50 Question Science Quiz

Round 1: Science and Nature - Maths

10 questions on the subject of Maths.

What is the branch of mathematics that studies the sizes, shapes, positions, angles, and dimensions of things?

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, is the start of which famous sequence of numbers?

What is the mathematical diagram in which sets are represented by overlapping circles called?

1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, is an example of a Triangular Number Sequence, what number comes next?

What name is given to an angle which is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180?

What was the last name of the Scottish mathematician who drew up the first logarithmic tables in 1614?

Benoit Mandelbrot discovered what mathematical structures described as "... a shape made of parts similar to the whole in some way."?

What is the name of the 3rd century BC Greek mathematician who wrote The Elements and is recognised as the father of geometry?

Geoff thinks of a number. He deducts five from it and then divides the result by three. His answer is 25. What number did he start with?

What branch of mathematics is named for the Latin for pebble, and was devised by Sir Isaac Newton?

Round 2: Science and Nature - Chemistry

10 questions on the subject of Chemistry.

A British chemist, who isolated and described several gases, including oxygen, who is considered one of the founders of modern chemistry (last name)?

What broad term describes treatment of disease or infection through the use of chemical substances which are toxic to the causative microorganisms?

What is the last name of the Irish-born English scientist, who was an early proponent of the scientific method and a founder of modern chemistry?

Which German chemist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944, and along with Fritz Strassmann is credited with the discovery of Nuclear Fission (last name)?

Russian chemist Dmitri Mendelev is credited with inventing what commonly used tabular display?

Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as what?

Only four elements are magnetic at room temperature, Iron, Nickel, Gadolinium, and which other?

A drop of food coloring in a cup of water will spread out in an example of which transport process?

What is likely the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust (number 85 on the Periodic table)?

In terms of fireworks, what colour would you expect to be produced by a firework containing copper chloride?

Round 3: Science and Nature - Physics

10 questions on the subject of Physics.

What is the study of the flight path / motion of projectiles under the influence of gravity known as?

In Newtonian physics, what name is given to describe any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it?

What in science can be up, down, strange, top, or bottom, and shares a name with the Ferengi owner of the bar on Deep Space Nine in Star Trek?

Which field of physics describes and correlates the physical properties of macroscopic systems of matter and energy?

Which branch of physics deals with the general laws governing the motion of material objects?

Who received the Nobel Physics prize jointly with the Curies in 1903 for their work on radioactivity (last name)?

What term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay or how long stable atoms survive?

What is the tendency of liquid surfaces to shrink into the minimum surface area possible, allowing heavier than water objects to float and slide without becoming even partly submerged?

In an electrical circuit what is given by the product of the current and the voltage?

What term is used to describe the frequency of a sound when it is more than 20000 Hz?

Round 4: Science and Nature - Space

10 questions on the subject of Space.

An astronomical unit is the standard measurement taken from the earth to where?

Triton, the only large moon in the Solar System with an orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation, is a satellite of which planet?

Which astronomer first proposed the idea of the Sun being the centre of the Solar System?

What comet orbits the Sun once every three years — the shortest period of any known comet?

Named after the virgin goddess of home and hearth in Roman mythology, what is the second largest body in the asteroid belt?

Believed to be powered by a supermassive black hole, what name is given to the brightest type of active galactic nucleus?

What types of stars make up an estimated ¾ of all stars found in the Milky Way?

If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in space, due to a lack of water and air they will bind together permanently. What is this process known as?

The color of a star's light as observed on earth depends on its motion relative to earth. If a star is moving towards the earth, its light is shifted to higher frequencies on the color spectrum. What colour 'shift' is this?

With more than 1,600 across the surface, including a 5 mile (8 km) high one called Maat Mons, which planet in our solar system has the most major volcanoes?

Round 5: Science and Nature - Biology

10 questions on the subject of Biology.

In Linnaean classification, what is the group which comes directly under Kingdom, and above Class?

What term refers to a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment?

What is a chemical substance or microorganism intended to destroy, deter, render harmless, or exert a controlling effect on any harmful organism?

A, T, and C, are three letters of the English alphabet which represent the bases of DNA used in the Genetic Code. What's the fourth?

What type of involuntary action in humans is known as a 'singultus' in medicine?

What is the name used to describe materials that can be broken down by nature?

Associated with eating or drinking cold things, Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the medical term for which pain?

The Roslin Institute in Scotland saw science history on 5th July 1996 with a sheep being cloned. What was her name?

The major natural source of which vitamin is synthesis of cholecalciferol through a chemical reaction that is dependent on sun exposure?

What name is given to the part of your windpipe that helps keep out things such as food particles?

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