Junior
“Double-helix” describes the formation of what?
DNA
Four primary forces act on an airplane. Which of these is
NOT one of them?
Pull
On which continent did the Tyrannosaurus Rex once live?
North America
What scientist developed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What species was famously studied by Charles Darwin?
Finch
Which of these planets is a gas giant?
Saturn
Who developed the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Who discovered that diamonds are made of carbon?
Antoinet Lavoisier
Who discovered the X-ray?
Wilhelm Roentgen
Senior
Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for what?
Photoelectric Effect
Chemist Jonas Berzelius hailed from what country?
Sweden
How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?
76 years
In what year was the laser invented?
1957
Johannes Kepler is most famous for what?
Planetary Motion
The first laptop was sold to the public in what year?
1981
The first wearable eye glasses were made in what year?
1284
The human heart transplant was developed in what year?
1967
The moon is least visible from Earth during what lunar
phase?
New Moon
The stegosaurus has how many brains?
1
Which of these physicists suffers from a motor disease which
has left him paralyzed?
Stephen Hawking
Which of these scientists discovered that time had a
beginning?
Stephen Hawking
Who created the multiplication sign?
William Oughtred
Who invented the first battery?
Alessandro Volta
Who is considered the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
Who is considered to be the father of aerodynamics?
George Cayley
Who is often regarded as the chief inventor of the
television?
John Logie Baird
Who was the first person to fly solo around the world?
Wiley Post
Who was the first person to fly solo around the world?
Wiley Post
Expert
A phenomenon known as Baily’s beads occurs during what?
Solar eclipse
Andromeda is a what?
Galaxy
Before the Wright Brothers successfully took flight, who
failed to take flight in his aerodrome?
Samuel Langley
Hobbit-sized human remains were found on what island in
2004?
Flores
Honda built the first ever humanoid robot which could walk.
What was its name?
Asimo
In what year was the telegraph invented?
1837
John Harrison created a device which could do what?
Determine longitudes
Prussian blue was invented by who?
Al Stewart
Robert Bakker was what?
Paleontologist
The idea of the atom was first introduced in what year?
450BC
Two men were credited with discovering the chemical
structure of DNA. One went by the name of Watson. What was the name of the
other man?
Crick
What constellation is often called “The Table Mountain”?
Mensa
What scientist discovered that the frequency of a wave
changes when its source and an observer are both in motion?
Christian Doppler
Who created the Altair-8800 computer?
Ed Roberts
Who discovered Pluto?
Clyde Tombaugh
Who invested the first thermos?
James Dewar
Who was the first person to fly across the English Channel?
Louis Bleriot
William Burroughs patented which of these?
Calculating machine