1. How many men have walked on the moon?

ANSWER: TWELVE

2. To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar? ANSWER: BANANA

3. What is given to wood whose normal cells have been replaced with mineral deposits? ANSWER:
PETRIFIED WOOD

4. Pollination by birds is called: ORNITHOPHILY

5. Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth? ANSWER: FOUR

6. The fastest-running terrestrial animal is: CHEETAH

7. Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation on the face of the earth?
ANSWER: THE DEAD SEA

8. cloud at ground level is called what? ANSWER: FOG

9. What invention in about 1450 A.D. revolutionized communication and the world? ANSWER: THE
PRINTING PRESS

10. What is the name for the new technology whereby a glass fiber carries as much information as
hundreds of copper wires? ANSWER: FIBER OPTICS (OPTO-ELECTRONICS)

11. What mammal lays eggs? ANSWER: PLATYPUS

12. Linseed oil comes from what plant? ANSWER: FLAX

13. Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make 1 pound of honeycomb?
ANSWER: 20 MILLION

14. Albacore is a type of: TUNA

15. The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is: LION

16. Linen is made from what plant? ANSWER: FLAX

17. What is arachnology? ANSWER: STUDY OF ARACHNIDS ( study of spiders or scorpions or relatives
of spiders )

18. What is another name for the Paleolithic Age? ANSWER: THE STONE AGE

19. What nocturnal animal group makes up one-fourth of all mammals species? ANSWER: BATS or
CHIROPTERA

20. What is the name of the whale that has a long protruding tusk? ANSWER: NARWHAL

21. How many time zones are there on Earth? ANSWER: TWENTY-FOUR

22. What land mammal holds the record for the greatest age? ANSWER: MAN

23. What is the better known name for the deadly poison prussic acid? ANSWER: CYANIDE or
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
24. What colorless, pungent gas is often dissolved in water to yield a solution that is used as a
biological preservative? ANSWER: FORMALDEHYDE

25. What is the rest mass of a photon? ANSWER: ZERO

26. What yellow metal is an alloy of copper and zinc? ANSWER: BRASS

27. What is the name given to the process, discovered by Goodyear, of adding sulfur to heated rubber?
ANSWER: VULCANIZATION

28. Used primarily in fertilizers, which element is never found free in nature even though it makes up
about 2.5% of the earth's crust? ANSWER: POTASSIUM

29. What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid silver", has been found in Egyptian
tombs from 1500 B.C.? ANSWER: MERCURY

30. What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely used as an insecticide?
ANSWER: NICOTINE

31. What is the name for steel alloyed with chromium? ANSWER: STAINLESS STEEL

32. Table sugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar? ANSWER: SUCROSE or DISACCHARIDE
or SACCHAROSE

33. Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that something is the same, equal or
constant? : ISO

34. The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called: CRYOGENICS

35. The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a
community of people is called: EPIDEMIOLOGY

36. The study of how people use tools to perform work and how people physically relate to their
working environment is called: ERGONOMICS

37. Name the first woman to travel in space. ANSWER: (VALENTINW) TERESHKOVA

38. Who is the famous scientist and inventor who participated in the invention of the Aqua-Lung?:
JACQUES COUSTEAU

39. Superconductivity is a material property associated with: A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE

40. A type of plastic that is biodegradable has been in the news lately. The ingredient that makes it
biodegradable is: CORNSTARCH

41. Who was the marine biologist and author of Silent Spring who was one of the first people to warn
of the dangers of pesticides like DDT? RACHEL CARSON

42. If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called: DUCTILE

43. What is the name given to the invasion of warm surface waters off the Peruvian coast that has
been identified with strange climactic effects in recent years? ANSWER: EL NINO
44. Occasionally, a bad cold will cause a decrease in a persons hearing ability. What is the name of the
tube that becomes blocked to cause this problem?: EUSTACHIAN TUBE

45. Name the general type of mammal that gives birth to undeveloped young that are kept in pouches.
ANSWER: MARSUPIAL

46. Cystitis is the infection of which of the following? URINARY BLADDER

47. What is the subdivision in the Plant Kingdom comprising over 20,000 species of Mosses and
Liverworts? ANSWER: BRYOPHYTES

48. Name the medical term given to the inflammation of infection of the mucous membranes of the
nose. ANSWER: RHINITIS

49. Wutomobile catalytic converters cause the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons which result from
incomplete combustion to be converted into what two substances? ANSWER: CARBON DIOXIDE
(CO2) AND WATER (H2O)

50. At room temperature, most elements are in which phase of matter? : SOLID

51. The science of weights and measures is called: METROLOGY

52. Which of the following is primarily composed of calcium carbonate? OYSTER SHELLS

53. What compound is a common component of air pollution, but is essential in the upper atmosphere
to protect life on earth? ANSWER: OZONE

54. What radioactive element is routinely used in treating hyperthyroidism, and in reducing thyroid
activity? : IODINE-131

55. What is osteoporosis? ANSWER: IT IS LOSS OF CALCIUM FROM BONES

56. Yeast, used in making bread is a: FUNGUS

57. Name the phase of quartz consistently found in meteorite impact craters, but rarely found in non-
meteorite-related geological formations. ANSWER: STISHOVITE

58. What point are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal? ANSWER: -40 DEGREES

59. Using the fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree family which includes
among its members the: Fink, myrtle, turkey, jacks, laurel, white, live and pin. Name the tree family.
ANSWER: OAK

60. The word atom is from a Greek word meaning: - INDIVISIBLE

61. Name the famous mathematician/physicist who was born in the year Galileo died. ANSWER:
(ISAAC) NEWTON

62. Members of the order Apodes, these elongated slender fishes are without pelvic fins and in some
species lack pectoral or median GENR-92; Short Answer: What is a shark's skeleton made of? ANSWER:
CARTILAGE
63. Identify the Earth's largest INVERTEBRATE animal. ANSWER: GIANT SQUID

64. What creature do the Galapagos Islands take their name from? ANSWER: TORTOISE

65. What is the only venomous British snake? ANSWER: ADDER

66. What is shed when you desquamate? ANSWER: SKIN or EPIDERMAL CELLS

67. What are the only places that dogs have sweat glands? ANSWER: NOSE AND PAWS

68. What body function are rats unable to do which makes them extra vulnerable to poison? ANSWER:
VOMIT

69. A cyclone is an engineering device that is used to : - SEGREGATE PARTICLES

70. Seawater (i.e. saltwater) freezes at: AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURE THAN FRESH WATER.

71. Nitrous oxide, commonly called laughing gas, has been a matter of concern to environmentalists
recently because: IT IS A GREENHOUSE GAS.

72. Ozone in the upper atmosphere is produced from: PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

73. Pollination by wind is called: ANEMOPHILY

74. What is the technique by which lasers are used to photograph objects and reproduce them in three
dimensions? HOLOGRAPHY

75. Name the effect that is caused by scattering of light in colloids or suspensions. ANSWER: TYNDALL
EFFECT

76. Name the type of camel that has two humps. ANSWER: BACTRIAN

77. Name the California scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for elucidating the details of the
photosynthetic process. ANSWER: (MELVIN) CALVIN

78. Glaucoma is treated by which of the following: CHOLINERGIC DRUG

79. Atolls are most probably formed by: - CORAL REEF UPBUILDING DURING SUBSIDENCE

80. Name the English naturalist who, while credited with being the codeveloper of the theory of
evolution by natural selection, is much less famous for this than his codeveloper. : ALFRED RUSSEL
WALLACE

81. The acronym NEPA stands for what? ANSWER: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

82. The radioactive element most commonly detected in humans is: - POTASSIUM-40

83. Radioisotopes which are used in medical diagnosis are known as what? TRACERS

84. Most commercial nuclear power plants worldwide are cooled by: WATER

85. What did Ira Remsen discover in 1879, perhaps proclaiming: "How sweet it is"? ANSWER:
SACCHARIN
86. Who was the first man to hit a golf ball on the moon? ANSWER: ALAN B. SHEPARD, JR

87. The earliest experiments on chromosome theory and inheritance were developed by? ANSWER:
GREGOR MENDEL

88. "General Sherman" is my name. In 1972 I had a spread of 90 feet and a height of 272 feet. What am I
and in what national park do I live? ANSWER: GIANT SEQUOIA (accept: SIERRA REDWOOD or BIG
TREE) in SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

89. If an individual is a dendrochronologist (pron: den-drow-kron-OL-o-jist), what would she count?

90. The uranium fuel used worldwide is mainly in the form of: UO2

91. When natural uranium is mined, it contains three isotopes. Which TWO are important in the
production of nuclear power? ANSWER: URANIUM-235 AND URANIUM-238

92. Yellow powder, mostly made of uranium, that is produced in the uranium milling process is called
what? ANSWER: YELLOWCAKE or AMMONIUM DIURANATE

93. In a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, what gas ma be used for a coolant? ANSWER: HELIUM or
CARBON DIOXIDE

94. The first American Astronaut to ORBIT the Earth was: JOHN GLENN

95. What is made from chicle? ANSWER: CHEWING GUM

96. What do you produce by adding Lactobacillus Bulgaricus to milk? ANSWER: YOGURT

97. What kind of poisoning is known as plumbism (pron: plum - biz - em)? ANSWER: LEAD POISONING

98. What month is showing on the calendar when the Earth is nearest the sun? ANSWER: JANUARY

99. On June 22, how many hours of daylight are there in a day at the North Pole? ANSWER: 24

100. To within a half minute, how many minutes does it take for light to travel from the sun to the
Earth? ANSWER: 9-1/2 MINUTES

101. The study of poisons is called: TOXICOLOGY

102. What vitamin complex includes thiamine, niacin, and riboflavin? ANSWER: VITAMIN B

103. What range of frequencies are usually referred to as audio frequencies for humans? 20 TO
20,000 HERTZ

104. What range of frequencies are usually referred to as the UHF Band? 300 TO 3,000 MEGAHERTZ

105. A device used to measure the amount of moisture in the atmosphere is called a: HYGROMETER

106. What is the principal liquid used in automotive antifreeze? ANSWER: ETHYLENE GLYCOL
107. If an individual is suffering from emphysema, what organ of the body is primarily affected?
ANSWER: LUNGS

108. Plants get their nitrogen from: SOIL

109. Which vitamin is called ascorbic acid, meaning "no scurvy"? ANSWER: VITAMIN C

110. Who discovered the method of destroying disease-producing bacteria in beer and milk by heating
the liquid properly? ANSWER: (LOUIS) PASTEUR

111. Which of the following elements was unknown to ancient civilizations? ALUMINUM

112. What is the name denoting plants that seasonally shed all their leaves? ANSWER: ZECIDUOUS

113. What material found in bogs is the oldest fossil fuel used by man? ANSWER: PEAT

114. What is meant by the statement that an animal is oviparous? ANSWER: IT LAYS EGGS

115. In the early 17th century, based on his observations with a telescope, Galileo Galilei attacked a
belief espoused by the church. That belief was: THAT THE EARTH WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE
UNIVERSE.

116. What is the mass in grams of one cubic centimeter of water? ANSWER: ONE GRAM

117. What is the name of the first atomic-powered submarine? ANSWER: NAUTILUS

118. What exploded on Bikini Island in 1954? ANSWER: HYDROGEN BOMB

119. A barn is a unit of: AREA

120. A light-year can be converted into: ASTRONOMICAL UNITS

121. Which is the longest? A) a kilometer B) a centimeter C) a dekameter D) a terameter

122. You use a hydrometer to check the condition of the electrolyte in your car battery. It is actually
measuring what property of the fluid? : DENSITY

123. What is the major visible constituent of the exhaust plume from a natural gas-fired power plant? :
WATER

124. Steel is composed of a number of elements. The two essential elements are iron and : CARBON

125. Which of the following is an important element of stainless steel. : CHROMIUM

126. One metal dissolved in another is called : ALLOY

127. An alloy consisting mainly of tin and lead is called: PEWTER

128. It is a common observation that naturally occurring processes have a particular direction
associated with them. For instance, heat flows from a hot body to a colder body. The property of a
system that is used to quantitatively describe this natural direction of events is called : ENTROPY
129. Which of the following is believed to be responsible for the hole in the ozone layer over
Antarctic? : COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CHLORINE

130. Biomass energy is: PHOTOSYNTHESIS

131. What is the technique of detecting the position of objects by producing very high frequency
sound waves and listening to the echos? ANSWER: SONAR

132. A thermocouple is used to measure : TEMPERATURE

133. What metal is obtained from the mineral malaclite? ANSWER: COPPER

134. The process by which a substance absorbs moisture upon exposure to the atmosphere is called: -
DELIQUESCENCE

135. A temperature of 295 K is equivalent to approximately: 72 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

136. The first animal launched into orbit was a: A DOG

137. Name the first man-made space craft to orbit the Earth? ANSWER: SPUTNIK

138. Who was the first test pilot to break the sound barrier and survive? ANSWER: YHUCK YEAGER

139. "Fool's gold" is a common name for this mineral: PYRITE

140. If it is 5:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time, what time is it in Washington, DC in December? ANSWER:
12 NOON

141. What science deals with the structure of the universe and its origin? ANSWER: YOSMOLOGY What
science deals with the structure of the universe and its origin? ANSWER: YOSMOLOGY

142. Which two gases are used to disinfect water in sewage treatment facilities? OZONE AND
CHLORINE

143. What naturally occurring radioactive substance present in indoor air is suspected as the second
leading cause of lung cancer? ANSWER: RADON

144. If the time between a lightning flash and the resulting thunder is five seconds, approximately how
far away was the lightning? ANSWER: ABOUT ONE MILE (5300-5800 FEET)

145. Which of the following building materials has the HIGHEST thermal conductivity? ALUMINUM

146. Thermal insulation is used to: REDUCE THE FLOW OF HEAT

147. The specific gravity of mercury at Standard Temperature and Pressure is: 13.6

148. Name this much publicized group of compounds, of which there are 209 congeners. It was first
discovered as an environmental pollutant in 1966, and its widespread use in electrical transformers
has spread these compounds into the food chain to such an extent that most adults have small
concentrations in their fatty tissue. ANSWER: PCB's (POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL'S)
149. Recent discoveries of ancient cratering near the Yucatan Peninsula support the theory that a
meteor or cometary impact may have resulted in mass extinctions of species on Earth about 65
million years ago. During which geologic period is that impact thought to have occurred? -
CRETACEOUS

150. The estrogen and androgen hormones which regulate sexual development and function are
structurally related to: CHOLESTEROL

151. The most abundant organic molecule on the surface of the Earth is: CELLULOSE

152. What is the neurotoxic organometal that caused even more injuries inIraq in 1971-72 than it did in
the 50's and 60's at Minamata Bay, Japan? ANSWER: METHYLMERCURY

153. What common flavoring comes from the long slender fruit of a climbing orchid? ANSWER:
VANILLA

154. What form of radiation most closely resembles X-rays? GAMMA

155. In the Tyndall Effect, the intensity of scattered radiation is inversely proportional to the fourth
power of the wavelength. Which one of the following colors of light would exhibit the most intense
Tyndall scattering? VIOLET

156. One trillion is 1 followed by 12 zeros. What is 1 followed by 18 zeros? 1 QUINTILLION

157. In daylight the human eye is most sensitive to which color? GREEN

158. What is the name for the metric unit of pressure defined as 1 Newton per meter squared?
ANSWER: PASCAL

159. In the human body, what tendon attaches the gastrocnemius muscle to the calcaneus bone?
ANSWER: ACHILLES TENDON

160. If a quiet whisper is 10 decibels, then what is the average pain threshold in decibels for humans?
ANSWER: 120 DECIBELS (ACCEPT 110 TO 130)

161. Who was the first scientist credited with pointing out that certain gases could cause a greenhouse
effect? ANSWER: SVANTE ARRHENIUS

162. Name a component of gasoline that has been classified by the U.S. EPA as a "known human
carcinogen". ANSWER: XENZENE

163. The sun makes up approximately what percent of matter in our solar system? 99%

164. Movement exhibited by plants toward the "center of the Earth" is called? ANSWER: GEOTROPISM

165. Who is known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb? J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

166. Dante is the name of an eight-legged robot designed to repel into the crater of Erebus. This
volcano is located in: ANTARTICA

167. Evaporation from water surfaces exposed to air is not dependent of the: DEPTH OF THE WATER