1. Trivia question: The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton. And speaking of gravity, did you know that there are normal things astronauts can’t do in
space?

2. Trivia question: How many colors are in the rainbow?

Answer: Seven. (Psst, there are so many cool facts about rainbows).

3. Trivia question: True or False? Electrons are smaller than atoms.

Answer: True.

4. Trivia question: What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?

Answer: Bamboo.

5. Trivia question: Which is the most abundant element in the universe?

Answer: Hydrogen.

6. Trivia question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond.

7. Trivia question: What is the study of mushrooms called?

Answer: Mycology. And if mushrooms could talk, they would have a lot to say.

8. Trivia question: Can an airplane go in reverse?

Answer: Yes.

9. Trivia question: Does sound travel faster in the air or in water?

Answer: Water.

10. Trivia question: Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?

Answer: The Hippocratic Oath.

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11. Trivia question: What is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: It’s not the Sahara, but actually Antarctica!

12. Trivia question: True or False? Lasers work by focusing on sound waves.

Answer: False. “Laser” is actually an acronym that stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Lasers concentrate light waves, not sound waves.

13. Trivia question: What does DNA stand for?

Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid.

14. Trivia question: Do diamonds last forever?

Answer: No. Diamonds do not last forever. They’ll eventually degrade to graphite, though the process takes over a
billion years.

15. Trivia question: What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?

Answer: An insulator.
16. Trivia question: Will there be an impact on your height if you go to space?

Answer: Yes. You will be taller because you’ll no longer be subjected to gravity. And did you know that outer
space actually has a smell?

17. Trivia question: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

Answer: -40.

18. Trivia question: Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to reach Earth: 8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?

Answer: 8 minutes.

19. Trivia question: How do airplanes stay in the air?

Answer: Planes stay in the air because of the shape of their wings. Air moving over the wing gets forced downwards,
which pushes the wing up. This push is stronger than gravity, and so makes the plane fly. There’s also a reason
why airplane windows are round.

20. Trivia question: What is chalk made of?

Answer: It comes from limestone, which formed from the shells of tiny marine animals.

21. Trivia question: Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?

Answer: Hot water freezes faster than cold, known as the Mpemba effect.

22. Trivia question: On what continent will you not find bees?

Answer: Antarctica.

23. Trivia question: What is the only rock that floats?

Answer: Pumice. It forms from the froth at the top of lava flow, which cools very rapidly.

24. Trivia question: True or False? Chameleons change colors only to blend into their environment.

Answer: False. Chameleons also change colors for other reasons, like to regulate body temperature, when feeling
aggression, and when feeling excited.

25. Trivia question: Can lightning strike the same place twice?

Answer: If you answered no to this science trivia question, you’re wrong. It is actually more likely that lightning will
strike the same place twice.

26. Trivia question: True or false? Shark cartilage can cure cancer.

Answer: Unfortunately, many still believe that shark cartilage can cure cancer, leading to the killing of sharks. That’s
false, and scientists now have proof that there are sharks with cancerous tumors themselves.

27. Trivia question: How long is the memory of a goldfish?

Answer: Most people would say that goldfish only have a three-second memory. However, their memories actually
last for several days.

28. Trivia question: What mountain peak is farthest from the center of the Earth?

Answer: Many may think the answer to this science trivia question is Mount Everest. However, the peak of
Chimborazo in Ecuador is the farthest from the center of the earth.

29. Trivia question: How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?

Answer: Zero! Instead, they have powerful, flexible cartilage. Sharks are fascinating, if a bit misunderstood.
30. Trivia question: Can gold be created from other elements?

Answer: Yes. It is possible to create gold from other elements, but it’s so complicated and expensive that it would
cost you more to make it than to buy it.

31. Trivia question: What is the heaviest organ in the human body?

Answer: The liver.

32. Trivia question:How does fat leave your body when you lose weight?

Answer: Through your sweat, urine, and breath.

33. Trivia question: From which body part does the majority of your body heat escape?

Answer: This is a trick science trivia question. Most people think the answer is your head, but you lose heat evenly
throughout your body.

34. Trivia question: How many senses do humans have?

Answer: Thought the answer was five? You actually have more—many neurologists identify nine or more senses. Fun
fact: There are also things dogs can smell that humans can’t.

35. Trivia question: Which blood type is the rarest in humans?

Answer: AB negative.

36. Trivia question: How many teeth does an adult human have?

Answer: 32.

37. Trivia question: How many bones are in the human body?

Answer: 206.

38. Trivia question: What part of the human body serves the purpose of maintaining balance?

Answer: The ears.

39. Trivia question: Who has more hair follicles, blondes or brunettes?

Answer: Blondes.

40. Trivia question: What color is the blood inside your body?

Answer: Dark red. Although your veins appear blue, human blood contains hemoglobin and hemoglobin is a red
protein, so the blood in your body is dark red.

41. Trivia question: What is the only planet that spins clockwise?

Answer: Venus.

42. Trivia question:Can humans see the Great Wall of China from space?

Answer: No. Unless you’re in low orbit “under a specific set of weather and lighting conditions,” according
to Scientific American. Unfortunately, the Great Wall’s composition of clay and stone simply blends in too much to
the surrounding landscape for anyone to make it out with an unaided eye from orbit.

43. Trivia question: Is Pluto a planet?

Answer: No. Pluto used to be identified as a planet in our solar system, but it is now classified as a dwarf planet. See
more facts you’ve always believed that are actually false.
44. Trivia question: What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?

Answer: Sputnik 1.

45. Trivia question: What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

Answer: Jupiter.

46. Trivia question: Which planet is closest to the sun?

Answer: Mercury.

47. Trivia question: Does the earth go around the sun, or does the sun go around the earth?

Answer: This is an easy piece of earth trivia: The earth goes around the sun.

48. Trivia question: True or False? All radioactive material is man-made.

Answer: False. The sun and stars emit cosmic radiation that interacts with the earth’s atmosphere. There’s also
naturally radioactive material in soil, water, and vegetation.

49. Trivia question: Is the earth flat or round?

Answer: Humans have known that the earth is round since the time of Ancient Greece.

50. Trivia question: True or False? The center of the earth is very hot.

Answer: True. The temperature of Earth’s core is almost 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit—as hot as the surface of the sun.

1. Trivia Question: What element did Joseph Priestley discover in

1774?
Answer: Oxygen

2. Trivia Question: What inorganic molecule is produced by

lightning?
Answer: Ozone
3. Trivia Question: Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of what
two elements?
Answer: Copper and Tin
4. Trivia Question: What is the nearest planet to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
5. Trivia Question: Which of Newton’s Laws states that ‘for every
action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?’
Answer: The third law of motion
6. Trivia Question: How many elements are there in the periodic
table?
Answer: 118
7. Trivia Question: What is the tallest type of grass?
Answer: Bamboo
8. Trivia Question: How many bones do sharks have?
Answer: Zero
9. Trivia Question: Diabetes develops as the result of a problem
with which specific organ in the body?
Answer: Pancreas
10. Trivia Question: What is the rarest blood type?
Answer: AB-
11. Trivia Question: What is it called when you make light
change direction by passing it through a lens?
Answer: Refraction
12. Trivia Question: What type of bond involves the sharing
of electron pairs between different atoms?
Answer: Covalent
13. Trivia Question: Where is the world’s most active volcano
located?
Answer: Hawaii
14. Trivia Question: What disease stems from the medieval
term that means ‘bad air’?
Answer: Malaria
15. Trivia Question: Optics is the study of what?
Answer: Light
16. Trivia Question: What part of the brain deals with hearing
and language?
Answer: Temporal lobe
17. Trivia Question: Dolly was the first-ever living creature to
be cloned. What type of animal was she?
Answer: Sheep
18. Trivia Question: Animals that eat both plants and meat
are called what?
Answer: Omnivores
19. Trivia Question: What is the quality of an object that
allows it to float on water?
Answer: Buoyancy
20. Trivia Question: What is the largest internal organ of the
human body?
Answer: Liver
21. Trivia Question: Oncology focuses on what disease?
Answer: Cancer
22. Trivia Question: Which two elements on the periodic
table are liquids at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury and Bromine
23. Trivia Question: What planet in our solar system has the
most gravity?
Answer: Jupiter
24. Trivia Question: Penicillin is used to fight what type of
infections?
Answer: Bacterial
25. Trivia Question: What is the medical term for bad breath?
Answer: Halitosis
26. Trivia Question: The study of the weather is called what?
Answer: Meteorology
27. Trivia Question: What is a Geiger Counter used to
measure?
Answer: Radiation

28. Trivia Question: What type of cell division results in two

four daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes
in the parent cells?
Answer: Meiosis
29. Trivia Question: What is the symbol of the element
silver?
Answer: Ag
30. Trivia Question: What does ‘E’ represent in E=MC2?
Answer: Energy
31. Trivia Question: According to Apollo astronauts, the Moon
smells like what?
Answer: Burnt gunpowder
32. Trivia Question: Frogs belong to which animal group?
Answer: Amphibians
33. Trivia Question: Which component of an atom might you
expect to be orbiting around it?
Answer: Electrons
34. Trivia Question: Mycology is the scientific study of what?
Answer: Fungi
35. Trivia Question: What is the name of the red pigment found in vertebrates that functions in oxygen
transport?
Answer: Hemoglobin
36. Trivia Question: What is the electrical charge of a neutron?
Answer: No charge
37. Trivia Question: What kind of energy does an unlit match
have?
Answer: Chemical energy
38. Trivia Question: How do you calculate density?
Answer: Density is mass divided by volume
39. Trivia Question: What is it called when an individual
doesn’t offer to help someone in an emergency if there are
other people present?
Answer: Bystander effect
40. Trivia Question: Which psychological concept did
Pavlov’s dog help him describe?
Answer: Conditioning
41. Trivia Question: In terms of pH, what is ammonia?
Answer: Basic
42. Trivia Question: About how old is Earth?
Answer: 4.5 billion years
43. Trivia Question: What is the name of the most recent
supercontinent?
Answer: Pangea
44. Trivia Question: What is the scientific term for peeling
skin?
Answer: Desquamation
45. Trivia Question: Which moon of Saturn has a methane
cycle?
Answer: Titan
46. Trivia Question: Around what percentage of animal
species are invertebrates?
Answer: 95%
47. Trivia Question: What animal is the closest living relative
of a human?
Answer: Chimps and bonobos
48. Trivia Question: What is the “powerhouse of the cell?”
Answer: Mitochondria
49. Trivia Question: What is the sun mostly made up of?
Answer: Hydrogen
50. Trivia Question: The smallest bones in the body are
located where?
Answer: The ear
51. Trivia Question: What is the scientific name for the job or
role an organism plays in its habitat?
Answer: Niche
52. Trivia Question: The process of weathered material
moving due to gravity is called what?
Answer: Erosion
53. Trivia Question: What is the fin on the backs of fish, some
whales, and dolphins called?
Answer: Dorsal Fin
54. Trivia Question: What is a scientist who specializes in the
study of cells called?
Answer: Cytologist
55. Trivia Question: What part of the brain controls hunger?
Answer: Hypothalamus
56. Trivia Question: What flap on your windpipe helps keep
out food particles?
Answer: Epiglottis
57. Trivia Question: What causes the moon to shine?
Answer: Reflection from the sunlight
58. Trivia Question: What does the ER of a cell stand for?
Answer: Endoplasmic Reticulum
59. Trivia Question: What is the main structural molecule in
hair and nails?
Answer: Keratin
60. Trivia Question: What is a unit that measures force?
Answer: Newtons
61. Trivia Question: What are the gaps between nerve cells
called?
Answer: Synapses
62. Trivia Question: What is the galaxy closest in light-years
to the Milky Way Galaxy?
Answer: Andromeda
63. Trivia Question: Which constellation are the stars Castor
and Pollux in?
Answer: Gemini
64. Trivia Question: What element is a diamond composed
of?
Answer: Carbon
65. Trivia Question: What was the first planet discovered
with the aid of a telescope?
Answer: Uranus
66. Trivia Question: What does a conchologist collect?
Answer: Seashells
67. Trivia Question: What is the splitting of atomic nuclei
called?
Answer: Nuclear Fission
68. Trivia Question: What is the sticky part of the pistil
called?
Answer: Stigma
69. Trivia Question: What instrument do you use to measure
wind speed?
Answer: Anemometer
70. Trivia Question: What do you count on a tree to tell how
old it is?
Answer: It’s rings
71. Trivia Question: Botulinum toxin is commonly referred to
as what?
Answer: Botox
72. Trivia Question: What does the gall bladder secrete?
Answer: Bile
73. Trivia Question: What is made by white blood cells to
help fight off infection?
Answer: Antibodies
74. Trivia Question: Which person is known for publishing
“The Interpretation of Dreams”?
Answer: Sigmund Freud
75. Trivia Question: How many chambers make up
the human heart?
Answer: Four
76. Trivia Question: The first vaccine was for which disease?
Answer: Smallpox
77. Trivia Question: Who was the first woman in space?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
78. Trivia Question: What is the calm center part of a
hurricane called?
Answer: Eye
79. Trivia Question: What layer of the Earth is right below the
crust?
Answer: Mantle
80. Trivia Question: What is the first phase of mitosis?
Answer: Interphase
81. Trivia Question: What are the lower chambers of the
human heart called?
Answer: Ventricles
82. Trivia Question: Who begins food chains?
Answer: Producers
83. Trivia Question: What part of the brain is responsible for
vision?
Answer: Occipital
84. Trivia Question: What is the chemical symbol for lead?
Answer: Pb
85. Trivia Question: Who is considered the “father” of
organic chemistry?
Answer: Friedrich Wöhler
86. Trivia Question: What scientist proposed the theory of
continental drift?
Answer: Alfred Wegener
87. Trivia Question: What is the study of plant life called?
Answer: Botany
88. Trivia Question: What color catches the eye first?
Answer: Yellow
89. Trivia Question: Specialized cells are called
photoreceptors. What are the 2 types of photoreceptors in the
retina called?
Answer: Rods and cones
90. Trivia Question: A unit of electromotive force is called
what?
Answer: Volt
91. Trivia Question: What gas makes up most of the
atmosphere of Mars?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide
92. Trivia Question: To any astronaut, what is an EVA?
Answer: Extravehicular activity
93. Trivia Question: Between which two planets does the
asteroid belt lie?
Answer: Jupiter and Mars
94. Trivia Question: What is the process of breaking down
food called?
Answer: Digestion
95. Trivia Question: How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?
Answer: Seven
96. Trivia Question: What ongoing process allows water to be
constantly recycled?
Answer: Water Cycle
97. Trivia Question: What is the average life cycle of a red
blood cell?
Answer: 120 days
98. Trivia Question: What was the first sound-recording
device called?
Answer: Phonograph
99. Trivia Question: What is the scientific word for push or
pull?
Answer: Force
100. Trivia Question: What is the only bone in the human body
that isn’t attached to another bone?
Answer: Hyoid bone
101. Trivia Question: Who first proposed the concept of
contact lenses?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
102. Trivia Question: What are the four states of matter?
Answer: Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
103. Trivia Question: The metamorphism of what rock forms
marble?
Answer: Limestone
104. Trivia Question: Aspirin comes from the bark of what
tree?
Answer: Willow
105. Trivia Question: What is the smallest organ in the human
body?
Answer: Pineal gland
106. Trivia Question: What are the four primary precious
metals?
Answer: Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium
107. Trivia Question: What is the only planet in our solar
system less dense than water?
Answer: Saturn
108. Trivia Question: The Arrector Pili muscles are responsible
for what phenomenon?
Answer: Goosebumps
109. Trivia Question: What is the smallest named time
interval?
Answer: Planck time
110. Trivia Question: What reaction releases energy into its
surroundings?
Answer: Exothermic reaction
111. Trivia Question: What gives onions their distinctive
smell?
Answer: Sulfer
112. Trivia Question: What element is named after the Greek
word for green?
Answer: Chlorine
113. Trivia Question: How many vertebrae in the human
spine?
Answer: 33
114. Trivia Question: How long is an eon?
Answer: A billion years
115. Trivia Question: What is the name of the process where
plants lose water in the atmosphere?
Answer: Transpiration
116. Trivia Question: What part of the human body is the
axilla?
Answer: The armpit
117. Trivia Question: What is the second most abundant
mineral in the human body?
Answer: Phosphorus
118. Trivia Question: Where on the human body are the most
sweat glands?
Answer: Bottom of the feet
119. Trivia Question: What metal is the best conductor of
electricity?
Answer: Silver
120. Trivia Question: What does the human lacrimal gland
produce?
Answer: Tears
121. Trivia Question: What are the four types of adult human
teeth?
Answer: Incisors, canines, premolars, molars
122. Trivia Question: What color has the longest wavelength
in the visible spectrum?
Answer: Red
123. Trivia Question: Syncope is the medical name for what
condition?
Answer: Fainting
124. Trivia Question: What number on the Richter scale does
an earthquake have to reach to be considered major?
Answer: 7
125. Trivia Question: What scale is used to measure the
hardness of minerals?
Answer: Mohs scale
126. Trivia Question: What is the largest nerve in the human
body?
Answer: Sciatic
127. Trivia Question: The small intestine is made up of
jejunum, ileum, and what?
Answer: Duodenum
128. Trivia Question: What condition is singultus?
Answer: Hiccups
129. Trivia Question: What sense is most closely linked to
memory?
Answer: Smell
130. Trivia Question: NaCI is the chemical formula of which
common substance?
Answer: Salt
131. Trivia Question: What is the fourth planet from the sun?
Answer: Mars
132. Trivia Question: What is the fattiest human organ?
Answer: Brain
133. Trivia Question: Who formulated the theory of evolution
in his book, The Origin of Species?
Answer: Charles Darwin
134. Trivia Question: Brass is an alloy of which two metals?
Answer: Copper and zinc
135. Trivia Question: In which part of the body are the ossicles
found?
Answer: The ear
136. Trivia Question: What is the center of an atom called?
Answer: The nucleus
137. Trivia Question: A nuclear reaction where the nucleus of
an atom splits into smaller parts is known as what?
Answer: Nuclear fission
138. Trivia Question: Atoms of the same chemical element but
with different atomic masses are known as what?
Answer: Isotopes
139. Trivia Question: What is the name of the biggest part of
the human brain?
Answer: The cerebrum
140. Trivia Question: Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
Answer: Jupiter
141. Trivia Question: What are the muscles found in the front
of the thighs are known as?
Answer: Quadriceps
142. Trivia Question: The innermost part of bones contains
what?
Answer: Bone marrow
143. Trivia Question: What is the name of NASA’s most
famous space telescope?
Answer: Hubble Space Telescope
144. Trivia Question: What is the shape of DNA known as?
Answer: A double helix
145. Trivia Question: What is the long pipe’s name that moves
food from the back of the throat down to the stomach?
Answer: The esophagus
146. Trivia Question: What planet is famous for its big red
spot on it?
Answer: Jupiter
147. Trivia Question: What is the sun?
Answer: A star
148. Trivia Question: Who was the first person to walk on the
moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
149. Trivia Question: Olympus Mons is a large volcanic
mountain on which planet?
Answer: Mars
150. Trivia Question: What planet is closest in size to Earth?
Answer: Venus
151. Trivia Question: A single piece of coiled DNA is known as
what?
Answer: Chromosome
152. Trivia Question: Electric power is typically measured in
what units?
Answer: Watts
153. Trivia Question: What is the seventh planet from the
Sun?
Answer: Uranus
154. Trivia Question: The process of pasteurization is named
after which French microbiologist?
Answer: Louis Pasteur
155. Trivia Question: Electric current is measured using what
device?
Answer: Ammeter
156. Trivia Question: The wire inside an electric bulb is known
as what?
Answer: Filament
157. Trivia Question: A magnifying glass is what type of lens?
Answer: Convex
158. Trivia Question: Electric resistance is typically measured
in what units?
Answer: Ohms
159. Trivia Question: The most recognized model of how the
universe began is known as the?
Answer: Big Bang
160. Trivia Question: What is the earth’s primary source of
energy?
Answer: The sun
161. Trivia Question: Water is made up of what two elements?
Answer: Hydrogen and oxygen
162. Trivia Question: The deepest point in all of the world’s
oceans is named what?
Answer: Mariana Trench
163. Trivia Question: In terms of computing, what does CPU
stand for?
Answer: Central Processing Unit
164. Trivia Question: Along with whom did Bill Gates found
Microsoft?
Answer: Paul Allen
165. Trivia Question: What do you call molten rock before it
has erupted?
Answer: Magma
166. Trivia Question: What are the three-time periods of the
dinosaurs?
Answer: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
167. Trivia Question: Someone who studies earthquakes is
known as what?
Answer: Seismologist
168. Trivia Question: What country experiences the most
tornadoes?
Answer: United States
169. Trivia Question: What is the name of a weather
instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Answer: A barometer
170. Trivia Question: The Japanese word “sakura” means the
blossoming of what kind of tree?
Answer: Cherry tree
171. Trivia Question: The movement of pollen from the
anthers to a flower’s stigma is known as what?
Answer: Pollination
172. Trivia Question: What is the name of the world’s largest
reef?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
173. Trivia Question: What islands were extensively studied
by Charles Darwin?
Answer: Galapagos Islands
174. Trivia Question: The Ayers Rock in Australia is also known
as what?
Answer: Uluru
175. Trivia Question: What is the chemical symbol of gold?
Answer: Au
176. Trivia Question: What is the freezing temperature of
water?
Answer: 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius)
177. Trivia Question: Substances that don’t conduct heat are
known as what?
Answer: Insulators
178. Trivia Question: At what temperature is Fahrenheit equal
to Centigrade?
Answer: -40 degrees
179. Trivia Question: In terms of engineering software, what
does CAD stand for?
Answer: Computer-Aided Design
180. Trivia Question: Apatosaurus is also widely known by
what other name?
Answer: Brontosaurus
181. Trivia Question: A person who studies fossils and
prehistoric life, such as dinosaurs, is known as what?
Answer: Paleontologist
182. Trivia Question: What is another name for a tidal wave?
Answer: Tsunami
183. Trivia Question: When a gas changes into a liquid, it is
called what?
Answer: Condensation
184. Trivia Question: What is it called when a solid changes
directly into a gas?
Answer: Sublimation
185. Trivia Question: What does “SPF” mean in sunscreen?
Answer: Sun Protection Factor
186. Trivia Question: What gas is essential in the production
of fertilizers and light bulbs?
Answer: Nitrogen
187. Trivia Question: What part of the body are low-density
lipoproteins most likely to clog?
Answer: Arteries
188. Trivia Question: What instrument is used for accurately
measuring small amounts of liquid?
Answer: Pipette
189. Trivia Question: What’s the study of materials at very low
temperatures?
Answer: Cryogenics
190. Trivia Question: What planet is circled by two moons?
Answer: Mars
191. Trivia Question: The study of human remains is called
what?
Answer: Archaeology
192. Trivia Question: The chemistry of carbon is known as
what?
Answer: Organic chemistry
193. Trivia Question: What does the term ‘PCR’ stand for?
Answer: Polymerase chain reaction
194. Trivia Question: Mechanical engineer Wilhelm Conrad
Roentgen was from what country?
Answer: Germany
195. Trivia Question: Who split the atom?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford
196. Trivia Question: What is the chemical structure of
magnesium sulfate?
Answer: MgSO4
197. Trivia Question: How many cervical vertebrae are there
in the typical human body?
Answer: Seven
198. Trivia Question: What does ‘NMR’ stand for?
Answer: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
199. Trivia Question: What is the world’s largest Hydroelectric
Power Plant?
Answer: Three Gorges Dam
200. Trivia Question: Who invented the microscope?
Answer: Zacharias Janssen
201. Trivia Question: Who is the father of modern taxonomy?
Answer: Carolus Linnaeus
202. Trivia Question: What is the study of the interaction or
relationship of living organisms to one another?
Answer: Ecology
203. Trivia Question: What gas makes soda bubbly?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide
204. Trivia Question: What enzyme in the human mouth helps
digest carbohydrates?
Answer: Salivary Amylase
205. Trivia Question: What is the formal name for climate
studies?
Answer: Climatology
206. Trivia Question: Which form of energy can we see with the
naked eye?
Answer: Light
207. Trivia Question: What does Earth do that causes night and
day?
Answer: Rotates
208. Trivia Question: What are the chewing teeth called?
Answer: Incisors
209. Trivia Question: Who was the inventor of the first battery?
Answer: Alessandro Volta
210. Trivia Question: What is the distance between the moon and
earth?
Answer: 238,900 miles
211. Trivia Question: What is so reactive with water that it has to
be stored in oil because it will react with the air’s moisture?
Answer: Potassium
212. Trivia Question: What type of bond is present in a water
molecule?
Answer: Hydrogen Bond
213. Trivia Question: What is the shape of the Milky Way?
Answer: Spiral
214. Trivia Question: What is the strongest magnet in the
universe?
Answer: Magnetars
215. Trivia Question: What is the programmed death cell process
called?
Answer: Apoptosis
216. Trivia Question: Who was the first man to see bacteria?
Answer: Antony Leeuwenhoek
217. Trivia Question: Where is the Olympus mons present?
Answer: Mars
218. Trivia Question: What is another name for the SA node in the
heart?
Answer: Pacemaker
219. Trivia Question: What is the inflammation of the liver called?
Answer: Hepatitis
220. Trivia Question: What procedure known for sound navigation?
Answer: Sonar
221. Trivia Question: What is the most malleable metal?
Answer: Gold

1. Question: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit

equal?
Answer: -40 degrees.

2. Question: Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to
reach Earth?
Answer: 8 minutes.

3. Question: What are the four states of matter?

Answer: Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma

4. Question: What is the only metal that is liquid at room

temperature?
Answer: Mercury

5. Question: What does a Geiger counter measure?

Answer: Radiation

6. Question: What’s the largest desert on Earth?

Answer: Antarctica

7. Question: Who was the first human to travel into space?

Answer: Yuri Gagarin
8. Question: Bronze is an alloy made of which two elements?
Answer: Copper and Tin

9. Question: What is the tallest type of grass?

Answer: Bamboo

10. Question: How many bones do sharks have?

Answer: Zero

11. Question: What is the largest mammal in the world?

Answer: Blue whale

12. Question: What is the largest ocean on Earth?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

13. Question: How many continents are there on Earth?

Answer: Seven

14. Question: Which scientist is famous for the equation

E=MC2?
Answer: Albert Einstein

15. Question: How many legs does a spider have?

Answer: Eight

16. Question: Which fruit is associated with Isaac Newton and

gravity?
Answer: Apple

17. Question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond

18. Question: What gas do plants absorb from the air?

Answer: Carbon dioxide

19. Question: What is the process of a liquid turning into a gas

called?
Answer: Evaporation

20. Question: What is the study of living things called?

Answer: Biology
21. Question: What is the center of an atom called?
Answer: Nucleus

22. Question: What is the largest land animal?

Answer: African elephant

23. Question: What do you call a baby frog?

Answer: Tadpole

24. Question: What do bees collect from flowers?

Answer: Nectar
25. Question: What is the name of the process where a substance goes directly
from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid?
Answer: Sublimation

26. Question: Which enzyme is responsible for unwinding the DNA double helix
during replication?
Answer: Helicase

27. Question: What is the name for the amount ofenergy it takes to increase the
temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius?
Answer: A calorie

28. Question: What’s the name of the protein in blood that carries oxygen?
Answer: Hemoglobin

29. Question: In genetics, what does the acronym SNP stand for?
Answer: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism

30. Question: What is the chemical name for rust?

Answer: Iron oxide

31. Question: What is the most electronegative element on the periodic table?
Answer: Fluorine

32. Question: What’s the name of the theory that explains how the continents
move across the Earth's surface?
Answer: Plate tectonics

33. Question: What’s the name of the process in which plants lose water
through tiny pores in their leaves?
Answer: Transpiration
34. Question: A, C, and T, are three of the letters used to represent parts of
DNA. What's the fourth one?
Answer: G

35. Question: What’s the name of the phenomenon where light changes
direction when it passes from one medium to another?
Answer: Refraction

36. Question: What is the term for the energy stored in chemical bonds?
Answer: Chemical potential energy

37. Question: What is the name of the nucleic acid that acts as a messenger in
protein synthesis?
Answer: Messenger RNA (mRNA)

38. Question: What’s the name of the process by which rocks are broken down
by chemical reactions?
Answer: Chemical weathering

39. Question: What’s the term for the energy required to remove an electron
from an atom in its gaseous state?
Answer: Ionization energy

40. Question: What is the name of the type of chemical bond formed by the
sharing of electrons between atoms?
Answer: Covalent bond

41. Question: What is the name of the process by which some organisms
convert atmospheric nitrogen into biologically usable forms?
Answer: Nitrogen fixation

42. Question: What is the term for the measure of disorder or randomness in a
system?
Answer: Entropy

43. Question: Which type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms?

Answer: Cumulonimbus

44. Question: What is the boundary between two tectonic plates called?
Answer: Fault line

45. Question: Which animal has the longest gestation period?

Answer: African elephant
46. Question: What’s the largest species of bear?
Answer: Polar bear

47. Question: What is a group of parrots called?

Answer: A pandemonium

48. Question: How many legs do lobsters have?

Answer: 10

49. Question: What color is a polar bear’s skin?

Answer: Black

50. Question: What’s the only big cat that doesn’t roar?
Answer: Cheetah

51. Question: Which mammal has the thickest fur?

Answer: Sea otter

52. Question: What’s the fastest bird?

Answer: Peregrine falcon

53. Question: What animal lays the largest egg?

Answer: Ostrich

54. Question: Which type of tree doesn’t lose its leaves in winter?
Answer: Evergreen

55. Question: What is the process by which rocks are broken down by wind,
water, or ice?
Answer: Erosion

56. Question: What’s the name of the deepest place in the ocean?
Answer: Mariana Trench

57. Question: What is the term for a group of organisms that can interbreed and
produce fertile offspring?
Answer: Species

58. Question: What is the term for an organism that lives in close association
with another organism of a different species?
Answer: Symbiont
59. Question: Mycology is the scientific study of what?
Answer: Fungi

60. Question: How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?

Answer: Seven

61. Question: What’s the smallest mammal in the world?

Answer: Bumblebee bat
62. Question: What mammal has the most powerful bite?
Answer: Hippopotamus

63. Question: What’s the deadliest animal to humans?

Answer: Mosquitoes

64. Question: What animal’s tongue can be as long as its body?

Answer: Chameleon

65. Question: What is the rarest blood type?

Answer: AB-

66. Question: What is the medical term for bad breath?

Answer: Halitosis

67. Question: How many bones are there in the adult human body?
Answer: 206

68. Question: Which organ is responsible for producing insulin?

Answer: Pancreas

69. Question: How many pairs of ribs does the human body typically have?
Answer: 12 pairs

70. Question: Which part of the human body contains the smallest bones?
Answer: The ear

71. Question: What’s the name of the process by which cells divide to create
identical cells?
Answer: Mitosis

72. Question: What’s the largest artery in the human body?

Answer: Aorta

73. Question: What is the term for the process by which the body converts food
into energy?
Answer: Metabolism

74. Question: What substance are hair and nails made of?
Answer: Keratin

75. Question: What is the name of the iron-containing protein in red blood cells
that carries oxygen?
Answer: Hemoglobin

76. Question: How many taste buds does the average human tongue have?
Answer: Around 10,000

77. Question: How many vertebrae are there in the human spine?
Answer: 33

78. Question: What part of the brain is responsible for memory and learning?
Answer: Hippocampus

79. Question: What is the largest muscle in the human body?

Answer: Gluteus maximus

80. Question: How many teeth does an adult have?

Answer: 32

81. Question: What type of cell is responsible for carrying electrical impulses in
the nervous system?
Answer: Neuron

82. Question: What’s the sun primarily made of?

Answer: Hydrogen

83. Question: What makes the moon shine?

Answer: Reflection from the sunlight

84. Question: Which planet rotates on its side, with its axis tilted at over 90
degrees?
Answer: Uranus

85. Question: What’s the nearest star system to our solar system?
Answer: Alpha Centauri

86. Question: What are planets outside our solar system called?
Answer: Exoplanets

87. Question: What is the name of the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt
between Mars and Jupiter?
Answer: Ceres

88. Question: Which space probe was the first to leave the solar system?
Answer: Voyager 1

89. Question: What is the term for two stars that orbit around a common center
of mass?
Answer: Binary star system

90. Question: What is the name of the first spacecraft to visit Pluto?
Answer: New Horizons

91. Question: Who was the second man to walk on the moon?
Answer: Buzz Aldrin

92. Question: What are the names of the two moons of Mars?
Answer: Phobos and Deimos
93. Question: Which planet in our solar system has the highest surface
temperature?
Answer: Venus

94. Question: Which planet has the shortest day, of about 10 hours?
Answer: Jupiter

95. Question: Which planet has the longest year, of about 165 Earth years?
Answer: Neptune

96. Question: What is the name of the first woman to travel into space?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

97. Question: What’s the largest moon in the solar system?

Answer: Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons

98. Question: How many space shuttles have there been, and what are their
names?
Answer: Six: Challenger, Enterprise, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis and
Endeavour.

99. Question: Which planet is also known as the "Evening Star"?

Answer: Venus

100. Question: What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen

101. Question: Which constellation contains Polaris, the North Star?

Answer: Ursa Minor, or the Little Dipper

1. What is the farthest planet from the sun?

Answer: Neptune. Uranus is the next farthest from the sun, and Mercury is the
closest.

2. What is the fastest land animal in the world?

Answer: A cheetah. Cheetahs can run over 75 miles per hour!
3. What idea is Charles Darwin most famous for?
Answer: Natural selection. Through natural selection, organisms adapt to
their environment to better survive. Learning about natural selection?
4.What type of clouds are the most fluffy and can be seen on sunny days?
Answer: Cumulus clouds. They look like cotton balls in the sky! Cumulus
clouds can also bring thunderstorms.
5. What color reflects light, and what color absorbs light?
Answer: White reflects light, and black absorbs light. This is why dark-
colored objects, like pavement, heat up faster.
6. In what layer of the Earth do earthquakes occur?
Answer: Crust or upper mantle. The deepest earthquakes can happen at
subduction zones where one tectonic plate dives below another one.
7. What space feature in our solar system is 26,000 light years away
from the event horizon?
Answer: Black hole. There are over 200 billion stars in just our galaxy
alone.
8. Electronics still use energy when they are powered off but still
plugged into an electrical outlet. What is this called?
Answer: Vampire electricity. Even if an electronic device is not in use,
it’s best to unplug its charger from the wall completely to avoid
wasting energy.
9. How many phases does the moon go through every 29.5 days?
Answer: Eight. The moon cycles through the phase of a new moon all
the way through to a waning crescent before it starts the process once
more.
10. What tool do scientists use to measure properties of light over a
specific portion of the spectrum?
Answer: Spectrograph. The first spectrograph was invented back in
1859 by a chemist and a physicist.
11. How did the Milky Way galaxy get its name?
Answer: Large, dark clouds. These clouds obscure the light of the
billions of stars, giving it a milky glow.
12. What is the tough outer armor that shields the outside of a
creature and allows it to move called?
Answer: Exoskeleton. Animals that have an exoskeleton include crabs,
beetles, and arachnids.
13. What is the scientific study of algae called?
Answer: Phycology. This branch of biology, also known as algology,
involves the study of the oceans’ seaweed ecosystems.
14. What is the branch of study that examines how species in
ecosystems are all interconnected?
Answer: Biodiversity. Changes in an ecosystem, like deforestation, can
have major impacts on the species that depend on the ecosystem for
survival.
15. What lowers the surface tension of water to make germs less likely
to stick together?
Answer: Surfactants. When you wash your hands with soap, the soap
binds water molecules and oil/germs together.
16. What process is also known as “the human body clock”?
Answer: Circadian rhythm. Regular dark and light intervals within a 24-
hour cycle influence how and when you sleep.
17. What is the name of the catalyst that speeds up the rate of a
specific chemical reaction in a cell?
Answer: Enzyme. Without enzymes, life-sustaining processes would
take too long to happen within cells.
18. What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Answer: The staples. They are one of three tiny bones located in your
ear.
19. Who was both a philosopher and scientist considered by some to
be the first biologist?
Answer: Aristotle. Aristotle was an ancient Greek who studied both
science and philosophy. His scientific studies included heredity,
descent, and reproductions, where he discovered four means of
reproduction.
20. What three components do plant cells have that animal cells do
not?
Answer: Vacuole, chloroplast, and a cell wall. Plant cells and animal
cells both have a nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, and a cell
membrane.
21. How many stages are in a butterfly’s life cycle?
Answer: 4 stages. In metamorphosis, butterflies go through stages,
including egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
22. Where do plants get their energy from?
Answer: The sun. Plants make their own food by converting sunlight
into sugar through a process called photosynthesis.
23. What is the transfer of waves or particles from one place to
another called?
Answer: Radiation. Examples of radiation include light, sound, heat,
and X-rays.
24. What is the 5th most common element on the periodic table and is
mainly found in stars?
Answer: Neon. Although neon is fairly common, it comprises only
0.0018% of the Earth’s atmosphere.
25. You may know that in photosynthesis, plants turn carbon dioxide
into oxygen, but what other element is integral to this process?
Answer: Manganese. Without manganese, there would be no free
oxygen on Earth.
26. What kind of reaction absorbs heat from its surroundings and
makes things colder?
Answer: Endothermic. Examples of endothermic reactions include
melting ice cubes and cooking an egg.
27. What famous exclamation about water displacement is Greek
mathematician and physicist Archimedes credited for?
Answer: Eureka! Archimedes made the connection between volume and
water displacement while taking a bath
28. What percentage of Earth’s total water is salt water?
Answer: 97%. The hydrosphere comprises all the water on Earth
including groundwater, water locked up in glaciers, and the ocean.
29. How many elements are there in the periodic table?
Answer: 118 elements. The framework of the periodic table we know
today was developed by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869.
30. What is the name for the immediate conversion of solid matter to
gas without becoming a liquid?
Answer: Sublimation. Sublimation is sometimes used in shirt printing,
where an image is printed onto a sheet of paper, transferred to a fabric
material, and heated until the ink absorbs into the fabric material.
31. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury. Mercury has a super-low melting point! A big
difference from other metals, it also does not conduct heat or
electricity well.
32. Which type of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?
Answer: Liquid. Liquids will always conform to the shape of their
container. In total, there are five total states of matter!
33. A solution with a pH of 1 is considered to be what?
Answer: An acid. Solutions with a pH between 0 and 7 are considered
to be acids, and solutions with a pH between 7 and 14 are bases.
34. What astrological occurrence causes the moon to align perfectly
with the Earth and the sun and casts a shadow on a particular part of
Earth?
Answer: Total solar eclipse. Studying eclipses helps scientists
understand how the principles of physics dictate the behavior of
celestial objects
35. What term measures the greenhouse gases emitted by a person or
an organization?
Answer: Carbon footprint. Greenhouse gases contribute to global
warming by trapping gases like methane and carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere.
36. What part of the ecosystem consists of soil and plays an important
role in sustaining life?
Answer: The pedosphere. Soil can be made up of minerals, air, water,
and organic matter.
37. What applied science subject incorporates plant science and
aesthetics?
Answer: Horticulture. This branch of Earth science centers around the
sustainable cultivation of decorative plants.
38. What event occurs in March and September when the hours of
daylight and nighttime are the same?
Answer: Equinox. During these times, the Earth’s axis is not tilted
toward the sun—it’s perpendicular.
39. In order for the National Weather Service to declare a blizzard, how
fast does the wind have to be gusting?
Answer: At least 35 miles per hour. A blizzard will also present with
blowing or falling snow and visibility of a quarter mile or less.
40. What is every planet named after except for Earth?
Answer: A Roman or Greek god or goddess. The name “Earth” is of Old
English and German descent, meaning “ground.”
41. How old is our Earth?
Answer: 4.5 billion years old. Rock samples are used to determine the
age of our Earth!
42. What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen. Nitrogen makes up about 78% of Earth’s
atmosphere. The second most abundant gas is oxygen, taking up about
20%.
43. What is Earth’s primary source of energy?
Answer: The sun. The sun heats Earth’s land, water, and atmosphere.
At 27 million degrees Fahrenheit, the sun is the Earth’s primary energy
source.
44. What is the coldest place on Earth?
Answer: Antarctica. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth
was -128.6 degrees.
45. What force occurs when solid surfaces rub against each other with
opposing motion?
Answer: Friction. Different objects have different amounts of friction
depending on how rough or smooth the surface is.
46. Why do golf balls have dimples?
Answer: They reduce aerodynamic drag. Reducing drag makes the ball
travel farther.
47. What part of the human eye allows us to see wavelengths of light?
Answer: Cones. Human eyes contain three different color receptors called
cones that each correspond to a different type of wavelength
48. When a quarterback throws a football, what makes it spiral?
Answer: Angular momentum. If something can spin or twirl, it has angular
momentum.
49. What scientific tool is often used to teach about static electricity?
Answer: A Van de Graaff generator. This tool uses a moving belt to
accumulate electric charge.
50. What type of scientist uses tools and methods to design, create,
and maintain computer software?
Answer: Software engineer. Software engineers are needed in almost every
industry.
51. What is the name of the group of famous laws Isaac Newton
identified?
Answer: Laws of motion. Newton has three different laws of motion that were
first presented in 1686.
52. What is the fastest speed known in the universe?
Answer: The speed of light. Did you know the speed of light travels at
299,792,458 meters per second? That’s fast!
53. What is the name of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist responsible
for the theory of relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein. Within the same year, 1922, Einstein proved
this theory of relativity and won a Nobel Prize!
54. What was the device called that first recorded sound?
Answer: A phonograph. It was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, and
the first recorded song was “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
55. What is the unit for measuring electric power?
Answer: Watts. Utility companies use watts to measure energy
consumption, and the number of watts can also be found on light
bulbs!
56. What do you call the series of numbers where each value is
determined by the two values directly before it?
Answer: Fibonacci sequence. The Italian mathematician introduced the
0-9 Hindu-Arabic number system in 1202.
 57. What is the special name for a date on the calendar that is written
the same forwards and backwards?
Answer: Palindrome Days. Palindrome Days are dates like March 20,
2023 (3202023) and April 20, 2024 (4202024).
58. Where and when was the first Pi Day celebration held?
Answer: San Francisco in 1988. The Guinness record for most digits of
pi to be memorized is 70,000 digits in less than 10 hours.
59. Who is recognized as the father of nuclear physics?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry in 1908.
60. In which competitive sport do people use navigational skills to
travel to various planned-out locations?
Answer: Orienteering. Enthusiasts can rely on compasses and/or
computer technology to help them on their quests.

The circulatory system in the human body stretches 66,000 miles, more than
two and a half times the circumference of the Earth. The heart beats 2.5
billion times during the life of a 75-year-old. The heart expels 2 ounces of
blood with each beat, five quarts of blood each minute, 220 million quarts in
70 years.