This is just a short collection of trivia questions taken from different branches of science. There are questions on biology, chemistry, physics, geology, paleontology and meteorology. Some may be a bit difficult but others are easier. Let’s see how well you can do.
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Question of
Ice must melt into water before evaporating.
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True
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False
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Question of
Marie Curie’s notebooks are still so radioactive that they must be stored in a lead box.
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Liquid mercury conducts electricity.
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Which of these is not a pigment or group of pigments that is responsible for the change of color of leaves in the fall?
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Chlorophyll
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Carotenoids
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Adenosine
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Anthocyanins
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Question of
When a metal rusts, it combines with which of the following?
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Water vapor
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Oxygen
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Hydrogen
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Nitrogen
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Question of
Which travels faster?
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An average bullet
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The sound of the gun being shot
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Question of
In 1957 a man tried to ride out a tornado by holding onto a tree for dear life. At one point he found himself in the center of the tornado. What did he see?
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Blackness, it was too dark to see anything.
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Lightning
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His life flash before his eyes.
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Question of
Some of the wooly mammoths that have been uncovered frozen in ice have had undigested tropical vegetation in their stomachs.
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Yes
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No
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Question of
How many oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of ozone?
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1
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2
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3
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4
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Question of
The strongest earthquake that we know of to occur in America was centered near which city?
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Los Angeles, California
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San Francisco, California
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Anchorage, Alaska
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got 9 out of 10 right!
Got 6 correct on this one Gary.
That’s not too shabby.
Nine of ten, I got to number ten, and read “strangest” and thought what? Then read it again. Great quiz.
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it.
You got 9 out of 10 right!
Perfect. You rock! I’m lied to Marie Curie’s
Excellent work. It wasn’t an easy quiz.
8 out of 10 and I’m fairly happy with that 🙂 Great quiz, Gary!
Thanks, Norman. I’m glad you enjoyed it.