SCIENCE QUIZ NO. 17

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?
URANUS
2 What V-word is defined as "the ability of a liquid to resist flowing".
VISCOSITY
3 What unit of measure was originally designed to be one forty-millionth of the Earth's circumference?
THE METRE
4 What's sometimes dubbed Biosphere I?
EARTH
5 What are "human incubation chambers" heated to before Gillette's odor judges test deodorants by smelling human armpits?
100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
6 What antidepressant is most often referred to by snide shrinks as "Slo Mo"?
VALIUM
7 What gardeners' aid is identified by numbers indicating its percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium?
FERTILIZER
8 What facial features flank your glabella?
YOUR EYE BROWS
9 What organ of the body leads all others with 3,195 distinct genes?
THE BRAIN
10 What Cool Whip ingredient outweighs all the others?
WATER
11 What does a kit-flying linonophobic fear?
STRING
12 What's the common name for the eye inflammation doctors call conjunctivits?
PINK EYE
13 What country flew the first supersonic airliner in 1968 but saw it crash in 1973?
THE SOVIET UNION
14 What two-word term is defined as "the lowest possible temperature"?
ABSOLUTE ZERO
15 What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
THE 16TH CENTURY
16 What handy mathematical instrument's days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in the 1970s?
THE SLIDE RULE
17 What boxcar-sized instrument was repaired by the crew of the shuttle Endeavor in 1993?
THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE
18 What name for a bone disease translates as "porous bone"?
OSTEOPOROSIS
19 What earthenware ceramic was produced in ancient China from feldspar and china clay?
PORCELAIN
20 What's the U.S. military acronym for liquid oxygen?
LOX
21 What's one-tenth of a bel?
A DECIBEL
22 What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1776?
A SUBMARINE
23 What type of machine do the French call a telecopie?
THE FAX MACHINE
24 What unit of measure was once defined as the length of three grains of barley laid end to end?
THE INCH
25 What are the two main constituents of bronze.
COPPER AND TIN

[Interceptor]

1 What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781? Uranus
2 What V-word is defined as "the ability of a liquid to resist flowing". viscosity
3 What unit of measure was originally designed to be one forty-millionth of the Earth's circumference? the metre
4 What's sometimes dubbed Biosphere I? Earth
13 What country flew the first supersonic airliner in 1968 but saw it crash in 1973? France
14 What two-word term is defined as "the lowest possible temperature"? Absolute Zero
16 What handy mathematical instrument's days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in the 1970s? slide rule
17 What boxcar-sized instrument was repaired by the crew of the shuttle Endeavor in 1993? Hubble telescope
20 What's the U.S. military acronym for liquid oxygen? LOX
21 What's one-tenth of a bel? decibel
25 What are the two main constituents of bronze tin, copper

[Mr Beefy]

6 Mogodon

[tipper]

18) osteoporosis
22) the submarine

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781? Uranus
2 What V-word is defined as "the ability of a liquid to resist flowing". viscosity
3 What unit of measure was originally designed to be one forty-millionth of the Earth's circumference? the metre
4 What's sometimes dubbed Biosphere I? Earth
13 What country flew the first supersonic airliner in 1968 but saw it crash in 1973? France
14 What two-word term is defined as "the lowest possible temperature"? Absolute Zero
16 What handy mathematical instrument's days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in the 1970s? slide rule
17 What boxcar-sized instrument was repaired by the crew of the shuttle Endeavor in 1993? Hubble telescope
20 What's the U.S. military acronym for liquid oxygen? LOX
21 What's one-tenth of a bel? decibel
25 What are the two main constituents of bronze tin, copper

ALL OTHERS CORRECT INTER

[magpie in the 80's]

6 Mogodon

MB

[magpie in the 80's]

18) osteoporosis
22) the submarine

TIP

[Kahuna]

24/ Inch

[magpie in the 80's]

24/ Inch

CORRECT K

[Footy Chick]

12. Pink eye

[magpie in the 80's]

12. Pink eye

correct FC

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?
URANUS
2 What V-word is defined as "the ability of a liquid to resist flowing".
VISCOSITY
3 What unit of measure was originally designed to be one forty-millionth of the Earth's circumference?
THE METRE
4 What's sometimes dubbed Biosphere I?
EARTH
5 What are "human incubation chambers" heated to before Gillette's odor judges test deodorants by smelling human armpits?
100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
6 What antidepressant is most often referred to by snide shrinks as "Slo Mo"?
VALIUM
7 What gardeners' aid is identified by numbers indicating its percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium?
FERTILIZER
8 What facial features flank your glabella?
YOUR EYE BROWS
9 What organ of the body leads all others with 3,195 distinct genes?
THE BRAIN
10 What Cool Whip ingredient outweighs all the others?
WATER
11 What does a kit-flying linonophobic fear?
STRING
12 What's the common name for the eye inflammation doctors call conjunctivits?
PINK EYE
13 What country flew the first supersonic airliner in 1968 but saw it crash in 1973?
THE SOVIET UNION
14 What two-word term is defined as "the lowest possible temperature"?
ABSOLUTE ZERO
15 What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
THE 16TH CENTURY
16 What handy mathematical instrument's days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in the 1970s?
THE SLIDE RULE
17 What boxcar-sized instrument was repaired by the crew of the shuttle Endeavor in 1993?
THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE
18 What name for a bone disease translates as "porous bone"?
OSTEOPOROSIS
19 What earthenware ceramic was produced in ancient China from feldspar and china clay?
PORCELAIN
20 What's the U.S. military acronym for liquid oxygen?
LOX
21 What's one-tenth of a bel?
A DECIBEL
22 What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1776?
A SUBMARINE
23 What type of machine do the French call a telecopie?
THE FAX MACHINE
24 What unit of measure was once defined as the length of three grains of barley laid end to end?
THE INCH
25 What are the two main constituents of bronze.
COPPER AND TIN

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ