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| Question | Answer | |
| 001 | Which two metals make up brass? | Copper and Zinc |
| 002 | What does a normal Human Being have 206 of? | Bones |
| 003 | Which colour is at the top of a rainbow? | Red |
| 004 | What is the name of the lowermost portion of the earth's atmosphere, where clouds occur? | The Troposphere |
| 005 | Which element has the chemical symbol U? | Uranium |
| 006 | What is measured by Moh's Scale? | Hardness |
| 007 | What is the boiling point of water in Fahernheit? | 212 Degrees |
| 008 | Which machine was invented by the German Wilhelm Rontgen in 1895? | X-Rays |
| 009 | What is made by a Bessemer converter? | Steel |
| 010 | Which chemical has the atomic number one? | Hydrogen |
| 011 | Which Scottish engineer was the first to use horsepower? | James Watt |
| 012 | Which archaic imperial unit of measure is equivalent to 54 gallons? | A Hogshead |
| 013 | Which Branch of Science is the study of sound? | Acoustics |
| 014 | Which Piece of science history was created at the Roslin Institute in Scotland on 5th July 1996? | Dolly The Sheep Was Created |
| 015 | What is the SI unit for frequency? | Hertz |
| 016 | What is the SI Unit for pressure? | Pascal |
| 017 | What is the smallest irreducible constituent of a chemical element known as? | An Atom |
| 018 | A Jacaranda is a type of what? | Tree |
| 019 | Which type of bat can be common, white-winged or hairy-legged? | Vampire |
| 020 | The Komodo Dragon is native to which country? | Indonesia |
| 021 | Owing to the sound it makes, what is the alternative name for the Australian bird the Kookaburra? | The Laughing Jackass |
| 022 | Cirrus and Cumulus are types of what? | Cloud |
| 023 | From which plant is the poison ricin obtained? | The Castor Oil Plant |
| 024 | What type of creature is a Whydah? | A Bird |
| 025 | To which order of mammals does the beaver belong? | Rodents |
| 026 | Who Invented the ball point Pen | Laslo Biro |
| 027 | For which illness did Lois Pasteur develop a cure | Rabies |
| 028 | What is the device in a common household microwave called | Magnetron |
| 029 | Which nation invented Paper | China |
| 030 | For what is NA the chemical symbol | Sodium |
| 031 | What Part Of Its Body Does A ButterFly Use To Taste | It's Feet |
| 032 | Apart From Humans There Is Only One Other Creature That Has Sex For Pleasure Can You Name It | Dolphin |
| 033 | What Does Mass Multiplied By Velocity Give You | Momentum |
| 034 | What Colour Does Litmus Paper Turn When Dipped In Acid | Red |
| 035 | What Do You Call A Person Who Studies Earth Quakes | Seismologist |
| 036 | Which has longer wavelengths X-Rays or Microwaves? | Microwaves |
| 037 | For what is Na the chemical symbol? | Sodium |
| 038 | Which substance takes its name from the Greek for ‘not flammable'? | Asbestos |
| 039 | What Type Of Creature Is The Most Poisonous In The World? | Frog , (Half Inch Golden Frog) |
| 040 | What Organ In The Human Body Produces Insulin? | The Pancreas |
| 041 | What sort of creature is a fluke? | Worm |
| 042 | Which alloy is made with nine parts tin and one part lead? | Pewter |
| 043 | Which world champion was beaten by a machine called Deep Blue in 1997? | Gary Kasparov (Chess) |
| 044 | Which type of fish are the Sea Wasp and Cubozoa? | Jellyfish |
| 045 | Which branch of science is the study of sound? | Acoustics |
| 046 | Which two metals make up brass? | Copper and Zinc |
| 047 | What Are A Whales Breathing Organs Called | Lungs |
| 048 | In Engineering What Do The Initials CAD stand for | Computer Aided Design |
| 049 | Who Invented the worlds first electronic pocket calculator in 1972 | Sir Clive Sinclair |
| 050 | What Is The Name Of Stephen Hawkins Famous Cosmology Book Published In 1998 | A Brief History Of Time |
| 051 | What type of creatures are slugs and snails? | Gastropods |
| 052 | Which is the largest nerve in the Human Body? | Sciatic |
| 053 | What is the largest species of deer? | The Moose |
| 054 | Which metal is used to Galvanise Steel? | Zinc |
| 055 | What Is The Name Of The Phenomenon In Which Light Bends When Passing Through a Lens | Refraction |
| 056 | Aspirin was originally obtained from the bark of which tree? | Willow |
| 057 | Which bird has the best sense of smell? | Kiwi |
| 058 | What is the only animal that cant stick out its tongue? | Crocodile |
| 059 | Which substance has the chemical symbol 03? | Ozone |
| 060 | What is the most commonly eaten insect by humans in the world? | Grasshoppers |
| 061 | Which Astronaut piloted Apollo 11 while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon | Michael Collins |
| 062 | Which two initials are used to describe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? | ME |
| 063 | What has the chemical formula H2, SO4? | Sulphuric Acid |
| 064 | What is the hardest bone in the human body? | Jaw Bone |
| 065 | In the 1980's the Australian Government instigated a vasectomy programme for which wild animal? | Koala Bear |
| 066 | Smuck is the collective noun for which marine creature? | Jelly Fish |
| 067 | What is a young hare called? | Leveret |
| 068 | What animal is depicted on the logo of Toys R Us? | Giraffe |
| 069 | Which Element Has The Chemical Symbol K? | Potassium |
| 070 | Which British Flower Is Known As The Lent Lily? | The Daffodil |
| 071 | Which Colour Is At Top Of A Rainbow? | Red |
| 072 | Which Branch Of Science Is The Study Of Sound? | Acoustics |
| 073 | Emphysema Affects Which Part Of The Body? | Lungs |
| 074 | What Does E Stand For In E- Numbers? | European |
| 075 | Of Stalactites And Stalagmites, Which Grow Upwards? | Stalagmites |
| 076 | In Which US National Park Is The Old Faithful Geyser? | Yellowstone National Park |
| 077 | What Is The common Name For Acetic Acid | Vinegar |
| 078 | How Many Lines To Televisions Have On Their Screen In The UK | 625 |
| 079 | What Temperatutre Is Absolute Zero | -273 Degrees C Or Kelvin - 459 Degrees F |
| 080 | What Is AG The Chemical Symbol For | Silver |
| 081 | Which Has The Longer Wavelength Xrays Or Microwaves | Microwaves |
| 082 | What Is PH A Measure Of | Acidity Or Alkalinity |
| 083 | What Is Bronze An Alloy Of | Copper & Zinc |
| 084 | Other Than Mercury What Other Planet Has No Moons | Venus |
| 085 | What Is The Study Of Insects Called | Entomology |
| 086 | What Is The Most Common Element On Earth | Oxygen |
| 087 | What Is The Most Common Element In The Universe | Hydrogen |
| 088 | What Metal Is Liquid At Room Temperature | Mercury |
| 089 | What Is The Only Even Prime Number | 2 |
| 090 | What Is The SI Unit Of Energy | Joule |
| 091 | What Does A.M Stand For On Radios | Amplitude Modulation |
| 092 | What Does BASIC Stand For In Computing Terms | Beginners All Purpose Symbolic/Standard Instruction Code |
| 093 | How Many Bits In A Byte | 8 |
| 094 | Who Invented The Gamophone | Thomas Edison |
| 095 | What Constant Related The Diameter Of A Circle To It's Circumference | Pi |
| 096 | What Base Are Hexadecimals | 16 |
| 097 | How Did Nylon Get It's Name | Developed In New York & London |
| 098 | At Which Point Do The Temperature Scales Fahrenheit & Celcius Coincide | - 40 |
| 099 | What Was The Name Of The First Orbiting Space Station | Salytut |
| 100 | What Road Safety Device Did Percy Shaw Invent | Cats Eyes |
| 101 | What Is An Angle Of Less Than 90 Degrees Known As | An Acute Angle |
| 102 | Complex Numbers Have 2 Components , Name Them | Real & Imaginary |
| 103 | What Part Of A Car Engine Mixes Fuel With Air | The Carburettor |
| 104 | To What Was The Process Of Vulcanisation Applied | Rubber |
| 105 | For What Substance Is K The Chemical Notation | Potassium |
| 106 | Which Year Was The Orbiting Hubble Telescope Launched | 1990 |
| 107 | What Is The SI Unit Of Force | The Newton |
| 108 | What Is Measured In Decibels | Sound Intensity |
| 109 | What Was The Name Of The First Plastic Ever Developed | Bakelite |
| 110 | What Is Moh's Scale A Measure Of | Hardness |
| 111 | What Element Can Be Added To Petrol To Eliminate To Eliminate Knock | Lead |
| 112 | What Chemical In Fireworks Gives A Yellow Flame | Sodium |
| 113 | What Type Of Glass Darkens When Exposed To Light | Photochromic |
| 114 | What Colour Does Litmus Paper Change To When Dipped In Acid | Red |
| 115 | What Is The Commonest Metal On Earth | Aluminium |
| 116 | What Is Bit Short For | Binary Digit |
| 117 | Who Propsed The Theory Of Relativity | Albert Einstein |
| 118 | What Is Measured In Amps | Electric Current |
| 119 | What Name Is Given To The Diagram In Which Sets Are Represented By Circles | Venn Diagram |
| 120 | What Figure Has Four Sides All The Same Length But No Right Angles | A Rhombus |
| 121 | How Many Faces Has The Solid A Dodecahedron | 12 |
| 122 | What Solid Has The Biggest Volume For A Given Surface Area | A Sphere |
| 123 | What Is Measured In Farads | Cpacitance |
| 124 | What Is The Positive Particle In An Atom Called | A Proton |
| 125 | Who Originated The Uncertainty Principle | Heisenberg |
| 126 | How Many Colours Are The In A Rainbow | 7 |
| 127 | What Form Of Radiation Has The Shortest Wavelength | Gamma Rays |
| 128 | What Is An Anechoic Chamber | An Acoustic Echo Free Room |
| 129 | What Is The Phenomenon Called In Which Light Bends When Passing Through A Lens | Refraction |
| 130 | What Is A Particle Of Light Called | A Photon |
| 131 | What Does Mass Multipled By Velocity Give You | Momentum |
| 132 | In Geology What Period followed The Cretaceous | Jurassic |
| 133 | What Did James Naapier Develop | Logarithms |
| 134 | Who Invented The British Jet Engine | Frank Whittle |
| 135 | What Electrical Device Can Change The Magnitude Of Voltage Or Current | A Transformer |
| 136 | What Is The Study Of Low Temperatures Called | Cryogenics |
| 137 | Which 3 Colours Are Used To Form The Picture On A TV Screen | Red, Green, Blue |
| 138 | If You Were Travelling At Mach II How Fast Would You Be Moving | Twice The Speed Of Sound |
| 139 | For What Is NaCI The Chemical Formula | Salt |
| 140 | What Colour Is The Mineral, Lapis Lazuli | Blue |
| 141 | For What Illness Did Louis Pasteur Develop A Cure | Rabies |
| 142 | In What Units Would You Measure Frequency | Hertz |
| 143 | What Is Dry Ice | Solid Carbon Dioxide |
| 144 | From What Metals Is Brass Made | Copper & Tin |
| 145 | What Is Trinitoluene Better Known As | TNT |
| 146 | For What Is Sn The Chemical Notation | Tin |
| 147 | What Is The Value Of Sine 30 Degrees | 0.5 |
| 148 | Which Camera Was Invented By Edwin Land | The Polaroid Camera |
| 149 | What Is Nitros Oxide Better Known As | Laughing Gas |
| 150 | What Is The Study Of Earthquakes Called | Seismology |
| 151 | What Is The SI Unit Of Resistance | Ohm |
| 152 | What Is One Inch In Millimeteres | 25.4 mm |
| 153 | How Do You Convert Centigrade To Fahrenheit | Multiply By 9 Divide By Five Add 32 |
| 154 | What Value Is PI To 6 Significant Figures | 3.141592 |
| 155 | What Is Sin² A+ Cos² Equal To? | 1 |
| 156 | What Is V = IR Better Known As | Ohm's Law |
| 157 | What Is Calcium Carbonate | Chalk |
| 158 | What Is The Alloy Pewter Made From | Lead & Tin |
| 159 | What Is The Main Poisonous Gas In Car's Exhausts | Carbon Monoxide |
| 160 | What Were The Four Elements Proposed By The Ancient Greeks | Earth, Water, Fire & Air |
| 161 | Of What Is Ethylene Glycol The Main Ingredient | Anti Freeze |
| 162 | Of What Is Fe The Chemical Notation | Iron |
| 163 | What Is The Equivalent Of Rust Which Occurs On Copper | Verdigris |
| 164 | What Does FORTRAN Stand For | Formula Translation |
| 165 | What Is A Diamond Made Of | Carbon |
| 166 | What Is The Second Most Common Element On Earth | Silicone |
| 167 | What Metal Is The Best Conductor Of Electricity | Silver |
| 168 | What Element Is Used In The Process Of Galvanisation | Zinc |
| 169 | What Metal Are Light Bulb Filaments Made From | Tungsten |
| 170 | What Is The Main Constituent In The Manufacture Of Glass | Sand |
| 171 | What Is The Lightest Solid Element | Lithium |
| 172 | Who Is Considered As The Originator Of The Concept Of A Computer | Sir Charles Babbage |
| 173 | What Was The Intel 4004 | The First Micro Processor |
| 174 | Who Make Macintosh Computers | Apple |
| 175 | Who Invented The ZX80 The First Widely Available Personal Computer | Sir Clive Sinclair |
| 176 | What Was Built At Obrusk In The USSR | The Worlds First Nuclear Power Station |
| 177 | What Was Sellafields Former Name | Windscale |
| 178 | Who Invented Tthe Aqua Lung | Jacques Cousteau & (Emil Gagnan) |
| 179 | Who Developed The First Aautomatic Telephone Exchange | Strowger |
| 180 | For What Is NA The Chemical Symbol | Sodium |
| 181 | What Is The Most Abundant Radioactive Element | Uranim (238) |
| 182 | Apart From Potassium Nitrate What Else Is In Gunpowder | Sulphur & Charcoal |
| 183 | What Is The Term Used For The Disintegration Of A Nuclear Reactor | Meltdown |
| 184 | What Was The Main Competitor To VHS Video | Betamax |
| 185 | What Is Ten In Binary Notation | 1010 |
| 186 | What Theory Did Darwin Propose | Theory Of Evolution |
| 187 | What Did Alfred Nobel Invent Before Initiating His Nobel Peace Prize Award Scheme | Dynamite |
| 188 | Who Invented The Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
| 189 | If The Sum Of The Distances Between 2 Points Is Constant What Shape Do You Get | Circle / Ellipse |
| 190 | How Many Sides Does A Heptagon Have | Seven |
| 191 | What Is A Micron | One Millionth Of A Meter |
| 192 | Other Than The Neutron & Proton What Else Makes Up An Atom | Electrons |
| 193 | What Is The Condenser Better Known As | A Capacitor |
| 194 | What Is The Square Root Of 144 | 12 |
| 195 | What Is The Algebra Involved In Set Theory Called | Boolean Algebra |
| 196 | What Is Botany The Study Of | Plants |
| 197 | Who Was Inspired By An Apple Falliing | Sir Isaac Newton |
| 198 | What Does An Ammeter Measure | Electrical Current |
| 199 | Which Contemporary Scientist Is Suffering From From Motorneurone Disease | Steven Hawkins |
| 200 | Who Invented The Steam Engine | James Watt |
| 201 | What Does A Manometer Measure | Pressure |
| 202 | Who Ran Naked Through The Street Shouting Eureka | Archimedes |
| 203 | Does The Water Run Clockwise Or Anti Clockwise Down A Plug Hole In Britain | Anti Clockwise |
| 204 | What Is The Microwave Device In An Oven Called | The Magnetron |
| 205 | What Is The Chemical Notation For Hydrogen | H |
| 206 | Which Nation Invented paper | China / Chinese |
| 207 | What Is The Longest Side Of A Right Angled Triangle Called | It's Hypotenuse |
| 208 | What Type Of Triangle Has 2 Sides Of Equal Length | An Isosceles Triangle |
| 209 | What Is A Pencils Lead made From | Graphite |
| 210 | Which Metal Can Be Beaten Into The Thinnest Film | Gold |
| 211 | What Is The Main Use Of Silver | Photographic Film |
| 212 | What Is A Number Called That Is Equal To The Sum Of All The Numbers By Which It Is Divisible | A Perfect Number |
| 213 | What Is The Name For 1 Followed By 100 Noughts | A Googol |
| 214 | What Is Measured Using The Troy System | Precious Metals |
| 215 | Name The SI Unit Of Pressure | Pascal |
| 216 | Who Invented The Ball Point Pen | Lazlo Biro |
| 217 | Coal is composed of which element? | Carbon |
| 218 | What does a Geiger counter measure? | Radioactivity |
| 219 | A Phon is a unit of what? | Loudness |
| 220 | Which metal has the chemical element W? | Tungsten |
| 221 | How Much Does One Million Equal In Binary | 64 |
| 222 | The Chemical Symbols For Titanium & Sodium Spell Out The Letters To Which Girls Name | Tina |
| 223 | In Computing Esp Concerning The Internet What Do The Initials HTTP Stand For | Hyper Text Transfer Protocal |
| 224 | Which Electronics Company Dominates The Dutch City Of Eindhoven | Philips |
| 225 | What is Nitrous Oxide better known as? | Laughing Gas |
| 226 | What nationality was Robert Bunsen, of Bunsen Burner Fame? | German |
| 227 | If Your Were Travelling at Mach 2 How Fast Would You Be Travelling | 2x 761mph is speed of sound |
| 228 | Which soft metal is used in the production of soap? | Sodium |
| 229 | In a car, what might be disc or drum? | Brakes |
| 230 | Which vital organ does the adjective renal refer to? | Kidney |
| 231 | In which county is the UK's Met Office? | Devon |
| 232 | What colour identifies an ordinary diesel pump at a service station? | Black |
| 233 | Which of the six noble gases comes first alphabetically? | Argon |
| 234 | What is an Ishihara Test used for? | Check Colour Blindness |
| 235 | Which metal is the best conductor of electricity? | Silver |
| 236 | Francis Crick was the most famous of the discoverers of what? | DNA |
| 237 | What Part Of A Car Engine Mixes Fuel With Air? | The Carburetor |
| 238 | The Chemical Symbols For Titanium & Sodium Spell Out The Letters To Which Girls Name? | Tina |
| 239 | What Is The Number Ten In Binary Notation? | 1010 |
| 240 | For What Illness Did Louis Pasteur Develop A Cure? | Rabies |
| 241 | What 2 words term is given to a simulated 3d computer environment | Virtaul Reality |
| 242 | Which Stock Control System Was Introduced In American Supermarkets in 1974 | Bar Codes |
| 243 | Which German Company Introduced The Interrupter Gear Enabling A Machine Gun To Fire Through An Aeroplanes Propeller | Fokker |
| 244 | What Fundamental Part Of Computer Technology Was Pantented In The Us In 1961 | Silicon Chip |
| 245 | In What Country Was The Portable Domestic Electric Room Heater First Marketed In 1912 | England |
| 246 | In 1937 American Chester Carlson Invented A Process Called Xerography What Do We Know It As Today | Photocopying |
| 247 | In Which Country Did Polythene Plastic Go Into Commercial Production In 1939 | Britain |
| 248 | In Which Decade Did The Post Office Introduce The Telex Service | 1930's (1932) |
| 249 | Which Dutch Company Began Marketing Compact Disc Players In 1982 | Philips |
| 250 | Developed In The Us In 1930 By What Name Is PolyVinyl Chloride Better Known | PVC |
| 251 | What Diameter Floppy Disks Were Introduced By Ibm In 1970 | 8 Inch |
| 252 | In Which Country Was Fuel Injection For Cars Inroduced In 1954 | Germany |
| 253 | In 1976 JVC Introduced The VHS Video Format What Does VHS Stand For | Video Home System |
| 254 | What Widely Used Kitchen Item Was First Marketed By The General Electric Company In 1909 | The Electric Toaster |
| 255 | What Advance In Sound Recording Was Made By British Engineer Alan Blumlein In 1933 | Stereophonic Sound |
| 256 | Which American Architect/Engineer Invented Geodesic Dome Construction | Buckminster Fuller |
| 257 | What Type Of Hook & Eye Fastening Was Invented By Swiss Engineer Georges De Mestral In 1948 & Introduced Commercially In 1958 | Velcro |
| 258 | In What Year Were Tissue Cells First Grown Outside The Body By Us Biologist Ross Harrison | 1905 |
| 259 | What Vehicular Safety Device Was First Pantented By Ej Claghorn | Seat Belt |
| 260 | In Computing What Does HTTP Stand For | Hyper Text Transfer Protocal |
| 261 | Scotch Tape Was Invented In 1930 By American Richard Drew For Which Company Did He Work? | 3M |
| 262 | Name The Kitchen Development Patented By American Radar Engineer Percy Spencer In 1945 | Microwave Oven |
| 263 | The Lightweight Portable Drill Was First Marketed In 1917 By 2 Americans With The First Names Duncan & Alonso, What Were Their Surnames | Black & Decker |
| 264 | What Type Of Engine Was Invented By German Felix Wankel In The Mid 1950's | Rotary Internal Combustion Engine |
| 265 | What Communication Aid Was Invented In 1905 By American Undertaker Almon Strowger | The Dial Telephone |
| 266 | There Are 5 Elements In The Periodic Table That Conttain 4 Letters In Their Name Iron & Lead Are 2 Of Them 1 Point Each For Any Of The Other 3 |
Gold, Neon, Zinc |
| 267 | Which Is The Only Chemical Element With A Three Letter Name? | Tin |
| 268 | What name is given to the excrement produced by bacteria that feed on yeast cells and then defecate | Alcohol |
| 269 | Which Hi-Tech Innovation Is Celebrating Its 25 th Anniversary In 2007 | The Compact Disk / Player |
| 270 | Which Metal is Also Known As Quicksilver? | Mercury |
| 271 | What Colour Does Litmus Paper Become If It Is In Contact With An Alkaline? | Blue |
| 272 | How Is Frozen Carbon Dioxide More Commonly Known? | Dry Ice |
| 273 | Which Metal Has the Chemical Symbol SN? | Tin |
| 274 | Which element has the chemical symbol PT | Platinum |
| 275 | What is “Nitrous Oxide” more commonly known as | Laughing Gas |
| 276 | The Ishihara Test Is Used To Determine Whether Or Not Somebody Is What | Colour Blind |
| 277 | Lateral Epicondylitus Is The Medical Name For Which Common Medical Condition | Tennis Elbow |
| 278 | Acetic Acid Is More Commonly Known As What? | Vinegar |
| 279 | What Is Toxicology The Study Of? | Poisons |
| 280 | What Planet Is Between Mars & Saturn In The Solar System? | Jupiter |
| 281 | What Can Be Ball, Forked Or Sheet? | Lightning |
| 282 | Which Company Formed By Larry Paige & Sergei Brin Was Incorporated On 7 th Sep 1998 | |
| 283 | How Is The Binary Numer “010” Expressed As A Decimal | 2 |
| 284 | What Does The XP In The Operating System “Windows XP” Actually Stand For? | Experience |
| 285 | In Computing And Hi_Tech Gadetry What Doe The Initials WAP Stand For | Wireless Access Point |
| 286 | What Do We Call A 3D Picture Created By Lasers | Hologram |
| 287 | What Colour Will Litmus Paper Turn When Dipped In Acid | Red |
| 288 | Which video game series is sometimes referred to as GTA? | Grand Theft Auto |
| 289 | Which Part Of A Computer Is Responsible For Carrying Out Instructions | CPU / Processor |
| 290 | Which Record Breaking Video Game Character Made It's Debut May 10 th 1980 | Pac Man |
| 291 | What Is Sodium Carbonate Better Known As | Washing Soda |
| 292 | what venomous serpent is known as the gentlemen among snakes | *the rattlesnake |
| 293 | from which language does the term eureka come | greek |
| 294 | granny smith, james grieve and egremont russet are all types of which fruit | apple |
| 295 | how many colored squares has a rubiks cube | 54 |
| 296 | how many degrees are there in a circle | 360 |
| 297 | how many pockets has a snooker table | six |
| 298 | in dyeing what is the name given to the substance used for fixing the color | catalyst |
| 299 | the deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy | C |
| 300 | what are animals called if they are abl to live on land or in water | amphibians |
| 301 | what are romney marsh, suffolk and swaledale | sheep |
| 302 | what are the larvae of flies called | maggots |
| 303 | what color spots has the common ladybird | black |
| 304 | what do the initials nasa of the us government agency for space flight represent | national aeronautics and space administration |
| 305 | what does a palaeontologist study | fossils |
| 306 | what first appeared beside the roads outside the houses of parliament in 1868 | traffic lights |
| 307 | what fruit is considered to be the most nutritious | avocado |
| 308 | what is a chuckwalla | a lizard |
| 309 | what is a death cap | toadstool |
| 310 | what is considered to be the least nutritious fruit or vegetable | cucumber |
| 311 | what is the gestation period of a cow*9 months | nine months |
| 312 | what is the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure | barometer |
| 313 | what is the lightest known gas | hydrogen |
| 314 | what is the mathematical term used to describe the shape of a cell in a honeycomb | hexagon |
| 315 | what is the name given given to the lowest temperature theoretically possible | absolute zero |
| 316 | what is the name given to the green pigment in plants | chlorophyl |
| 317 | what is the name given to the short tail of a rabbit | scut |
| 318 | what is the name of sugar found in fruit | fructose |
| 319 | what is the name of the brand of mathematics that deals with the sides and angles of a triangle | trigonometry |
| 320 | what is the name of the instrument used for measuring humidity in the air | hygrometer |
| 321 | what is the name of the minute organisms found drifting near the surface of seas and lakes | plankton |
| 322 | what is the name of the world wide organization initiated by jean henri dunant in 1962 | the red cross |
| 323 | what is the unit used to measure supersonic speed | mach |
| 324 | what links flamsteed halley, bradley and bliss | astronomy |
| 325 | what name is given to a female swan | pen |
| 326 | what pistol took its name from the person who patented it in 1835 | colt |
| 327 | what type of animal is pulex irritans | flea |
| 328 | what type of creature is a sidewinder | a snake |
| 329 | which fruit has the latin name of malus oumila | apple |
| 330 | which woman scientist was awarded two nobel prizes in the early part of the 20th century | marie curie |
| 331 | who discovered x-rays in 1895 |
rontgen |
| 332 | what's known as the bishop's stone | amethyst |
| 333 | what are the two kinds of blood corpuscles in vertebrates | red and white |
| 334 | what's the curved line between any two points on a circle | an arc |
| 335 | how many colors are there in a rainbow | seven |
| 336 | what's another name for tetanus | lockjaw |
| 337 | what term appies to space devoid of matter | vacuum |
| 338 | what non-working stingless bee mates with the queen | a drone |
| 339 | what percentage of the population has an iq above 100 | fifty percent |
| 340 | what makes plants green | chlorophyll |
| 341 | how many days will it be before a clock, losing 30 minutes a day shows the right time again | twenty four |
| 342 | how many tons of gem diamonds are mined every year | two |
| 343 | what's the term for the hybrid offspring if a male lion and a female tiger | liger |
| 344 | what's the more familiar name of the himalayas' yeti | the abominable snowman |
| 345 | who was the first man to return to space | virgil grissom |
| 346 | what is a shark's skeleton made of | cartilage |
| 347 | what two colors is a magpie | black and white |
| 348 | what was the claim to fame of laika, the russian bitch | the first dog in space |
| 349 | what vitamin complex includes thiamine, niacin and riboflavin | vitamin b |
| 350 | do sea gulls drink sea water | yes |
| 351 | what features of the african elephant are larger that those of an indian elephant | the ears |
| 352 | what animal has the longest lifespan in captivity | the giant tortoise |
| 353 | what's the largest artery in the human body | the aorta |
| 354 | what polish astronomer demonstrated in 1512 that the sun is the center of the solar system | nicolas copernicus |
| 355 | what italian astronomer wrote the starry messenger | galileo |
| 356 | what are the moufflon & bighorn | sheep |
| 357 | which is the worlds tallest grass | bamboo |
| 358 | what's known as the bishop's stone | amethyst |
| 359 | what are the two kinds of blood corpuscles in vertebrates | red and white |
| 360 | what's the curved line between any two points on a circle | an arc |
| 361 | what russian physiologist went to the dogs to write conditioned reflexes | ivan pavlov |
| 362 | what's another name for tetanus | lockjaw |
| 363 | what term appies to space devoid of matter | vacuum |
| 364 | what non-working stingless bee mates with the queen | a drone |
| 365 | what percentage of the population has an iq above 100 | fifty percent |
| 366 | what makes plants green | chlorophyll |
| 367 | how many days will it be before a clock, losing 30 minutes a day shows the right time again | twenty four |
| 368 | what's the term for the hybrid offspring if a male lion and a female tiger | liger |
| 369 | what's the more familiar name of the himalayas' yeti | the abominable snowman |
| 370 | who was the first man to return to space | virgil grissom |
| 371 | what is a shark's skeleton made of | cartilage |
| 372 | what venomous serpent is known as the gentlemen among snakes | the rattlesnake |
| 373 | what was the claim to fame of laika, the russian bitch | the first dog in space |
| 374 | what two colors is a magpie | black and white |
| 375 | what vitamin complex includes thiamine, niacin and riboflavin | vitamin b |
| 376 | what features of the african elephant are larger that those of an indian elephant | the ears |
| 377 | what animal has the longest lifespan in captivity | the giant tortoise |
| 378 | what polish astronomer demonstrated in 1512 that the sun is the center of the solar system | nicolas copernicus |
| 379 | what italian astronomer wrote the starry messenger | galileo |
| 380 | what are the moufflon & bighorn | sheep |
| 381 | which is the worlds tallest grass | bamboo |
| 382 | how many tons of gem diamonds are mined every year | two |
| 383 | what russian physiologist went to the dogs to write conditioned reflexes | ivan pavlov |
| 384 | what's the largest artery in the human body | the aorta |
| 385 | What Planet In Our Solar System Is Closest To Earth | Venus |
| 386 | What Hormone Controls The Supply Of Sugar From The Blood To The Muscles | Insulin |
| 387 | Is Your Stomach Positioned Above Or Below Your Intestines | Above |
| 388 | What Is The More Common Name For Sodium Chloride | Salt |
| 389 | Which Mammal Fires A Mixture Of Methane, Butane And Sulphur From Its Scent Glands? | The Skunk |
| 390 | What Type Of Creatures Are Cetaceans? | Whales,Dolphins And Porpoises |
| 391 | What Is The Larva Of A Fly Commonly Called? | A Maggot |
| 392 | What Is A Female Goat Called? | A Nanny |
| 393 | Which Is The Only Bird That Casn Fly Backwards? | The Hummingbird |
| 394 | Horse Is To Equine As Pig Is To What? | Porcine |
| 395 | What Type Of Mammel Is The Tasmanian Devil? | A Marsupial |
| 396 | What Is The Horn Of A Rhinoceros Made From? | Keratin (Hair) |
| 397 | What Type Of Creature Is The Most Poisonous In The World? | A Frog (The 1&1/2 Inch Golden Poison Frog ) |
| 398 | What Can Be African, Chinstrap, King Or Emperor? | Penguins |
| 399 | Which Is Generally Considered To Be The Most Intelligent Breed Of Dog? | The Border Collie |
| 400 | Which Is The Largest Species Of Ape? | Gorilla |
| 401 | What Are Small To Medium Sized Kangaroos Called? | Wallabies |
| 402 | What Is The Offspring Of A Male Donkey And A Female Horse Called? | A Mule |
| 403 | What Is The Largest Species Of Deer? | The Moose |
| 404 | Which Mammel And Scavenger Has Brown, Spotted And Striped Varieties? | The Hyena |
| 405 | What Type Of Fish Is The Dog Fish? | A Shark |
| 406 | What Is The Most Common Colour Of A Great Dane? | Fawn |
| 407 | What Do Alligators Lay Their Eggs In? | Sand |
| 408 | Which Flightless Bird Lays The World's Largest Eggs? | Ostrich |
| 409 | Are Worker Ants Male Or Female? | Female |
| 410 | What Was The First Animal To Be Domesticated? | Dog |
| 411 | What Is A Marmoset? | A Monkey |
| 412 | Where Does A Gopher Make Its Home? | Underground |
| 413 | What Name Is Given To A Creature Equally At Home On Land And In Water? | Amphibian |
| 414 | What Mammal Of Northern Europe, Asia & North America Is Sometimes Called A Glutton | Wolverine |
| 415 | What Sort Of Animal Is A Fer De Lance | Snake |
| 416 | Which Large Feline Of Asia Is Sometimes Called An Ounce | Snow Leopard |
| 417 | Which Rodent Has Given It's Name To A Mean Spirited Or Bad Tempered Woman | Shrew |
| 418 | What Apparently Inappropriate Name Is Used For A Gathering & A Breeding Place For Seals | Rookery |
| 419 | What Is The Main Diet Of The Pangolin | Ants & Termites |
| 420 | Which Is The Largest Land Living Carnivore | Brown Or Grizzly Bear |
| 421 | The Word Ophidian Refers To What Sort Of Animal | Snake |
| 422 | Which Large Rodents Fur Is Known As Nutria | Coypu |
| 423 | Americans Call It A Caribou What Is It Called In Europe | Reindeer |
| 424 | Dugongs & Manatees Belong To Which Family Of Animals | Sirenia Or Sea Cows |
| 425 | The Echidna, Or Spiny Anteater , & The Duck Billed Platypus Shares A Characteristic Which Does Not Apply To Any Other Mammal What Is It? | They Lay Eggs |
| 426 | Which Is The Largest Living Rodent | Capybara |
| 427 | Which 2 Islands Are The Natural Habitat Of The Orang-Utan? | Borneo & Sumatra |
| 428 | Which Small Breed Of Cattle Is Found Wile In The Tibetan Plateu , North Of The Himalayas | Yak |
| 429 | Which Small Rodent , Highly Valued For It's Fine , Silky Fur, Lives Almost Exclusively High In The Andes | Chinchilla |
| 430 | Which Is The Largest Member Of The Cat Family That Is Indigenous To The New World | Jaguar |
| 431 | Which Animal Is The Symbol Of The World Wide Fund For Nature | Giant Panda |
| 432 | What Is The Name Of The Wild Pig Of Of Central & South America That Has 3 Species Called Collared, White Lipped & Chaco | Peccary |
| 433 | Hyraxes, Which Grow To Weigh A Maximum Of 5kg & And Are Conies Mentioned In The Bible, Have A Shared Ancestry With Which Large Mammal | Elepahnt |
| 434 | Which Is The Smallest Mammal In Europe | Pygmy Shrew |
| 435 | Which Snake Is Also Known As A Hamadryad | King Cobra |
| 436 | The Vicufia Is A Member Of Which Family Of Mammals | Llama |
| 437 | The Tenrec Is A Small Insectivore That Is Only Found On Which Large Island | Madagascar |
| 438 | What Is The Worlds Largest Mammal | Blue Whale |
| 439 | Which Common Flower Has The Scientific Name Bellis Perennis & Has A Connection Via A Song With A Bicycle | Daisy |
| 440 | Where Do Hydrophytic Plants Grow | In Or Around Water |
| 441 | What Would You Find In The Pods Of The Pisum Stativum | Peas |
| 442 | At 3 Feet In Diameter The Rafflesia Has The Largest Single Flower Of Any Plant In The World But Where In The World Does It Grow | Borneo & Sumatra |
| 443 | How Do Procumbent Plants Grow | They Spread Overground |
| 444 | What Word Is Used To Describe Bell Shaped Flowers | Campanulate |
| 445 | In What Conditions Do Thermophilous Plants Thrive | Warm Or Sunny |
| 446 | What Is Meant By The Name Saxifrage , Which Grows In Cracks In Rocks | Stone Breaker |
| 447 | Where Does Bracket Fungus Grow | On The Trunk Of A Tree |
| 448 | Which Carnivorous Plants Natural Habitat Consists Of A Small Coastal Area Between North & South Carolina | Venus Flytrap |
| 449 | Where Does Edelweiss Grow | In The Alps At High Altitude |
| 450 | What Colour Is The Flower Of The Amazon Lily When It Opens | White |
| 451 | What Is The More Common Name Of The Poisonous Plant Atropa Belladonna | Deadly Nightshade |
| 452 | Where Is The Natural Habitat Of The Cheese Plant | Central America Rainforest |
| 453 | Which Family Of Plants Sends Up Shoots In The Shape Of Croziers | The Fren |
| 454 | What Trick Does The Mirror Orchid Play On The Male Bee | Flower Resembles A Female Bee |
| 455 | Which Shrub Was Introduced To England In 1598 Can Be Used In Cooking & Is Also A Component Of Eau De Cologne | Rosemary |
| 456 | From Which Country Did The Leek Originate | Switzerland |
| 457 | What Would You Be Most Likely To Be Chewing If It Were Flavoured With Mentha Piperita Or Mentha Viridris | Chewing Gum , Peppermint, Spearment |
| 458 | Botanists, Gardeners & Chefs Know Their Allium Cepas What Is An Allium Cepa | An Onion |
| 459 | What Is Another Name For The White Poppy | Opium Poppy |
| 460 | What Name Is Given To A Plant That Grows From Seed & flowers And Dies Within A Year | An Annual |
| 461 | What Flower Is Depicted On The Flag On India | The Lotus |
| 462 | What Type Of Plant Is A Ladys Slipper | An Orchid |
| 463 | Swedish Botanist Anders Dahl Gave His Name To Which Flower | The Dahlia |
| 464 | Where Was The First Successful Steam Engine Installed | Dudley East Midlands 1712 |
| 465 | When Was The First Transcontinental Railroad In North America Completed | 1869 |
| 466 | Which Is The Longest Railway Line In The World | Trans Siberian Railway |
| 467 | Which Steam Locomotive Won The Prize For Providing The First Regular Passenger Service | The Rocket |
| 468 | Which Was The First International Airline To Launch A Sevice | Klm (London To Amsterdam) |
| 469 | Which Nationality Was The Man Who Built The First Bicycle Propelled By Pedals | Scottish Kirkpatrick Macmillan 1840 |
| 470 | Where Did Wilbur Wright Demonstrate Flight In Public For The First Time | Northern France |
| 471 | And Where Did His Brother Repeat The Experiment A Few Days Later | Fort Meyer, Virginia |
| 472 | Who Designed The VW Beetle | Ferdinand Porsche |
| 473 | Who Designed The Mini And The Morris Minor | Sir Alexander Issigonis |
| 474 | What Type Of Fuel Is Usually Used In Jet Aircraft Engines | Paraffin |
| 475 | Who Invented The Hovercraft | Sir Christopher Cockeral |
| 476 | What Road Safety Device Was Invented By Percy Shaw In 1943 | The Cats Eye |
| 477 | What Was The Name Of Alexander The Greats Famous Horse | BucePhalus |
| 478 | Which Large Animals Did Hannibal Bring With Him Across The Alps | Elephants |
| 479 | Who Built The First Tunnel Under The River Thames | Sir Marc Isambard Kingdon Brunel |
| 480 | In The 19th Century Who Was The Railway King | The Financier George Hudson |
| 481 | What Was The Name Of The First Ship To Sail Around The World | The Victoria Magellans Ship |
| 482 | What Was Don Quixote's Faithful Horse Called | Rozinante |
| 483 | Whose Report Led To A Much Reduced British National Rail system The 1960's | Dr Beeching |
| 484 | Whose Son Flew Too Close To The Sun On Waxen Wings | Daedalus's |
| 485 | In Which City Is The Oldest Metro System In The World | London |
| 486 | What Is The Worlds Longest Manmade Waterway | The Grand Canal In China |
| 487 | Which Road Runs From Alaska To Chile | The Pan American Highway |
| 488 | Which 2 Towns Were Linked By The Worlds First Commercial Railway | Stockton & Darlington |
| 489 | Which Water Bird Has Brown & Black Feathers With A White Flank Slash & A Red Beak Shield | Moorhen |
| 490 | Which Bird Is Renowned For Taking Over The Nests Of Other Species | Cuckoo |
| 491 | Which Bird Is Resident Of The American Southwest & Has Been Immortilized In A Cartoon Series | Roadrunner |
| 492 | What Colour Are The Egg's Of The Redstart | Usually Blue With Greenish Tinge |
| 493 | What Colour Is The Beak Of A Mature Mute Swan | Orange |
| 494 | Which Continent Is The Natural Habitat Of The Ostrich | Africa |
| 495 | For How Long Does A Female Turkey Incubate Her Eggs | Aprox 28 Days |
| 496 | What Is Meant By A Low Wing Bearing | A Low Body Weight To Wing Ratio |
| 497 | What Bird , Sometimes Called The Peewit, Has Dark Green Plumage With White Neck & Underside & A Distinctive Green Crest | The Lapwing |
| 498 | Which Curved Billed Bird Is The Largest European Wader? | Curlew |
| 499 | Which Has A Black Bill The Crow Or The Rook | Crew |
| 500 | Which Bird Was Depicted On The Rear Of The Farthing Coin | Wren |