Science trivia !

Anaemia is caused by the deficiency of which mineral in the human diet?

(a)  

What is the largest land animal?

• Bear

• Tiger

• Elephant

• Giraffe

What name is given to two metals mixed together, or a metal with another element?

• alloy

• mixture

• compound

• transformer

Elemental gases such as helium, neon, argon and krypton are grouped under what honourable term?

• priceless gas

• noble gas

• valuable gas

• great gas

What is the name given to the changing of direction of light as it travels through a lens?

• reflection

• refraction

• reversation

• absorption

Which galaxy is Earth in?

• The Silky Way

• The Silver Way

• The Silver River

• The Milky Way

Which is the odd one out? Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, Edmond Halley, Charles Darwin, Pierre de Fermat.

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

• Edmond Halley

• Pierre de Fermat

What do these percentages signify? Chimpanzees (96%), domestic cats (90%), mice (85%), cattle (80%)

• How close they are with human

• Genetic similarity with human

• How adorable they are

What is the name of the Martian volcano that is three times the size of Mount Everest?

• Olympiad Mons

• Olympian Mons

• Olympic Mons

• Olympus Mons

Who was the first person to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences?

• Albert Einstein

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Rosalind Franklin

• Marie Curie