Science & Innovation Quiz

Atomic number 101 is named:

• Fermium

• Nobelium

• Mendelevium

• Einsteinium

The first successful gene therapy was performed in:

• 1990

• 1985

• 1995

• 2000

The Drake Equation estimates the number of:

• Black holes

• Earth‑like planets

• Communicative extraterrestrial civilizations

• Supernova rates

The speed of light in vacuum is approximately:

• 300,000 km/s

• 150,000 km/s

• 500,000 km/s

• 1,000,000 km/s

Which planet has the lowest density in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

CRISPR was adapted from a defense mechanism in:

• Bacteria

• Plants

• Fungi

• Viruses

The first human organ successfully 3D‑printed for transplant was a:

• Kidney

• Heart

• Bladder

• Skin graft

The Large Hadron Collider is located near:

• Geneva

• Paris

• Berlin

• London

The term “robot” was first used in a 1920 play by:

• Karel Čapek

• Jules Verne

• H.G. Wells

• Isaac Asimov

Which material is superconductive at the highest known temperature?

• YBCO (Yttrium barium copper oxide)

• Mercury

• Lead

• Niobium