Answer: Planck time

Trivia Question: What reaction releases energy into its surroundings?

Answer: Exothermic reaction

Trivia Question: What gives onions their distinctive smell?

Answer: Sulfer

Trivia Question: What element is named after the Greek word for
green?
Answer: Chlorine

Trivia Question: How many vertebrae in the human spine?

Answer: 33

Trivia Question: How long is an eon?

Answer: A billion years

Trivia Question: What is the name of the process where plants lose
water in the atmosphere?
Answer: Transpiration

Trivia Question: What part of the human body is the axilla?

Answer: The armpit

Trivia Question: What is the second most abundant mineral in the

human body?
Answer: Phosphorus

Trivia Question: Where on the human body are the most sweat
glands?
Answer: Bottom of the feet
Trivia Question: What metal is the best conductor of electricity?
Answer: Silver

Trivia Question: What does the human lacrimal gland produce?

Answer: Tears

Trivia Question: What are the four types of adult human teeth?
Answer: Incisors, canines, premolars, molars

Trivia Question: What color has the longest wavelength in the visible
spectrum?
Answer: Red

Trivia Question: Syncope is the medical name for what condition?

Answer: Fainting

Trivia Question: What number on the Richter scale does an

earthquake have to reach to be considered major?
Answer: 7

Trivia Question: What scale is used to measure the hardness of

minerals?
Answer: Mohs scale

Trivia Question: What is the largest nerve in the human body?

Answer: Sciatic

Trivia Question: The small intestine is made up of jejunum, ileum,

and what?
Answer: Duodenum

Trivia Question: What condition is singultus?

Answer: Hiccups
Trivia Question: What sense is most closely linked to memory?
Answer: Smell

Trivia Question: NaCI is the chemical formula of which common

substance?
Answer: Salt

Trivia Question: What is the fourth planet from the sun?

Answer: Mars

Trivia Question: What is the fattiest human organ?

Answer: Brain

Trivia Question: Who formulated the theory of evolution in his

book, The Origin of Species?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Trivia Question: Brass is an alloy of which two metals?

Answer: Copper and zinc

Trivia Question: In which part of the body are the ossicles found?
Answer: The ear

Trivia Question: What is the center of an atom called?

Answer: The nucleus

Trivia Question: A nuclear reaction where the nucleus of an atom

splits into smaller parts is known as what?
Answer: Nuclear fission

Trivia Question: Atoms of the same chemical element but with

different atomic masses are known as what?
Answer: Isotopes
Trivia Question: What is the name of the biggest part of the human
brain?
Answer: The cerebrum

Trivia Question: Ganymede is a moon of which planet?

Answer: Jupiter

Trivia Question: What are the muscles found in the front of the thighs
are known as?
Answer: Quadriceps

Trivia Question: The innermost part of bones contains what?

Answer: Bone marrow

Trivia Question: What is the name of NASA’s most famous space

telescope?
Answer: Hubble Space Telescope

Trivia Question: What is the shape of DNA known as?

Answer: A double helix

Trivia Question: What is the long pipe’s name that moves food from
the back of the throat down to the stomach?
Answer: The esophagus

Trivia Question: What planet is famous for its big red spot on it?
Answer: Jupiter

Trivia Question: What is the sun?

Answer: A star

Trivia Question: Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Trivia Question: Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on
which planet?
Answer: Mars

Trivia Question: What planet is closest in size to Earth?

Answer: Venus

Trivia Question: A single piece of coiled DNA is known as what?

Answer: Chromosome

Trivia Question: Electric power is typically measured in what units?

Answer: Watts

Trivia Question: What is the seventh planet from the Sun?

Answer: Uranus

Trivia Question: The process of pasteurization is named after which

French microbiologist?
Answer: Louis Pasteur

Trivia Question: Electric current is measured using what device?

Answer: Ammeter

Trivia Question: The wire inside an electric bulb is known as what?

Answer: Filament

Trivia Question: A magnifying glass is what type of lens?

Answer: Convex

Trivia Question: Electric resistance is typically measured in what

units?
Answer: Ohms
Trivia Question: The most recognized model of how the universe
began is known as the?
Answer: Big Bang

Trivia Question: What is the earth’s primary source of energy?

Answer: The sun

Trivia Question: Water is made up of what two elements?

Answer: Hydrogen and oxygen

Trivia Question: The deepest point in all of the world’s oceans is

named what?
Answer: Mariana Trench

Trivia Question: In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?

Answer: Central Processing Unit

Trivia Question: Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
Answer: Paul Allen

Trivia Question: What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
Answer: Magma

Trivia Question: What are the three-time periods of the dinosaurs?

Answer: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous

Trivia Question: Someone who studies earthquakes is known as

what?
Answer: Seismologist

Trivia Question: What country experiences the most tornadoes?

Answer: United States
Trivia Question: What is the name of a weather instrument used to
measure atmospheric pressure?
Answer: A barometer

Trivia Question: The Japanese word “sakura” means the blossoming

of what kind of tree?
Answer: Cherry tree

Trivia Question: The movement of pollen from the anthers to a

flower’s stigma is known as what?
Answer: Pollination

Trivia Question: What is the name of the world’s largest reef?

Answer: Great Barrier Reef

Trivia Question: What islands were extensively studied by Charles

Darwin?
Answer: Galapagos Islands

Trivia Question: The Ayers Rock in Australia is also known as what?

Answer: Uluru

Trivia Question: What is the chemical symbol of gold?

Answer: Au

Trivia Question: What is the freezing temperature of water?

Answer: 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius)

Trivia Question: Substances that don’t conduct heat are known as

what?
Answer: Insulators
Trivia Question: At what temperature is Fahrenheit equal to
Centigrade?
Answer: -40 degrees

Trivia Question: In terms of engineering software, what does CAD

stand for?
Answer: Computer-Aided Design

Trivia Question: Apatosaurus is also widely known by what other

name?
Answer: Brontosaurus

Trivia Question: A person who studies fossils and prehistoric life,

such as dinosaurs, is known as what?
Answer: Paleontologist

Trivia Question: What is another name for a tidal wave?

Answer: Tsunami

Trivia Question: When a gas changes into a liquid, it is called what?

Answer: Condensation

Trivia Question: What is it called when a solid changes directly into a

gas?
Answer: Sublimation

Trivia Question: What does “SPF” mean in sunscreen?

Answer: Sun Protection Factor

Trivia Question: What gas is essential in the production of fertilizers

and light bulbs?
Answer: Nitrogen
Trivia Question: What part of the body are low-density lipoproteins
most likely to clog?
Answer: Arteries

Trivia Question: What instrument is used for accurately measuring

small amounts of liquid?
Answer: Pipette

Trivia Question: What’s the study of materials at very low

temperatures?
Answer: Cryogenics

Trivia Question: What planet is circled by two moons?

Answer: Mars

Trivia Question: The study of human remains is called what?

Answer: Archaeology

Trivia Question: The chemistry of carbon is known as what?

Answer: Organic chemistry

Trivia Question: What does the term ‘PCR’ stand for?

Answer: Polymerase chain reaction

Trivia Question: Mechanical engineer Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was

from what country?
Answer: Germany

Trivia Question: Who split the atom?

Answer: Ernest Rutherford
Trivia Question: What is the chemical structure of magnesium
sulfate?
Answer: MgSO4

Trivia Question: How many cervical vertebrae are there in the typical
human body?
Answer: Seven

Trivia Question: What does ‘NMR’ stand for?

Answer: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Trivia Question: What is the world’s largest Hydroelectric Power

Plant?
Answer: Three Gorges Dam

Trivia Question: Who invented the microscope?

Answer: Zacharias Janssen

Trivia Question: Who is the father of modern taxonomy?

Answer: Carolus Linnaeus

Trivia Question: What is the study of the interaction or relationship of

living organisms to one another?
Answer: Ecology

Trivia Question: What gas makes soda bubbly?

Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Trivia Question: What enzyme in the human mouth helps digest

carbohydrates?
Answer: Salivary Amylase
Trivia Question: What is the formal name for climate studies?
Answer: Climatology

Trivia Question: Which form of energy can we see with the naked
eye?
Answer: Light

Trivia Question: What does Earth do that causes night and day?
Answer: Rotates

Trivia Question: What are the chewing teeth called?

Answer: Incisors

Trivia Question: Who was the inventor of the first battery?

Answer: Alessandro Volta

Trivia Question: What is the distance between the moon and earth?
Answer: 238,900 miles

Trivia Question: What is so reactive with water that it has to be stored

in oil because it will react with the air’s moisture?
Answer: Potassium

Trivia Question: What type of bond is present in a water molecule?

Answer: Hydrogen Bond

Trivia Question: What is the shape of the Milky Way?

Answer: Spiral

Trivia Question: What is the strongest magnet in the universe?

Answer: Magnetars
Trivia Question: What is the programmed death cell process called?
Answer: Apoptosis

Trivia Question: Who was the first man to see bacteria?

Answer: Antony Leeuwenhoek

Trivia Question: Where is the Olympus mons present?

Answer: Mars

Trivia Question: What is another name for the SA node in the heart?
Answer: Pacemaker

Trivia Question: What is the inflammation of the liver called?

Answer: Hepatitis

Trivia Question: What procedure known for sound navigation?

Answer: Sonar

Trivia Question: What is the most malleable metal?

Answer: Gold