Category: Science

1) How long do crocodile eggs take to incubate? a) 60 days b) 75 days c) 85 days d) 95 days 2) How many teeth are in a crocodile jaw? a) 12 b) 24 c) 16 d) 32 3) How many chambers are in a crocodile heart? a) 4 b) 2 c) 6 d) 8

1) What is C. V. in C. V. Raman? a) Chakravarti Ventaka b) Chhatrapati Venkata c) Chandrashekhara Venkata d) Chhatrapati Vellore 2) When was C. V. Raman born? a) 5 May 1855 b) 7 November 1888 c) 14 January 1820 d) 26 August 1914 3) Where was C. V. Raman born? a) Madras b) Hyderabad c) Tiruchinapally d) Fort St. David

1. Who named the continent Antarctica? a) John George Bartholomew b) James Cook c) Mikhail Lazarev d) Nathaniel Palmer 2. Antarctica has two meanings. One is ‘Opposite to the Arctic’. Which is the second meaning? a) Opposite to the east b) Opposite to the north c) Opposite to the south d) Opposite to the west 3. When did James Cook first cross the Antarctic Circle? a) 17 January 1773 b) 7 February 1821 c) 18 September 1774 d) 16 November 1776

1. When was Nikola Tesla born? a) 9 March 1964 b) 4 April 1860 c) 10 July 1856 d) 3 October 1852 2. Where was Nikola Tesla born? a) Smiljan b) Belgrade c) Skopje d) Turin 3. Where did Nikola Tesla first see the Gramme dynamo? a) Budapest b) Paris c) Berlin d) Graz

1. When was Robert Hooke born? a) 25 June 1638 b) 5 March 1636 c) 18 July 1635 d) 4 October 1632 2. Where was Robert Hooke born? a) Oxford b) Freshwater c) Birmingham d) Sheffield 3. Which college did Robert Hooke attend? a) Wellington College b) St. Patrick College c) Wadham College d) Our Lady of Victory College

1. When did Albert Abraham Michelson win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1912 b) 1907 c) 1904 d) 1916 2. When was Albert Abraham Michelson born? a) 14 February 1856 b) 2 May 1864 c) 19 September 1848 d) 19 December 1852 3. Where was Albert Abraham Michelson born? a) Potsdam b) Danzig c) Strelno d) Krakow

1. When did Max von Laue win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1922 b) 1925 c) 1914 d) 1918 2. When was Max von Laue born? a) 11 February 1876 b) 31 May 1886 c) 5 July 1884 d) 9 October 1879 3. Where was Max von Laue born? a) Mulhouse b) Pfaffendorf c) Strasbourg d) Munich

Jons Jacob Berzelius Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Jons Jacob Berzelius born? a) 6 March 1776 b) 4 April 1778 c) 20 August 1779 d) 18 December 1756 2. Where was Jons Jacob Berzelius born? a) Linkoping b) Oslo c) Copenhagen d) Dalarna 3. Where did Jons Jacob Berzelius study medicine? a) Karolinska Institute b) Uppsala University c) Umea University d) St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School

1) Who in 1705 predicted that the comet seen in 1531, 1607 and 1682 would return in 1758? a) Nicholas Copernicus b) Edmund Halley c) James Pettengill d) Clyde Tombaugh 2) What is the average period of orbit of Halley’s Comet? a) 22 years b) 18 years c) 76 years d) 100 years 3) When was the most famous appearance of Halley’s Comet? a) 1066 – Battle of Hastings b) 1815 – Battle of Waterloo c) 732 – Battle of Tours d) 800 - Coronation of Charlemagne

Henry Cavendish Quiz Questions 1. When was Henry Cavendish born? a) 11 March 1733 b) 15 May 1742 c) 12 July 1728 d) 10 October 1731 2. Where was Henry Cavendish born? a) Ashford b) Nice c) Dartford d) Swale 3. Which academy did Henry Cavendish attend? a) Hackney Academy b) Phillips Academy c) St. Thomas Academy d) Crusca Academy