Boas, anacondas and pythons are all a part of which family?
Constrictor Click to see the answer
Californian and Stellar's are types of what?
Sea-lion
Which of these is not a dinosaur?
Monkey
Capuchin, Macaque and Spider are different varieties of which animal?
Monkey
Compared to plant and animal cells, bacterial cells are what?
Smaller and less complex
How many arms (excluding tentacles) does a giant squid have?
8
A 'liger' is a cross between which animals?
Tiger & Lion Click to see the answer
A bird's heart has how many chambers?
4
A 'Tiercel? is the name for which type of male bird?
Hawk
How long can an ant queen live?
20 years
Rex', a Latin word, means what in T-rex?
King
How many arms does a star fish usually have?
Five
Charles Darwin was known for his contributions to which theory?
Evolution
Tensor is the moment of?
Inertia
A 'Cob' is a male swan, what is a female swan called?
Pen
How long can armadillos stay submerged underwater?
6
Caught on camera in Botswana in 2009, what color was the baby elephant that stood out from the herd?
Pink
How many AIGA medals were awarded in 2010?
3
Breeding animals in captivity helps prevent what?
Extinction of species
A bee keeper keeps bees in what?
Hive
How long did it take Dr Johnson to produce the first dictionary?
9 years
How long can a bedbug live without food?
One Year
Bees pollinating flowers is an example of which biological process?
Symbiosis
How do moths find female moths in the dark?
Smell
Beavers, chinchillas and golden hamsters belong to which order of mammals?
Rodent
Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?
Waterfall
Charlotte's Web is a children's book about which sort of animal?
Spider
How is the slug-like 'holothuroidea' class of marine animals more commonly known?
Sea cucumber
How many cats did President Lincoln have in the White House?
4
A blue Orpington is a breed of which animal?
Chicken
How is the thylacine otherwise known?
Tasmanian Tiger
How many different breeds of cat are there worldwide?
40
What was the first name of Morse, inventer of the dots and dashes code?
Samuel Click to see the answer
Opiates are drugs derived from which type of flower?
Poppy
How many tentacles does a cuttlefish have?
Ten
What does three dots in a triangle mean in maths?
Therefore
What does GM stand for in food science?
Genetically Modified
Which chemical element is also known as quicksilver?
Mercury
By what more proper name is the Alsatian dog now known?
German Shepherd Click to see the answer
Both genders of which animal have antlers?
Reindeer
Chevre is a variety of French cheese made from which animal's milk?
Goat
A 'bind' is a group of what?
salmon
How long must an animal arriving in Britain from abroad spend in quarantine?
Six months
Chelonia mydas is the scientific name for which endangered species?
Green Turtle
How long do tiger sharks live as a minimom?
12 years
How many bones does a cat have in it's body?
230
By what other name is a young kangaroo known?
Joey
How many teeth does a mature male horse have?
40 Click to see the answer
What is the name for a positive electrode?
Anode
How many teeth does a polar bear have?
136 degrees Fahrenheit
What scientific instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
Which biological family is lepidoptera?
Butterflies
Copernicus proposed a model to put which body at the center of the universe?
Sun
What science term means 'producer of disease'?
Pathogen
How many times a year do dingoes breed?
Once
Which French scientist came up with the idea of vaccination?
Pasteur
In the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice is in which month?
June Click to see the answer
What is a baby eel called?
Elver
Complete this well known mobile app game title: 'Plants vs. _____'.
Zombies
What does a hippologist study?
Horses
What is the largest type of bear?
Polar
Kepler's Laws describe which phenomenon?
Planetary Motion
What is the plural of mongoose?
Mongooses
Alchemists believed the Philosopher's Stone could turn base metals into what?
Gold
What comes before 'flytrap' in the name of a carnivorous plant?
Venus
The US Republican party has which animal as its symbol?
Elephant
Rooks are members of which animal family?
Crows
Which fish can be Chinook, Sockeye or Atlantic?
Salmon
The flag of which country has a cedar tree in the middle?
Lebanon
How many times does Mercury orbit the sun during our year?
4
What was the name of Marie Curie's scientist husband?
Pierre
How many noble gases are there on the periodic table?
6
A 'sea mouse' is actually what type of animal?
Worm
What fruit is said to have landed on Newton's head and made him think about gravity?
Apple
Which metal is the largest component of pewter?
Tin
Complete the title of this 1985 movie: ____ Science.
Weird
Ernest Rutherford was born in which commonwealth country?
New Zealand Click to see the answer
Chemist Joseph Priestley was the first to isolate which gas?
Oxygen
Which chemical element is also known as wolfram?
Tungsten
What do Kepler's Laws describe?
Planetary Motion
Gorillas are native to which part of the world?
West Africa
What is used to measure the energy from food?
Calories
Optics is the branch of physics concerned with what?
Light Click to see the answer
Mathematics pioneer Ada Lovelace was the daughter of which poet?
Byron
Hydrogen and which other element combine to make water?
Oxygen
The cheetah is native to which continent?
Africa
Marie Curie won her first Nobel Prize in which year?
1903
Which part of a rhinoceros is prized by poachers?
Horn
What is the pH number of pure water?
7
Mycology is the study of which type of objects?
Fungi
A pod is a group of which sea creatures?
Dolphins
Charolais and Friesian are breeds of which animal?
Cow
Which chemical element has the symbol As?
Arsenic
What is used to measure electric current?
Amps
Cavy is another name for which type of animal, often kept as a pet?
Guinea Pig
Old Man's Beard or Traveller's Joy is another name for which flower?
Clematis
What was the surname of James Clerk, who wrote 'A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field'?
Maxwell
Plants use photosynthesis to convert which gas into food?
Carbon Dioxide
Nuclear power produces what percentage of the world's electricity?
14%
Dingos are wild dogs from which country?
Australia
Scientist Nikola Tesla was born in which modern-day country?
Croatia