Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 21:01:30 GMT
Science & Technology IV
More General Knowledge really. But this one has a theme on Science & Technology.. Here then are 30 more questions to further test your knowledge.
1 Which has the shorter wavelength – light waves or radio waves ?
2 What was the Earth’s first artificial satellite ?
3 What is a CAT scanner generally used to find ? (Q bonus)
4 What satellite passed Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981, Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989 ?
5 What is measured by an anemometer ?
6 What recurrent stellar visitor to Earth was featured on the Bayeux Tapestry ?
7 What man-made vehicle holds the all-time speed record ?
8 What is the common name of iron pyrites ?
9 If a submarine submerged to 10 fathoms, how far below the surface would it be ?
10 What substance causes plants to be green ?
11 What Apollo space mission put the first men on the Moon ?
12 What is trinitrotoluene better known as ?
13 What is the process used to split atomic particles and create massive energy release ?
14 Copper, zinc and what other metal make up German silver ?
15 What was it that drove hatters mad ?
16 What is an imaginary number ?
17 What name is given to a person whose body lacks melanin ?
18 What did alchemists strive to do ?
19 Along with protons and electrons, what other particle goes to make up atoms ?
20 If oxygen is O2, what is O3 ?
21 How many bytes are there in a kilobyte of computer memory ?
22 What common ailment can be cured by acetylsalicylic acid ?
23 What organ in the body produces insulin ?
24 What road-safety device was invented by Percy Shaw in 1934 ?
25 Cheriton in Britain and Sargette in France have a common link – what is it ?
26 What freezes to form ‘dry ice’ ?
27 What is a computer’s footprint ?
28 Where would you find a lancet, a galilee and a finial ?
29 What are Doric, Ionic and Corinthian all types of ?
30 How many ounces to the pound are there in the troy system ?
No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
More General Knowledge really. But this one has a theme on Science & Technology.. Here then are 30 more questions to further test your knowledge.
1 Which has the shorter wavelength – light waves or radio waves ?
2 What was the Earth’s first artificial satellite ?
3 What is a CAT scanner generally used to find ? (Q bonus)
4 What satellite passed Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981, Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989 ?
5 What is measured by an anemometer ?
6 What recurrent stellar visitor to Earth was featured on the Bayeux Tapestry ?
7 What man-made vehicle holds the all-time speed record ?
8 What is the common name of iron pyrites ?
9 If a submarine submerged to 10 fathoms, how far below the surface would it be ?
10 What substance causes plants to be green ?
11 What Apollo space mission put the first men on the Moon ?
12 What is trinitrotoluene better known as ?
13 What is the process used to split atomic particles and create massive energy release ?
14 Copper, zinc and what other metal make up German silver ?
15 What was it that drove hatters mad ?
16 What is an imaginary number ?
17 What name is given to a person whose body lacks melanin ?
18 What did alchemists strive to do ?
19 Along with protons and electrons, what other particle goes to make up atoms ?
20 If oxygen is O2, what is O3 ?
21 How many bytes are there in a kilobyte of computer memory ?
22 What common ailment can be cured by acetylsalicylic acid ?
23 What organ in the body produces insulin ?
24 What road-safety device was invented by Percy Shaw in 1934 ?
25 Cheriton in Britain and Sargette in France have a common link – what is it ?
26 What freezes to form ‘dry ice’ ?
27 What is a computer’s footprint ?
28 Where would you find a lancet, a galilee and a finial ?
29 What are Doric, Ionic and Corinthian all types of ?
30 How many ounces to the pound are there in the troy system ?
No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
