What’s the lifespan of a

human red blood cell?

Around 120 days
 What star other than the sun is
closest to the earth?
• Proxima Centauri
• Tau Ceti
• Lalande 21185
• Epsilon Indi
 Proxima Centauri
• It is Proxima Centauri, the nearest
member of the Alpha Centauri triple star
system.
How many dwarf planets are in the
solar system?
• 10
• 2
• 1
• 5
 5
• Ceres
• Pluto
• Eris
• Haumea
• Makemake
 What is a perentei?
• Reptile
• Amphibian
• Mammal
• Bird
Perentei (Varanus giganteus) -
Reptile
What is the largest living structure
on Earth?
Great Barrier Reef
What is the most unstable element
in the periodic table?
• Francium
• Uranium
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
 Francium (Fr)
• It has the highest equivalent weight of any
element, and is the most unstable of the
first 101 elements of the periodic system.
Thirty-three isotopes of francium are
recognized. The longest lived 223Fr (Ac,
K), a daughter of 227Ac, has a half-life of
22 min. This is the only isotope of francium
occurring in nature.
Which of the following elements do
not constitute nitroglycerine?
• Carbon
• Helium
• Hydrogen
• Oxygen
 Helium
Formula: C3H5N3O9
According to Apollo astronauts, the
Moon smells like:
• Cheese
• Gasoline
• Burnt gunpowder
• Coffee Grounds
 Burnt gunpowder
The Apollo astronauts said that not only
did the Moon smell like burnt gunpowder,
but it also tasted like it.
The plant and skin of this fruit can
cause contact dermatitis and other
symptoms of poison ivy.
• Kiwi
• Pomegranate
• Mango
• Papaya
 Mango
Mango belongs to the same family as
poison ivy. Both plants produce the
irritating chemical called urushiol.
 All of the following animals can
move very quickly. Which is the
fastest?
• Peregrine Falcon
• Cheetah
• Black Marlin
• Horsefly
 Peregrine Falcon
All of these animals are much faster than
you! While the cheetah is the fastest land
animal, it only runs at 68-75 mph. The
peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on
this list, clocking flight as high as 389 km/h
or 242 mph.
 Lobster blood is blue once it is
exposed to air. What color is it
inside a living lobster?
• Blue
• Red
• Clear
• Yellow
 Clear
The blue color of lobster blood comes from
copper-based hemocyanin, but it isn't blue
until it's exposed to air. It's also found in
spiders and certain other arthropods.
 Human blood is red when it is
exposed to air. What color is the
deoxygenated blood inside your
veins?
• Blue
• Red
• Clear
• Brown
 Red
Medical and science texts show red
arteries and blue veins, but that doesn't
have anything to do with the color of the
blood they carry. Veins appear blue or
green because they are viewed through
skin. Deoxygenated blood is a darker red
than oxygenated blood, but it's still red.
While we're on the topic of caffeine,
which of the following contains, on
average, the least caffeine?
• Cup of coffee
• Cup of tea
• Shot of espresso
• Cup of black tea
 Shot of espresso
Coffee and tea contain comparable
quantities of caffeine. Although espresso
tastes strong, it doesn't actually contain as
much caffeine as the other beverages. Of
course, caffeine dose also depends on
how much coffee or tea you use to make
the drink.
 Henry Dunant won the first ever Nobel
Peace Prize in 1901(together with Frédéric
Passy) by creating a private humanitarian
organization. What is the name of that
organization?
International Committee of the Red
Cross
 Who is the inventor of the first
battery?
• Count Alessandro Volta
• Nikola Tesla
• Thomas Edison
• Philo Taylor Farnsworth
 Count Alessandro Volta
• In 1800, Volta
invented the first true
battery, which came
to be known as the
voltaic pile. The
voltaic pile consisted
of pairs of copper and
zinc discs piled on top
of each other,
separated by a layer
of cloth or cardboard
soaked in brine (i.e.,
the electrolyte).
 What is the hottest planet in the
solar system?
• Mars
• Venus
• Mercury
• Saturn
 Venus
• Venus is the second
planet from the sun and
has a temperature that is
maintained at 462
degrees Celsius, no
matter where you go on
the planet. It is the hottest
planet in the solar
system. So what makes
Venus hotter than
Mercury? Mercury
doesn't have any
atmosphere, and
atmosphere can hold and
trap heat.
 Which is the fastest spinning
planet?
• Earth
• Venus
• Jupiter
• Uranus
 Jupiter
• Jupiter is the fastest
spinning planet in our
Solar System rotating
on average once in
just under 10 hours.
That is very fast
especially considering
how large Jupiter is.
This means that
Jupiter has the
shortest days of all
the planets in the
Solar System.
 What is the heaviest organ in our
body?
• Liver
• Heart
• Bladder
• Kidney
 Liver
• The liver is the
heaviest organ
INSIDE the human
body. Taking away the
"in" modifier, the skin
is the body's heaviest
organ, with a mass of
4-5 kg, and a total
surface area of about
1.2-2.2 m2
 In 240 BC which comet does
Chinese sight for the first time?
 Halley's Comet
• Halley's Comet is
arguably the most famous
comet. It is a "periodic"
comet and returns to
Earth's vicinity about
every 75 years, making it
possible for a human to
see it twice in his or her
lifetime. The last time it
was here was in 1986,
and it is projected to
return in 2061
 Who was the first man to see
bacteria?
• Gregor Mendel
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Francis Bacon
• Niels Bohr
 Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• Van Leeuwenhoek
discovered "protozoa" -
the single-celled
organisms and he called
them "animalcules". He
also improved the
microscope and laid
foundation for
microbiology. He is often
cited as the first
microbiologist to study
muscle fibers, bacteria,
spermatozoa and blood
flow in capillaries.
Who is the Father of Taxonomy?
 Carolus Linnaeus
• Carl Linnaeus, also
known after his
ennoblement as Carl von
Linné, was a Swedish
botanist, zoologist, and
physician who formalised
binomial nomenclature,
the modern system of
naming organisms. He is
known as the "father of
modern taxonomy".
What type of organism doesn’t
need oxygen for growth?
 Anaerobic type
• An anaerobic organism or anaerobe is any
organism that does not require oxygen for
growth. It may react negatively or even die
if free oxygen is present.
What is the universal solvent?
 Water
• A universal solvent is
a substance that
dissolves most
chemicals. Water is
called the universal
solvent because it
dissolves more
substances than any
other solvent.
 How many days can a cockroach
live without its head?
• 3
• 5
• 7
• 9
 9
• A cockroach can live for nine days without
its head before it starves to death.
 Traces of _______ are what give
turquoise its distinctive blue color.
• Cobalt
• Nitrogen
• Sodium
• Copper
 Copper
• Turquoise is an opaque,
blue-to-green mineral that
is a hydrated phosphate
of copper and aluminium,
with the chemical formula
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH) 4H2O.
It is rare and valuable in
finer grades and has
been prized as a
gemstone and
ornamental stone for
thousands of years owing
to its unique hue.