Science Trivia

1

What kind of tree and grasshopper have the same name?

7

Which company in 1935 produced the first color photographic film: America's Kodak, Japan's Fuji, or Germany's Agfa?

19

What is measured by the Richter scale?

14

The hallucenogenic drug, LSD, was invented by a pharmaceutical company in which European country?

14

What are the names of the two bones which extend from the elbow to the wrist?

16

What actually happens when "mitosis" takes place?

15

What does an ornithologist study?

11

One of the main characters of John Grisham's novel The Testament travels to Brazil where he catches a mosquito-transmitted virus known by what two-word name?

18

Can you name a part of the male anatomy (not female) named after a character from the Bible?

5

According to astonomy, how many miles are there in one astronomical unit?

2

Which blood type is called the universal recipient?

12

The first ever radio broadcast took place on January 13, 1910 from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, featuring opera music sung by which famous tenor?

13

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

6

"Manhattan Project" was the code name for what effort?

12

In 1962, European countries joined forces to establish an international astronomical project. They set up a space observatory, with some of the most powerful telescopes in the world, at La Silla, in which southern country?