Friday 20 Question Quiz – 19/01/2024 Round 1: Scientific Laws and Principles 10 questions all about laws, theories, and principles in Science. None Who stated his laws of motion - three laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it? What effect is the change in the frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the wave? Also known as Mariotte's law, what is the name of the experimental gas law that describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas? Known also for a thought experiment about a cat; the discovery of what equation was a significant landmark in the development of quantum mechanics? An observation rather than a law of physics, what states that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years? In astronomy the laws of planetary motion describe the orbits of planets around the Sun, these were published by who between 1609 and 1619? What principles of inheritance were named for a nineteenth-century Moravian monk who formulated his ideas after conducting experiments with pea plants? What proposition was first stated around 1637 in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica and eventually solved after 358 years? First published in the book Hydrodynamica in 1738, deducing that pressure decreases when the flow speed increases, what equation was later derived in its usual form by Leonhard Euler? Also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony, what is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, and Michael Keaton were in which Christmas film? A segment of garlic, distinct from the bulb, is known as a what? Whitney Houston recorded a hugely popular cover of which Dolly Parton song? Which Canadian province is known for producing most of the country's maple syrup, producing about 70-80% of the world supply? In Astrology we have just left the Age of Pisces, what age came before? Which actress had her breakthrough role as "Bond" (it wasn't an official film) girl Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again (1983)? Poppy Field and "Water Lilies" were painted by which French Impressionist artist? What instrument in the percussion family consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets - compared to the xylophone it has a lower range? In 1917 which Scandinavian country officially sold what became the U.S. Virgin Islands? The crystal lattice of ice is what geometric shape under most atmospheric conditions? Time's up
