Science Trivia

17

What is the name for the transparent outer covering of the front of the eye?

6

For what purpose was the Archimedean screw devised?

13

The study of handwriting as a means of analyzing character is called what?

3

What is the name of the organic molecule that carries oxygen in the blood, and gives blood its red color?

5

The first Nobel Prize for physics was awarded in 1901 to the German physicist who discovered a short-wave ray called the x-ray. People in many parts of the world refer to x-rays by his name. Who was he?

12

What do we call an organism that lives on a host which it usually injures?

9

Does light travel more quickly through water or through air?

19

If you drop an object from the top of a tower, how many feet will it fall in the first second?

10

3 kinds of acids: a. Aspirin is known as what kind of acid? b. Vitamin C is known as what kind of acid? c. LSD is known as what kind of acid?

2

In terms of personal computer use, the United States leads the world with almost 150 million personal computers in use. Which three countries follow in total computers?

13

What medical "first" was accomplished by Dr. Denton Cooley of Houston, Texas, in 1969?

5

Next year (2001) will mark the twentieth anniversary of what great technical innovation: the fax? the microwave? the Sony Walkman? or the IBM personal computer?

12

Of the chemical elements between #95 and 100, three are named for humans. Name the three.

18

In the Atlantic or East Pacific Oceans they are called hurricanes. What are they called in a. The western Pacific Ocean? b. The Indian Ocean?

4

What company in the 1970's developed the high-tech concept of a mouse clicking graphical icons to open programs, but dropped the idea, allowing Apple to adopt it as the basis of the Macintosh?