Science & Technology trivia questions
2055 multiple-choice Science & Technology trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What is the path taken by a bullet fired from a rifle into the air (ignoring friction)?
- Which of the following statements about quadrilaterals (4-sided figures) is true?
- In geometry, what is the value of the number which is represented by the Greek letter pi (π)?
- Which of the following is an arithmetic progression?
- Because of the lack of atmosphere, the craters on most celestial bodies from the solar system remain preserved for hundreds of millions or billions of years. The largest known crater within the solar system is located on which natural satellite?
- Larger than Pluto and Mercury, this natural satellite is the largest moon of the entire solar system.
- Which is the planet with the biggest number of natural satellites in the solar system?
- Which of these characteristics makes Saturns moon Titan unique among all moons in the solar system?
- There have been numerous debates over whether this moon, discovered in 1978, should be considered a satellite or a separate planet.
- Which of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter is noted as the most volcanically active body in the solar system?
- Named after the leading sylph in Alexander Popes poem Rape of the Lock, the moon Ariel is the natural satellite of which planet of the solar system?
- This celestial body is the darkest of Uranus larger moons and its most distinctive feature is a large equatorial ring of bright material (supposedly a crater) named Wunda, which contrasts with the rest of the planet’s dark surface.
- What is the symbol for Hydrogen?
- What is the symbol for Nickel?
- What is the symbol for Krypton?
- What is the symbol for Boron?
- What is the symbol for Neon?
- What is the symbol for Sulfur?
- What is the symbol for Bismuth?
- What is the symbol for Platinum?
- What is the symbol for Cadmium?
- What is the symbol for Ruthenium?
- Which branch of botany is concerned with the study of trees and woody plants?
- The earliest trees on the planet were a type of ferns and are considered to have appeared in which period of Earths geological history?
- The botanical term bonsai, deriving from Japanese, refers to which of these?
- The baobab, a genus of trees typical for arid areas, is known to be used by Indigenous Australians as a source of water, food and medical remedy. In the 1890s however, a large, hollow baobab located near Derby, Western Australia was adapted for what usage?
- Mark the incorrect statement about sequoias, which are among the largest and oldest trees on the planet.
- The Bodhi tree, located near Bodh Gaya in India, is of great importance to the followers of Buddhism, because it is considered to be related to the spiritual teacher, Buddha, in what way?
- The General Grant tree in Kings Canyon National Park, USA, the only living object to be declared a National Shrine, is of what tree species?
- Methuselah, a Great Basin Bristlecone tree located in the Inyo National Forest in California, is remarkable for what reason?