Science / Technology & Nature 02 - (Questions Submitted By Yoda)
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001 Which Is The Smallest Of All Birds Bee, Hummingbird (2 Grams)
002 What Type Of Bird Is A Teal Duck
003 How Many Are There In A Clutch Of Blackbirds Egg's Usually Between 3 & 5
004 What Is The Largest Species Of Penguin Emperer
005 To Which Family Does The Jay Belong Crow
006 Where Do Swallows Go When They Migrate From Britain In The Winter South Africa
007 Which Bird Is The Emblem Of The United States Bald Eagle
008 Which Bird Of Prey Can Often Be Seen Hovering Above Hedges & Ditches At The Road Side Kestrel
009 Native To America , What Type Of Bird Are Lewis's Red Bellied , Ladder-Backed & Nuttall's Woodpeckers
010 Which Sea Bird Has A Black & White Body And A Very Large , Bright Yellow & Red Beak Atlantic Puffin
011 Which Is The Largest Owl Found In Britain Snowy Owl
012 Which Lays Blue Egg's , The Song Thrush Or The Mistle Thrush Song Thrush
013 Which Country Is The Natural Habitat Of The Emu Australia
014 What Frightened Miss Muffet Away A Spider
015 Which False Idol Was Worshipped By The Hebrews At The Foot Off Mount Sinai The Golden Calf
016 In Edward Lear's Poem, Which Bird Sang To The Pussycat The Owl
017 In The Wizard Of Oz, What Was The Lion Looking For Courage
018 Name Tin Tin's Canine Companion Snowy
019 Which Bird Brought Back A Twig To Noah To Signal The End Of The Flood The Dove
020 What Killed Cleopatra An Asp
021 What Did Prokofiev's Peter Catch & Take To The Zoo A Wolf
022 Which Birds Were Kept On The Capitol And, Allegedly, Saved Rome From Attack By The Gauls The Geese
023 Which Bird Is An Emblem Of The French Nation The Rooster
024 Onto Whose Back Should The Gingerbread Man Not Have Jumped The Sly Fox
025 Who Did Jean De Brunhoff Create Babar The Elephant
026 In The 1933 Film Which Actress Is Held Aloft By King Kong Fay Wray
027 Which Flightless Bird From Mauritus Is Now Extinct The Dodo
028 In Wonderland, Who Took A Watch Out Of His Waistcoat Pocket Only To Discover That He Was Late The White Rabbit
029 Rimsky Korsakov Composed A Short Piece Of Music About Whose Flight The Bumblebee
030 Which Bird Was The Emblem Of Prussia The Eagle
031 Which Gentle Creature Did Walt Disney Create In 1942 Bambi, The Fawn
032 Who Was The First Animal In Space Laika The Dog
033 Which Detective Tried To Find Out Who Framed Roger Rabbit Eddie Valiant, (Bob Hoskins)
034 What Sort Of Animal Was Tarka An Otter
035 What Was Joy Adamson's Lion Cub Called Elsa
036 What Kind Of Animal Was Willy In Free Willy A Killer Whale
037 Which Cross Eyed Lion In A 1965 Film Spawned The Dakari Television Series Clarence
038 In Which 1986 film Did Michael Hutchence Star As A Truly Terrible Punk Singer Dogs In Space
039 Which Company Started As The Pacific Aero Products Company In 1916 , Was Given Its Present Name In 1917 & Is Today The Largest Aviation Compnay In The World Boeing
040 What Do The Initials IATA Stand For International Air Transport Association
041 Which Term Is Used For Electronic Intruments For Use In Aviation Avionics
042 Which Acronym Is Used For The Long Range Radar Surveillance & Control Centre For Air Defence Developed Originally In The USA AWACS
043 Which Engine Powered Both The Spitfire & The Hurricane Fighters Of World War 2 Rolls Royce Merlin
044 Who Was The First Woman To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean Beryl Markham
045 In 1997 There Was A Mid Air Collision Between A Saudi Boeing 747 And A Kazak Airliner That Claimed The Lives Of All 349 People On Board Near Which City Did It Occur New Delhi
046 Which Aviation Company Produces The DC Series Of Aircraft McDonnel Douglas
047 What Is Charles E "Chuck" Yeagers Claim To Fame First Man To Fly Faster Than Sound
048 In Which Country Did Charles Lindbergh Land After The First Solo Transatlantic Flight In 1927 France
049 What Was The Name Of The Java Born Dutch Aircraft Manufactuerer who, During World War I, Produced More Than 40 Types Of Airplanes For The German High Command Anthony Fokker
050 Which Aircraft Manufactuer Produced The Spitfire Supermarine
051 What Was The Family Name Of The French Brothers Who Were Pioneer Developers Of The Hot Air Balloon And Who Conducted The First Untehered Flights Montgolfier
052 Who Was The Chief Of Aeronautical Research & Development At The British Aircraft Corporation 1945 To 1971 Having Previously Designed The Wellington Bomber Of World War 2 Barnes Wallis
053 Which Company Produced The Worlds First Commercial Jet Air Liner De Havilland (The Comet)
054 Who Made The Worlds First Over The Ocean Flight In A Heavier Than Aircraft Louis Bleriot
055 What Name Was Given To The Boeing B-52 Heavy Bomber That First Flew In 1952 Stratofortress
056 What Is The Name Of The Russian Born US Pioneer In Aircraft Design Who Is Best Known For His Successful Development Of The Helicopter Igor Sikorsky
057 Who Was Dubbed "Queen Of The Air" By The British Press In The 1930's After Her Solo Flight From England To Australia Amy Johnson
058 Sydneys Main Airport Is Named After Which Great Australian Aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
059 Lester B Pearson International Airport Is In Which Canadian City Toronto
060 How Was The Misubishi A6M Fighter Aircraft Known Zero
061 The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Was The First Of Which Type Of Aircraft Stealth
062 Which Famous Series Of Aircraft Was Designed By Artem Mikoyan & Mikhail Gurevich MiG
063 Which Famous Aircraft Of World War 2, Had A Frame Of Wood & A Skin Of Plywood & Was Glued & Screwed Together In England Canada & Australia? De Havilland Mosquito
064 What Do The Initials MG Stand For Morris Garages
065 Who First Used Electric Ignition By Battery & Coil In 1886 Karl Benz
066 Which Lotus Car Came On The Market In 1963 And Featured In The Avengers The Elan
067 Predating The Model T Ford Which Was The Worlds First Car To Be Made In Large Quantities 19,000 Being Sold Between 1902 & 1906 The Curved Dash Oldsmobile
068 What Is Represented By The Blue And White Quartered Circle Of The BMW Logo A Spinning Propellor
069 The E-Type Jaguar Was Introduced In Fixed Head Coupe Form At The 1961 Geneva Motor Show. To The Nearest 100 Pounds What Was Its Selling Price £1,550
070 What Type Of Car Did Micheal Caine Drive In The Film Get Carter Jaguar Mk 2 3.4
071 What Was The Significance Of The Number 40 In Relation To The Ford GT40 It Stood 40 Inches Tall
072 Which British Sports Car Company Was Founded In 1962 By Jem March & Frank Costin Whose Names Inspired The More Continental Sounding Company Name Marcos
073 What Make Of Car Did Don Mclean Drive To The Levy In American Pie Chevy (Chevrolet)
074 Which Car Was First Patented In 1909 Model T Ford
075 What Do The Initials DB Stand For In Conjunction With Aston Martin David Brown (1 Time Owner)
076 Which British Car Companys First Car Was The 2 Seater Oxford In 1913 Morris
077 Which British Car Was Driven By Paddy Hopkirk To Win The 1964 Monte Carlo Rally , And Also Featured In The Film The Italian Job Mini Cooper
078 Why Was The Jaguar Xj220 So Named Top Speed Was 220
079 Which Now Standard Fittings Were First Featured On A Car In 1916 Automatic Windscreen Wipers
080 Which Italian Companys Emblem Features A Raging Bull Lamborghini
081 In Which Country Is The Daewoo Company Based Korea
082 Which Model Ferrari Has A Name Which Means Redhead Tetarossa
083 Why Did Henry Ford Say People Can Have A Model T Ford In Any Colour Just So Long As It Was Black Japan Black Enamel Was The Only Paint That Would Dry Quick Enough to Keep Up With The Assembly Line
084 Which Company Began Manufacturing The Jeep In 1943 Willys
085 What Do The Initials SLK mean In Relation To Mercedes Cars Spory Light Compact
086 Which American Car Of The 1940's Had A 3rd Central Headlight That Swivelled With The Front Wheels Tucker Torpedo
087 In Which Year Did The Volkswagen Beetle Make Its First Appearance 1945
088 The Worlds First Motorway Opened In 1924 In Which Country Italy
089 What Was Special About The Iron Bridge At Coal Brookdale It Was The Worlds First Major Iron Construction
090 Where Was The Blast Furnace First Introduced France Around 1400
091 What Were Brunel's First Names Isambard Kingdom
092 In 1851, The Largest Building The World Had Ever Seen Was Erected In London What Was It? Crystal Palace
093 Which Newspaper Had It's Own Office On The 2nd Floor Of The Eiffel Tower Le Figaro
094 Which Canal , The Brainchild Of Ferdinand De Lesseps, Was Opened , To Great Aclaim, In November 1869 The Suez Canal
095 Which Dam Harnesses The Colorado River The Hoover Dam
096 The Spinning Wheel Arrived In Europe In The 13th Century From Which Country Did It Supposedly Originate India
097 Which German Chemist Won The Nobel Prize For Chemistry In 1944 For Discovering Nuclear Fission Otto Hahn
098 How Far Could You Draw Out One Gram Of Gold 2,400 Metres
099 Which Metal Expands The Most When Heated Caesium
100 Where Is The World's Largest Atomic Establishment Underground At CERN Between France & Switzerland
101 What Was The Colossus, Developed In Buckinghamshire In 1943 An Electronic Computer To Help Break Codes During World War 2
102 Where Were The Worlds First Windmills? In Iran In The 7th Century
103 In Which Country Is Cherepovets, Site Of One Of The Worlds Largest Blast Furnaces? In Russia , At The Cherepovets Works
104 Where Is The Worlds Biggets Lathe In Rosherville South Africa, It Can Machine Components Wighing 300 Tonnes
105 In Which Country Are The Worlds Deepest Mines South Africa, Near Carletonville ; They Are 3,777m Deep
106 Which Country Containes The Worlds Biggest Oil Refinery Venezuela
107 Which Port Handles The Greatest Amount Of Trade In The World Rotterdam, The Netherlands
108 In The Food Processing Industry , What Do The Initials MRM Stand For? Mechanically Recovered Meat
109 By What Abbreviated Term Is The Group Of Eight Industrialized Nations Known G8 (G8 Sumit)
110 In Which Year Was The Boeing 747 Put Into Regular Service 1970
111 What Is Spains Largest Port Barcelona
112 Which Country Is The Worlds Main Supplier Of Teak Burma (Myanmar)
113 What Is The Principal Crop Of The United Arab Emirates Dates
114 Butterflies & Moths Are In The Insect Group Lepidoptera, Which Group Contains Ants Bees & Wasps Hymenoptera
115 Which Insect Is Popular With Gardeners Because It Feeds On Aphids The Ladybird
116 What Type Of Insects Are Hawkers, Clubtails, Biddies, Emeralds, Darts & Skimmers Dragon Flies
117 What Are The 3 Divisions Of An Insects Body Head Thorax & Abdomen
118 Female Honeybees That Receive Royal Jelly Throughout Their Larval Stage Develop Into What Queens
119 Which Aply Named Spider Devours Its Partnet After Mating The Black Widow
120 Why Is The Mole Cricket So Called Spends Most Of Its Time Underground
121 What Name Is Given To The Study Of Insects Entomology
122 From What Material Do Wasps Build Their Nests Wood Fibre
123 Which Insect Transmits African Sleeping Sickness The Tsetse Fly
124 What Is An Ovipositor It Is An Appendage Through Which A Female Insect Lays Her Eggs
125 Which Stage Of An Insects Life Cycle Comes Between Egg And Pupa Larva
126 Does The Male Or Female Horsefly Feed On Blood The Female
127 What Is The Common Name For The Crane Fly Daddy Long Legs
128 What Are Insects Chewing Jaws Called Mandibles
129 Do Butterflies Usually Rest With Their Wings Together Or Open Together
130 How Long Can A Stag Beetle Spend As A Larva Up To Three Years
131 Found On Plants , What Is The Protective Bubbly Section Of The Nymphs Of The Spittle Bug Commonly Called Cuckoo Spit
132 There Are 4 Classes Of Myriapods2 Of Which Are Pauropoda & Symphyla. What Are The 2 Better Known Classes Called Centipedes And Millipedes
133 Which Insect Can Infect Humans With Malaria? The Mosquito
134 What Type Of Insect Is A Weevil A Beetle
135 Which Insect Has A Pair Of Prominent Pincers At The Tip Of It's Abdomen The Earwig
136 Which Is The Largest Species Of Beetle The Goliath Beetle
137 Which Shiny Insect Feeds On Such Materials As Wallpaper Paste And Bookbindings The Silverfish
138 What Is An Exoskeleton? An Insects External Skeleton
139 Who Invented The Spinning Jenny In 1764 James Hargreaves
140 Who Took The First Practical Photograph Louis Daguerre In 1826
141 In 1888 What Did George Eastman Call His Hand Held Box Camera The First Of Its Kind The Kodak Camera
142 In 1447 Johannes Gutenberg Invented The Printing Press, What Was The First Book He Produced A Latin Edition Of The Bible
143 The Perfection Of Which Invention Led To The Industrial Revolution The Watt Steam Engine
144 What Did Jesse Reno Invent Using Traditional Conveyor Belt Principles To Pull Folding Steps Up A Slope The Escalator
145 Whose Job As A Book Binder On An Edition Of The Encyclopedia Britannica Led To The Discovery Of Electricity Michael Farraday
146 What Was Invented By An American Firm Called Texas Instruments In 1958 The Silicone Chip
147 Where Was The First Alam Clock Produced In Germany In 1360
148 Secret Research Into What Was Nicknamed The Manhattan Project The Atom Bomb
149 What Did A Professor Of Vocal Physiology At Boston University Use His Deaf Students To Help Him Invent In 1876 The Telephone
150 And What Did Thomas Edison Later Invent In The Lab Set Up With The Prize Money Awarded To The Above Invention The Gramophone
151 Where Was The Potters Wheel First Used In Mesopotamia c.3000 Bc
152 Who First Demonstrated Television In 1926 John Logie Baird
153 Who Invented The Lift Elisha Otis
154 Name The American Who Patented A Burglar Proof Lock Described As Magic & Infallible Linus Yale
155 Who Was The First Director Of The Atomic Lab At Los Alamos New Mexico J Robert Oppenheimer
156 Which Nation First Invented The Wheelbarrow The Chinese C Ad 200
157 Which British City Street Had The First Gas Lamps Pall Mall London In 1807
158 Who Invented Nylon An American Chemist Named William H Carothers
159 Where & When Did People First Use Spectacles In China In The 1200's
160 Who Invented The First Self Lighting Match John Walker In 1827
161 What Did Sir John Harrington Invent In 1589 The Flushing Toilet
162

Which Significant Beverage Did Dr John Pemberton Of Atlanta Georgia Invent In 1886

Coca Cola
163 Who Opened The First Cinema In Paris In 1895 The Lumiere Brothers
164 What material was invented by Belgian-born US chemist Leo Baekeland in 1905? Bakelite
165 In 1905, Albert Einstein wrote that E=mc2. What theory is commonly associated with this equation? The Theory Of Relativity
166 In the 1940s George Gamow developed a theory that a giant explosion, 10-20,000 million years ago, began the expansion of the universe. What is the name given to this theory? The Big Band Theory
167 A common sight in most high streets, what was invented in 1967 by Englishman John Shepherd- Barron? The Cash Dispenser
168 Which metal was invented by British metallurgist Harold Brearley in 1912? Stainless Steel
169 What nationality is Erno Rubik,inventor of the 80's craze the Rubik's Cube? Hungarian
170 In which decade was the Breathalyzer invented? 1930's
171 First marked in 1958 by the Kodak company as "Eastman 910" by what name is their cyanoacrylate adhesive better known? Superglue
172 Which company introduced the first "instamatic" camera in 1963? Kodak
173 Which German aircraft company invented the ejector seat in 1942? Heinkel
174 What did British engineer Christopher Cockrell invent in 1953? The Hovercraft
175 In 1967 an American engineer invented a noise reduction system to which he gave his name. What was it? Dolby
176 What fastening device common on clothes, was invented by George Abraham in 1901? The Press Stud
177 Who discovered Penicillian in 1928? Alexander Fleming
178 What did Englishman Percy Shaw contribute to road safety in 1934? He Invented Cats Eyes
179 What familiar roadside item, in which money is placed,was invented in 1935 by American journalist Carlton Magee? The Parking Meter
180 In 1953 US surgeon Evarts Graham discovered the link between tobacco tar and what? Cancer
181 What nationality was inventor Leon Gaumont, who intrduced a type of colour motion picture film in 1912? French
182 Who invented the bouncing bomb in the second World War? Barnes Williams
183 In 1955 Dane Ole Christiansen invented a children's toy. Still in use today, and with theme parks of it's own, what is it called? Lego
184 Which drinks machine was produced in 1946 by Italian inventor Achille Gaggia? Espresso Coffee Machine
185 In which decade did German chemist Albert Hoffman discover Lyserg-Saure-Diathylamid, or Lysergic Acid Diethylamide(LSD)? 1940's
186 Which hormone s discovered by Canadian and Scottish Physiologists in 1912? Insulin
187 In 1901 which Italian inventor developed the first transatlantic telegraphy system? Guglielmo Marconi
188 Which water transport aid was invented by Norwegian -born engineer Ole Evinrude in 1906? The Outboard Motor
189 What Was Invented In 1959 By Sir Chrostopher Cockerell The Hovercraft
190 What Is The Name For The Line On A Weather Map Which Connects Points Of Equal Temperature An isotherm
191 What Is The Central Area Of A Hurricane Called The Eye
192 What Is An Anemometer A Device For Measuring Wind Speed
193 Which Warm Dry Wind Is Prevalent Along The Eastern Edge Of The Rocky Mountains & Has A Name That Means "Snow Eater" Chinook
194 What Does The Abbreviation CFC Stand For Chlorofluorocarbons
195 Which Gas Is Most Prevalent In The Earth's Atmosphere Nitrogeon 78.08%
196 In Which desert Does The Wind Known As The Sirocco Originate The Sahara
197 What Occurs Between A Negatively Charged Cloud Base & Positively Charged Earth Down Below Fork Lightning
198 What Is The Common Name For Wispy Cirrus Clouds Mares Tails
199 What Name Is Given To The Dividing Line Between Advancing Cold Air & A Mass Of Warmer Air A Cold Front
200 Which Vital Part Of The Atmosphere Makes Up About 7 Millionths Of It's Volume A Stratosphere
201 Occuring Twice Yearly What Name Is Given 2 A Day That Consists Of 12 Hours Of Daylight & 12 Hours Of Darkness Equinox
202 What Name Is Given To The Westerly Winds Found In The Southern Hemisphere Between 40 & 50 Degrees Latitude The Roaring Forties
203 Usually Occuring In Summer What Name Is Given To A Mass Of Cloud That Is Scattered Into A Pattern Of Ripples Mackerel Sky
204 Which Pacific Ocean Weather Condition Brings Unusually High Water Temperature & Was Given Its Name By Peruvian Fisherman El Nino
205 What Nationality Was Anders Celcius Who Devised The Centigrade Scale Of Temperature Measurement Swedish
206 What Name Is Given To The Weather Feature In Which The Atmospheric Pressure Is Lower Than That Of The Surrounding Area A Depression,Low,Cyclone
207 In India What Name Is Given to The Period Between June & September When About 75 Percent Of The Regions Annual Rainfall Arrives Monsoon Season
208 What Layer Of The Atmosphere Lies Between Heights Of Aproximately Six And A Half Miles & 30 Miles Above The Earths Surface Ozone
209 According To The Beaufort Scale , How Many Miles An Hour Must Wind Reach To Be Classified As A Hurricane 74 Mph
210 When Lightning Strikes, The Air Along Its Path Heats Up Very Quickly & Very Intensely What Is Produced By This Sudden Expansion Of The Air Thunder
211 What Name Is Given To An Unusually Long Period Of Hot Weather Well Above The Average For A Paticular Region A Heatwave
212 How Far Above The Earths Surface Do Cirrus Clouds Usually Form Between 5 & Ten Miles
213 What Name Is Given To The Layer Of Ground That Remains Permanently Frozen Despite Seasonal Changes In Temperature Permafrost
214 At What Temperature Does The Fahrenheit Scale Give The Same Reading As The Celcius Or Centirade Scale Minus 40 Degrees
215 There are two types of sex chromosome, X and Y. Males have one X and one Y but what do females have? Two X’s
216 In chemistry, what type of substance is formed when an acid is mixed with an alkali? A Salt
217 Which hormone stimulates the nervous system? Adrenaline
218 What Is The Old Name For The Chemical Now Called Sulphur Brimstone
219 Which Species Of Creature Have To Keep Swimming In Order To Survive Sharks
220 What Part Of The Earths Atmosphere Was Discovered In 1913 The Ozone Layer
221 Which Organs Of The Human Body Produce Urine From Waste The Kidneys
222 Which Species Of Bird Has The Longest Wingspan The Albatross
223 In Degrees What Do The Angles Of A Right Angled Triangle Add Up To 180
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