Science Trivia

6

The programming language used to prepare documents for the World Wide Web is called HTML, which is the abbreviation for what phrase?

18

Each year an award is given for exceptional and outstanding achievement in the field of atomic energy. This award is named after the person who produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, in 1942. After whom is this award named?

13

Which inventor in 1793 developed a cotton gin that could do the work of 50 people?

6

This American physician and army surgeon proved in 1901 that yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquito. A medical center outside Washington, D.C. is named for him. Who is he?

12

Shaped like a flat disk, it's about 100,000 light years in diameter, and about 10,000 light years thick. What is it?

19

The #1 cause of choking deaths in children (excluding food related) is caused by the swallowing of what object?

3

For the human animal, who has more influence in determining the sex of a child? The mother, the father, or both equally?

2

What is the maximum jail time an offender can get for a misdemeanor, if any?

6

What is the name of the figure formed by the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Minor, one of which is Polaris, the North Star?

4

What former politician and presidential candidate might have had a personalized license plate which reads: AU-H20?

12

What kind of thin, wispy, feathery looking clouds, located four to twelve miles up, are usually the first sign that a weather front is approaching?

18

Sea water contains about what percent salt?

1

What name is given to the darkest part of a shadow cast by the earth or moon during an eclipse?

1

Customarily, the primary colors of the visible spectrum were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. However, around 300 years ago, Sir Isaac Newton found another, situated between blue and violet, and named it what?

10

The fastest growing plant can increase up to 35 inches (or 90 cm) in one day. What is it?