SCIENCE QUIZ NO.11

[magpie in the 80's]

1.Which metallic element has the chemical symbol W?
TUNGSTEN
2.Of what is somatology the study?
THE OUTER BODY
3.What name is given to a student of earthquakes?
SEISMOLOGIST
4.What is the common name for the tree known as the arbutus?
STRAWBERRY
5.What is the common name of the bird Troglodytes troglodytes?
WREN
6.From which creature was sepia originally obtained?
CUTTLEFISH
7.What did Foucault's pendulum prove?
THAT THE EARTH ROTATES
8.What does a hygrometer measure?
HUMIDITY
9.What is the name of the geological fault that runs down the west coast of California?
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
10.What is the scientific name for the white of an egg?
ALBUMEN
11.What weapon did Robert Whitehead invent in 1866?
TORPEDO
12.For their discovery of what did Watson, Crick and Evans win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?
D.N.A.
13.What are Deimos and Phobos?
THE 2 MOONS OF MARS
14.What is myology?
STUDY OF MUSCLES
15.What is produced in a Bessemer converter?
STEEL
16.What is the so-called lead in a pencil really made of?
GRAPHITE
17.What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
PANGAEA
18.In which US city was the world's first telephone exchange?
BOSTON
19.What instrument is used to detect radiation?
THE GEIGER COUNTER
20.What is TNT short for?
TRINITROTOLUENE

[JAS]

Q3 Seismologist
Q6 Cuttlefish
Q9 San Andreas
Q10 Albumen
Q15 Pig iron
Q16 Graphite
Q19 Geigercounter

Regards
JAS

[godoubleblues]

Q7 - that the earth rotated
Q13 - the two moons of Mars

[magpie in the 80's]

Q3 Seismologist
Q6 Cuttlefish
Q9 San Andreas
Q10 Albumen
Q15 Pig iron...INCORRECT
Q16 Graphite
Q19 Geigercounter

Regards
JAS

OTHERS CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q7 - that the earth rotated
Q13 - the two moons of Mars

CORRECT GDB

[FattyLumpkin]

1. Tungsten
8. Humidity
12. DNA
17. Gondwanaland

[Son_Of_O]

Q. 11

Torpedo with its own propellar

Q 20

Tri-nitro-toluoene (unsure of spelling)

Q 5

.............. Wren?

[Son_Of_O]

Q. 11

Torpedo with its own propellar

Q 20

Tri-nitro-toluoene (unsure of spelling)

Q 5

.............. Wren?

I should know question 5 from many hours spent playing Dungeons and Dragons as a kid. Some sort of cave dwelling Wren i reckon. But definately a Wren!

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Tungsten
8. Humidity
12. DNA
17. Gondwanaland.....incorrect

others correct FL

[magpie in the 80's]

Q. 11

Torpedo with its own propellar

Q 20

Tri-nitro-toluoene (unsure of spelling)

Q 5

.............. Wren?

all correct soo

[Q.]

17. Pangaea

[magpie in the 80's]

17. Pangaea

CORRECT Q

[Son_Of_O]

2. Skin conditions?

14. Soft tissue (humans)

15. Iron turned into steel

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Skin conditions?...INCORRECT. IT'S MORE GENERAL

14. Soft tissue (humans)..NEED MORE INFO

15. Iron turned into steel.........CORRECT

[Son_Of_O]

2. Skin or outer-body

14. Muscle

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Skin or outer-body

14. Muscle

correct SOO

[magpie in the 80's]

1.Which metallic element has the chemical symbol W?
TUNGSTEN
2.Of what is somatology the study?
THE OUTER BODY
3.What name is given to a student of earthquakes?
SEISMOLOGIST
4.What is the common name for the tree known as the arbutus?
STRAWBERRY
5.What is the common name of the bird Troglodytes troglodytes?
WREN
6.From which creature was sepia originally obtained?
CUTTLEFISH
7.What did Foucault's pendulum prove?
THAT THE EARTH ROTATES
8.What does a hygrometer measure?
HUMIDITY
9.What is the name of the geological fault that runs down the west coast of California?
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
10.What is the scientific name for the white of an egg?
ALBUMEN
11.What weapon did Robert Whitehead invent in 1866?
TORPEDO
12.For their discovery of what did Watson, Crick and Evans win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?
D.N.A.
13.What are Deimos and Phobos?
THE 2 MOONS OF MARS
14.What is myology?
STUDY OF MUSCLES
15.What is produced in a Bessemer converter?
STEEL
16.What is the so-called lead in a pencil really made of?
GRAPHITE
17.What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
PANGAEA
18.In which US city was the world's first telephone exchange?
BOSTON
19.What instrument is used to detect radiation?
THE GEIGER COUNTER
20.What is TNT short for?
TRINITROTOLUENE

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

END OF QUIZ