Wednesday – 30 Question Quiz – 25/10/2023 Round 1: Space 10 questions all about Spaaaaaaaaaace. No exciting theme I'm afraid. None What is the heaviest element that can be formed by regular fusion reactions in the core of a star? Which director has been accused by conspiracists of directing the ‘fake moon landing’? Which planet in our solar system has moons named after Shakespeare characters? Two NASA space shuttle orbiters were named after ships used by Capt. James Cook. One was Discovery, what was the other? What is the largest moon of Saturn called? What is the name for the end product of the gravitational collapse of a massive star? Which level of the Earth's atmosphere is the closest layer to its core? What is the brightest star in the night sky as seen from Earth that is visible from both hemispheres? The first artificial satellite to be launched into space was by the Soviet Union in 1957, what was its name? What would you call a moon that goes around a moon? Moon-moon A moonite Moonchild Moomin None Round 2: Biology 10 questions on the subject of biology. None Which gland, situated at the base of the skull, regulates growth and metabolism? Louis Washkansky of South Africa was the first to have what organ transplanted in 1967? The 3 most radiosensitive parts of the human body are the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract, and what else? Hammer, anvil and stirrup are components of which part of your body? True or false — more than a quarter of the bones in the human body are in the hands? True False None If dissection is cutting into a dead animal to study its anatomy, what is the process called in cutting into a live animal? Where in the body would you find your olfactory receptors? To which part of the body does the adjective 'renal' refer? What is the name of the bone at the base of the human spine? In which field did Austrian monk Gregor Mendel’s study of plants lead to major breakthroughs? Round 3: Chemistry 10 questions on the subject of chemistry. None What is the main component of Brass and Bronze? Ag is the chemical symbol for which element? What type of gasses are Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon? On the Periodic Table, what is the last element in alphabetical order? With the chemical formula HCl, what type of acid is produced in the stomach? What type of paper is used to test for acidity and alkalinity? Only four elements are magnetic at room temperature, Iron, Nickel, Gadolinium, and which other? C10H14N2 is a poisonous alkaloid "willingly" consumed daily by millions of people, what is it better known as? What is the most reactive nonmetal and the most electronegative element in the periodic table? Which gas is formed when a hydrogen bomb is detonated? Time's up
