| Science Trivia Questions and Answers | | | | A: Comets. |
| What delta-winged supersonic transport is the | | | | What tool did astronomer Rodger Thompson say |
| fastest passenger plane? | | | | is "fundamentally altering our view of the |
| A: The Concorde. | | | | universe"? |
| What comet was first sighted by the Chinese in | | | | A: The Hubble telescope. |
| 240 B.C.? | | | | What constellation points to the south celestial |
| A: Halley's Comet. | | | | pole? |
| What does "SPF" mean on sunscreen containers? | | | | A: The Southern Cross. |
| A: Sun Protection factor. | | | | What's the study of materials at very low |
| What M-word is defined as "a device that changes | | | | temperatures? |
| sound into electric current"? | | | | A: Cryogenics. |
| A: Microphone. | | | | What unit of length is derived from the Latin |
| What colorless gas is essential in the production of | | | | word uncia? |
| fertilizers and light bulbs? | | | | A: The inch. |
| A: Nitrogen. | | | | What country launched Europe's first |
| What explosive jelly is combined with gasoline to | | | | super-high-speed passenger train, in 1981? |
| make incendiary bombs? | | | | A: France. |
| A: Napalm. | | | | What's believed by many to be a satellite of |
| What did the Nimbus-7 satellite monitor changes in | | | | Neptune that escaped its primary orbit? |
| the depth of? | | | | A: Pluto. |
| A: The ozone layer. | | | | What planet is circled by only two moons? |
| What body part is low-density lipoprotein most | | | | A: Mars. |
| likely to clog? | | | | What artillery weapon was launched upon the |
| A: Arteries. | | | | world in 400 B.C.? |
| What was the short word for "Infantile Paralysis" | | | | A: The catapult. |
| on 1950s March of Dimes posters? | | | | What procedure is performed on an abscess if |
| A: Polio. | | | | the dentist thinks the tooth can be saved? |
| What book did Christians often place on their | | | | A: Root canal. |
| foreheads to cure insomnia in medieval times? | | | | What Greek advised: "Let your food be your |
| A: The Bible. | | | | medicine, and your medicine by your food"? |
| What are you shopping for if you're sized up by a | | | | A: Hippocrates. |
| Brannock Device? | | | | What does an anthropophagic census-taker fear? |
| A: Shoes. | | | | A: People. |
| What's the most common automotive essential | | | | What "black metal" gave blacksmiths their name? |
| that is measured in terms of its viscosity? | | | | A: Iron. |
| A: Oil. | | | | What word describes the physical components of |
| What did 18th-century chemist Antoine Lavoisier | | | | a computer? |
| prove was a compound of hydrogen and | | | | A: Hardware. |
| oxygen? | | | | What planet is the brightest object in the sky, |
| A: Water. | | | | after the sun and moon? |
| What objects are studied in what enthusiasts call | | | | A: Venus. |
| "ufology"? | | | | What does a bromidrosiphobic shoe salesman |
| A: Unidentified flying objects. | | | | fear? |
| Who's known in the shrink biz as "Weird Beard"? | | | | A: Smelly feet. |
| A: Sigmund Freud. | | | | What planet needs 248 years to meander its |
| What's the English title of Freud's book | | | | way around the sun? |
| Traumdeutung? | | | | A: Pluto. |
| A: The Interpretation of Dreams. | | | | What did 18th-century astronomer Edmund Halley |
| What celestial objects were once referred to as | | | | chart 24 of? |
| "hairy stars"? | | | | A: Comets. |