1. What type of plastic can be softened by 14.

True or false: Diamond and coal both

heat? contain carbon?

2. Who created the famous equation E = 11.15. What word beginning with the
mc2? letter C describe water droplets that
collect on a cold surface as a result of
3. What is the name of the muscular tube
contact with humid air?
that connects the throat with the
stomach?

4. Are arthropods vertebrate or Science Trivia Quiz Answers

invertebrate animals?
1. Thermoplastic
5. Which two parts of a tree form the
crown? 2. Albert Einstein

6. Which famous scientist was given a 3. Esophagus

computer program called the Equalizer 4. Invertebrate
in 1986 to help him communicate?
5. Branches and leaves
7. What is the only fossil fuel still in a solid
state? 6. Stephen Hawking

8. Umami is one of the five basic what? 7. Coal

9. Can aluminium be magnetized? 8. Tastes

10. What chemical element is commonly 9. No, aluminium cannot be magnetized

known as quicksilver?
10. Mercury

11. How many pairs of autosomes do

11. 22 pairs of autosomes
humans have?
12. Earth Day
12. What annual event marks the
worldwide demonstration of support 13. Germination
for environmental protection on April
22nd? 14. True

13. Can you unscramble the following 11.15. Condensation

letters to reveal a word used to
describe the process by which a plant
grows from a seed: ATINREGMION?
 8. What is the strongest known
magnet in the Universe? A Neutron
1. What is the unit measurement for
Star
the activity of a radioactive source?
The Becqueral (Bq). 1 Bq = 1
9. Which is the hottest planet in the
disintegration per second
solar system? Venus, surface
temperature 460oC
2. If you mix all light colours, do you
get black, white or a rainbow?
10. How far is the moon away from
White. Technically adding all colours
Earth? Around 376 600 km away.
of light together is called colour
addition.
11. Where does sound travel faster;
water or air? Water.
3. How many separate patents did
Thomas Edison file? 1093!
12. What is opposite to matter?
Antimatter.
4. Is a white gold ring pure gold?
White gold is usually an alloy of gold
13. Do have the same number of
and a white metal such as silver and
neck vertebrae as giraffe’s? Yes.
palladium. Nickel is no longer used
due to skin allergies. What is ‘fools
14. How much salt does the average
gold’? Iron pyrite crystals.
human body contain? Around 250
grams.
5. What is the symbol for Silver? Ag

15. If I kept walking in a straight

6. What does ATP stand for?
line on a flat surface with no visible
Adenosine triphosphate, the
features, is it possible to walk in
molecule that is used for energy by
circles eventually? People often favor
all cells
one leg over the other. It is possible
that over time the discrepancy
7. What survives impacting Earth’s
between the two leg strides may
surface; a meteor, a meteorite or an
indeed cause you to walk in circles.
asteroid? Meteorite.
16. Why do bubbles pop? They get
too dry from the surrounding air.
17. What is the Law of Conservation
of Energy? The energy of the
Universe is constant; it can neither
be created or destroyed but only
transferred and transformed.
18. True or false – there are 206
bones in an adult human body and
300 bones in an infants body? True.
Some bones in infants skulls have
not yet fused together.
19. True or false- most of the dust in
your home is made of human skin?
True – up to 70%!
20. Can you lick your elbow? No.
Now be honest, did you try?
21. If you go into space, do you get
taller? Yes, the cartilage disks in
your spine expand under zero
gravity.
22. What does a manometer
measure? The pressure of a closed
system.
23. What is the unit measurement
for the activity of a radioactive
source? The Becqueral (Bq). 1 Bq =
1 disintegration per second
24. If you mix all light colours, do
you get black, white or a rainbow?
White. Technically adding all colours
of light together is called colour
addition.
25. How many separate patents did
Thomas Edison file? 1093!
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26. What type of organism makes up
the oldest known fossil?Blue-green
algae from South Africa at 3.2 billion
years old.
27. What does the Scoville Heat Unit
Scale measure?The heat of chilies
28. Is a tomato a fruit or
vegetable?A fruit.
29. Why do bubbles pop? They get
too dry from the surrounding air.
30. What is the Law of Conservation
of Energy? The energy of the
Universe is constant; it can neither
be created or destroyed but only
transferred and transformed.
31. What is the name given to
planets outside our solar system?
Extrasolar planets
32. Which is the rarest blood type in
humans? AB negative. <1% of the
population
33. Why does eyesight change as
you get older? The eye’s lens
continues to grow throughout life,
becoming thicker and less
transparent.
34. True or false; nitroglycerine can
be used to treat heart attacks? True.
It dilates blood vessels.
35. What Australian timber made the
London docks?Turpentine; Syncarpia
glomulifera
36. What is Xylem?The hollow woody
tissue in plants that carries water
and minerals from the roots to
throughout the entire plant
37. What is the scientific name of a
Sydney Blue Gum?Eucalyptus
saligna
38. Where is the largest known
meteorite crater on Earth? Vredefort
Ring in South Africa, 299km
diameter!
39. What causes an Aurora? Charged
particles from solar wind
40. What temperature and pressure
is needed to convert graphite into a
diamond? 3000 degrees celsius and
100,000 atmospheres. That’s
10132500 kPA, at least 20,000 times
more pressure than the pressure
inside the average bike tire!
41. What is a buret? A long tube of
glass usually marked in 0.1mL units
that’s equipped with a stopcock for
the controlled addition of a liquid to
a receiving flask
42. What is the hardest substance in
the human body? Tooth enamel.
43. What is trepanning? An ancient
form of medicine which involved
making holes in human skull to
relieve pressure; don’t try at home!
44. What is the longest type of cell
in the body? The nerve cell (neuron).
45. What does bile do in you body?
Emulsify fats in the small intestine
46. Which is the only metal that is
liquid at room temperature? Mercury
(melting point of -38.87 deg
Celsius). Room temperature is
usually defined as 25 deg. Celsius.
Gallium gets close to also melting at
room temperature > it’s melting
temperature is 29.78 deg. Celsius…
almost made it!
47. Who invented the first battery?
Count Alessandro Volta
48. What is a Pyrogen? A substance
that causes fever.
49. Where would you find your
pinna? It’s your outer ear (the bit
you see made out of cartilage)
50. Who has more hair follicles,
blondes or brunettes? Blondes.
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Answers
51. Which is the only Australian
mammal restricted to alpine
environments?The Mountain Pygmy
Possum
52. How old is our Sun? 5 billion
years… we think…
53. True or false; when lighting hits
a tree the water inside the tree boils
and expands, blowing the tree
apart? True
54. What is the world’s tallest
grass?Bamboo. Some species reach
up to 39 metres in height.
55. Is Obsidian an igneous,
sedimentary or metamorphic rock?
Igneous.
56. Which country has the longest
coastline? Canada, due to the
number of northern islands.
57. Is a Tsunami and a tidal wave
the same thing? No. Tsunamis are
caused by water displacement as a
result of an undersea earthquake or
a landslide. Tidal waves are caused
by the moon & Sun’s gravitational
pull combined with prevailing winds
and water currents.
58. What is the definition of dust? A
particle small enough to be carried
by air currents.
59. When was the first seismograph
invented? Approximately A.D. 200 in
China
60. Is the stratosphere above or
below the troposphere? Extending
50km above the troposphere
61. Where does sound travel faster;
water or air? Water.
62. What is opposite to matter?
Antimatter.
63. True or false; your body’s
temperature rises slightly during
digestion? True
64. Where are the three smallest
bones in the human body? What are
they called? In the middle ear.
Collectively called ossicles, the 3
bones are the Malleus (hammer),
Incus (anvil) & Stapes (stirrup).
65. What’s the lifespan of a human
red blood cell? Around 120 days.
66. True or false; A modern human’s
brain is smaller than a Neanderthal’s
brain?
67. What is the collective name of
animals and plants that live on a
lake bottom?Benthos
68. What is the largest living
structure on Earth?The Great Barrier
Reef, Australia
69. What is oldest living thing known
on Earth?A bristlecone pine in
California… it’s about 4600 years
old!
71. What’s the highest recorded
surface wind speed? 372km/h! Over
Mt Washington, New Hampshire on
April 12, 1934.
72. What is the name of the layer of
air closest to us in the atmosphere?
Troposphere
73. True or false – is lightning 3
times hotter than the Sun? True
74. What formation on Earth can
have the names tabular, blocky,
wedge, dome, pinnacle, dry dock,
growler or bergy bit? Icebergs
75. Which crystalline formations are
on cave ceilings; stalagmites or
stalactites? Stalactites.
76. What does a manometer
measure? The pressure of a closed
system.
77. True or false – sterling silver is
pure silver? False. It contains up to
7.5% copper
78. Which chemical causes the
burning taste sensation when eating
chilies? Capcaicin
79. Which planet is closest to the
sun? – Mercury.
80. What is the sun made out of? –
The Sun is at present, about 70%
hydrogen and 28% helium by mass
everything else amounts to less than
2%
81. Where is the Suez Canal? –
Egypt
82. What’s the Symbol to iron? – Fe
83. Does the sun rotate? – The
movements of the sunspots indicate
that the Sun rotates once every 27
days at the equator, but only once
in 31 days at the poles.
84. How big is the Milky Way? – The
Milky Way is actually a giant, as its
mass is probably between 750 billion
and one trillion solar masses, and its
diameter is about 100,000 light
years.
85. Who was the last president of
the Soviet Union? – Mikhail
Gorbachev.
86. What political system was
gradually dismantled in South Africa,
starting in 1989? – Apartheid.
87. What’s the first name of
Shakespeare? – William
88. Where is the Leaning Tower of
Pisa? – Pisa, Italy.
89. How much bigger is the sun than
the earth? A: The Earth is about 13
thousand kilometers (8000 miles)
wide, whereas the Sun is roughly 1.4
million kilometers (900,000 miles)
across. If the Sun were a hollow ball,
you could fit about one million
Earths inside of it!
90. How old is the earth? -The earth
is about 4.5 billion years old.
91. How old is the universe? – The
Universe is at least 15 billion years
old, but probably not more than 20
billion years old.
92. Which planet spins the fastest? –
Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet
in our solar system rotating on
average once in just under 10 hours.
93. Where is Notre Dame? – Paris
94. Where is the Pyrenees? –
Between Spain and France.
95. What bird was domesticated
first? The first bird domesticated by
man was the goose.
96. Why a duck’s quack doesn’t
echo? – No one knows.
97. What is the Milky Way? – The
Milky Way is a spiral galaxy.
98. What star other than the sun is
closest to the earth? – It is Proxima
Centauri, the nearest member of the
Alpha Centauri triple star system.
99. The Golden Gate Bridge? – San
Francisco, California, USA.
100. Where is Broadway? – New
York City, USA.
1. Heto na ang magkapatid, nag-
uunahang pumanhik.
Sagot: Mga paa
2. Dalawang batong itim, malayo
ang nararating.
Sagot: Mga mata
3. Kay lapit-lapit na sa mata, di mo
pa rin makita.
Sagot: Tenga
4. Dalawang punsu-punsuhan,
ang laman ay kaligtasan.
Sagot: Suso ng Ina
5. Batong marmol na buto, binalot
ng gramatiko.
Sagot: Ngipin
6. May tubig na pinagpala, walang
makakakuha kundi bata.
Sagot: Suso ng Ina
Mga Bugtong Tungkol sa
Prutas ?
1. Baboy ko sa pulo, ang
balahibo’y pako.
Sagot: Langka
2. Nakayuko ang reyna di
nalalaglag ang korona.
Sagot: Bayabas
3. Isang prinsesa nakaupo sa tasa.
Sagot: Kasoy
4. Ate mo, ate ko, ate ng lahat ng
tao.
Sagot: Atis
5. Isang tabo, laman ay pako.
Sagot: Suha
6. Kung tawagin nila’y “santo”
hindi naman milagroso.
Sagot: Santol
7. Bulaklak muna ang dapat
gawin, bago mo ito kanin.
Sagot: Saging
8. Nakatalikod na ang prinsesa,
ang mukha’y nakaharap pa.
Sagot: Balimbing
9. Tatlong bundok ang tinibag,
bago narating ang dagat.
Sagot: Niyog
10. Hindi Linggo, hindi piyesta,
naglawit ang bandera.
Sagot: Dahon ng saging
11. Isang pamalu-palo, libot na
libot ng ginto.
Sagot: Mais
12. Bahay ni Gomez, punung-puno
ng perdigones.
Sagot: Papaya
13. Nang maglihi’y namatay, nang
manganak ay nabuhay.
Sagot: Puno ng Siniguelas
14. Kumpul-kumpol na uling, hayon
at bibitin-bitin.
Sagot: Duhat
Mga Bugtong Tungkol sa
Gulay ?
1. Isda ko sa maribeles nasa loob
ang kaliskis
Sagot: Sili
2. Sinampal ko muna bago inalok.
Sagot: Sampalok
3. Baboy ko sa parang, namumula
sa tapang.
Sagot: Sili
4. Nang munti pa ay paruparo,
nang lumaki ay latigo.
Sagot: Sitaw
5. Ang anak ay nakaupo na, ang
ina’y gumagapang pa.
Sagot: Kalabasa
6. Nang sumipot sa maliwanag,
kulubot na ang balat.
Sagot: Ampalaya
7. Munting tampipi, puno ng
salapi.
Sagot: Sili
8. Ulan nang ulan, hindi pa rin
mabasa ang tiyan.
Sagot: Dahon ng gabi
9. Puno ko sa probinsiya, puno’t
dulo ay may bunga.
Sagot: Puno ng Kamyas
10. Gulay na granate ang kulay,
matigas pa sa binti ni Aruray,
pag nilaga ay lantang katuray.
Sagot: Talong
Mga Bugtong Tungkol sa
Bagay ?
1. Sa maling kalabit, may buhay na
kapalit.
Sagot: Baril
2. Maliit na bahay, puno ng mga
patay.
Sagot: Posporo
3. May puno walang bunga, may
dahon walang sanga.
Sagot: Sandok
4. Hayan na si kaka bubuka-
bukaka.
Sagot: Gunting
5. Nagtago si Pedro nakalabas
ang ulo
Sagot: Pako
6. Dumaan ang hari, nagkagatan
ang mga pari.
Sagot: Zipper
7. Bumili ako ng alipin, mataas pa
sa akin.
Sagot: Sumbrero
8. Isa ang pasukan, tatlo ang
labasan.
Sagot: Kamiseta
9. Kung kailan mo pinatay, saka pa
humaba ang buhay.
Sagot: Kandila
10. Walang sala ay ginapos,
tinapakan pagkatapos.
Sagot: Sapatos
11. Kaban ng aking liham, may
tagpi ang ibabaw.
Sagot: Sobre
12. Dikin ng hari, palamuti sa daliri.
Sagot: Singsing
13. Isang hukbong sundalo, dikit-
dikit ang mga ulo.
Sagot: Walis
14. Huminto nang pawalan,
lumakad nang talian.
Sagot: Sapatos
15. Hiyas akong mabilog, sa daliri
isinusuot:
Sagot: Singsing
16. Malambot na parang ulap,
kasama ko sa pangangarap.
Sagot: Unan
17. Ako’y aklat ng panahon,
binabago taun-taon.
Sagot: Kalendaryo
18. Maraming paa, walang kamay,
may pamigkis sa baywang ang
ulo’y parang tagayan, alagad ng
kalinisan.
Sagot: Walis
19. Alalay kong bilugan, puro tubig
ang tiyan.
Sagot: Batya
20. Nagbibihis araw-araw, nag-iiba
ng pangalan.
Sagot: Kalendaryo
21. Itapon mo kahit saan, babalik sa
pinanggalingan.
Sagot: Yoyo
22. Hindi hayop hindi tao,
nagsusuot ng sumbrero.
Sagot: Sabitan ng sumbrero
23. Nagbibigay na, sinasakal pa.
Sagot: Bote
24. Isang butil ng palay, sakop ang
buong buhay.
Sagot: Bumbilya
25. Hinila ko ang baging, sumigaw
ang matsing.
Sagot: Kampana o Batingaw
26. Isang pirasong tela lang ito,
sinasaluduhan ng mga sundalo.
Sagot: Watawat
27. Panakip sa nakabotelya, yari
lata.
Sagot: Tansan
28. Hindi hayop, hindi tao,
pumupulupot sa tiyan mo.
Sagot: Sinturon
29. Araw-araw nabubuhay, taon-
taon namamatay
Sagot: Kalendaryo
30. Sa buhatan ay may silbi, sa
igiban ay walang sinabi.
Sagot: Bayong o Basket
31. Lumuluha walang mata,
lumalakad walang paa.
Sagot: Pluma o Pen
32. Dala mo dala ka, dala ka ng
iyong dala.
Sagot: Sapatos
33. Ang ulo’y nalalaga ang katawa’y
pagala-gala.
Sagot: Sandok
34. Bagama’t nakatakip ay naisisilip.
Sagot: Salamin ng mata
35. Hindi ako sikat na pilosopo,
tulad ng henyong kapangalan
ko, pero mahal din ako ng tao,
dahil kinakainan ako.
Sagot: Plato
36. Hindi tao, hindi hayop, kung
uminom ay salup-salop.
Sagot: Batya
37. Sa araw ay bungbong, sa gabi
ay dahon.
Sagot: Banig
38. Naabot na ng kamay, ipinagawa
pa sa tulay.
Sagot: Kubyertos
39. Malaking supot ni Mang Jacob,
kung sisidlan ay pataob.
Sagot: Kulambo
40. Hinila ko ang tadyang, lumapad
ang tiyan.
Sagot: Payong
41. Bahay ni Mang Kulas, nang
magiba’y tumaas.
Sagot: Payong
42. Sa bahay ko isinuksok, sa gubat
ko binunot.
Sagot: Gulok/Itak
43. Kalesa ko sa Infanta, takbo nang
takbo pero nakaparada.
Sagot: Silyang tumba-tumba
44. Aling mabuting letrato ang
kuhang-kuha sa mukha mo?
Sagot: Salamin (mirror)
45. Isang tingting na matigas, nang
ikiskis ay namulaklak.
Sagot: Posporo
46. Takbo roon, takbo rito, hindi
makaalis sa tayong ito.
Sagot: Duyan
47. May bibig walang panga, may
tiyan walang bituka; may suso
walang gatas, may puwit
walang butas.
Sagot: Bayong
48. Maliit na parang sibat, sandata
ng mga pantas.
Sagot: Pluma o Pen
49. Gawa ito sa kinayas na kawayan,
lalagyan ng santol, mangga at
pakwan.
Sagot: Tiklis
50. Dalawang patpat, sabay
lumapat.
Sagot: Gunting
51. Butasi, butasi, butas din ang
tinagpi.
Sagot: Lambat
52. Alipin ng hari, hindi makalakad
kung hindi itali.
Sagot: Sapatos
53. Urong sulong, lumalamon.
Sagot: Lagari
54. Lumabas, pumasok, dala-dala
ay panggapos.
Sagot: Karayom
55. Walang hininga ay may buhay,
walang paa ay may kamay,
mabilog na parang buwan, ang
mukha’y may bilang.
Sagot: Orasan
56. Sinakal ko muna, bago ko
nilagari.
Sagot: Biyulin
57. Sandata ng mga paham, papel
lamang ang hasaan.
Sagot: Pluma o Pen
58. Aso ko sa Muralyon, lumukso
ng pitong balon.
Sagot: Sungkaan
59. Isang malaking suman,
sandalan at himlayan.
Sagot: Unan
60. Lumalalim kung bawasan,
bumababaw kung dagdagan.
Sagot: Tapayan
61. Buklod na tinampukan, saksi ng
pag-iibigan.
Sagot: Singsing
62. Ipinalilok ko at ipinalubid,
naghigpitan ang kapit.
Sagot: Sinturon
63. Utusan kong walang paa’t bibig, 72. Pinilit na mabili, saka
sa lihim ko’y siyang naghahatid, ipinambigti.
pag-inutusa’y di na babalik. Sagot: Kurbata
Sagot: Sobre
64. Instrumentong pangharana, 73. Baboy ko sa Sorsogon, kung di
hugis nito ay katawan ng sakyan, di lalamon.
dalaga. Sagot: Kudkuran
Sagot: Gitara 74. Ang alaga kong hugis bilog,
barya-barya ang laman-loob.
65. Banga ng pari, pauli-uli. Sagot: Alkansiya
Sagot: Duyan Mga Bugtong Tungkol sa
66. Walang paa, lumalakad, walang
bibig, nangungusap, walang
Hayop ?
hindi hinaharap na may dala-
1. Matanda na ang nuno di pa
dalang sulat.
naliligo
Sagot: Sobre
Sagot: Pusa
67. Isang panyong parisukat, kung
2. Maliit pa si kumpare,
buksa’y nakakausap.
nakakaakyat na sa tore.
Sagot: Sulat
Sagot: Langgam
68. Dalawang magkaibigan,
3. Heto na si Kaka, bubuka-
magkadikit ang baywang;
bukaka.
kapag silay’y nag papasyal,
Sagot: Palaka
nahahawi ang daanan.
4. Kaaway ni Bantay, may siyam na
Sagot: Gunting
buhay.
69. Pitong bundok, pitong lubak,
Sagot: Pusa
tig-pitong anak.
5. Maliit pa si kumare, marunong
Sagot: Sungkaan
ng humuni.
70. Halaman ng dunong, walang
Sagot: Kuliglig
dilig maghapon, araw-araw
6. Kahoy ko sa Marigundong,
kung bilangin isang taon kung
sumasanga’y walang dahon.
tapusin.
Sagot: Sungay ng Usa
Sagot: Kalendaryo
7. Hindi pari, hindi hari,
71. Aso ko sa muralyon, lumukso
nagdadamit ng sari-sari.
ng pitong balon.
Sagot: Paruparo
Sagot: Sungkaan
8. Aling bagay sa mundo, ang
inilalakad ay ulo?
Sagot: Suso (snail)
9. Munting hayop na pangahas,
aaligid-aligid sa ningas.
Sagot: Gamu-gamo
10. Mataas kung nakaupo mababa
kung nakatayo.
Sagot: Aso
11. Bahay ng aluwagi, iisa ang
haligi.
Sagot: Bahay ng Kalapati
12. Usbong ng usbong, hindi
naman nagdadahon.
Sagot: Sungay ng Usa
13. Isang bahay na bato, ang takip
ay bilao.
Sagot: Suso (snail)
14. Pagmunti’y may buntot, paglaki
ay punggok.
Sagot: Palaka