653+ Science Trivia Questions with Answers

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Which famous inventor is known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park"?

  • Thomas Edison
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What is the field of study concerned with the structure and function of the brain and nervous system?

  • Neuroscience
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What baseball park snack can also be used to make dynamite?

  • Peanuts
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With what process do living creatures make more of themselves?

  • Reproduction
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Who was the third person to walk on the moon?

  • Pete Conrad
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Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?

  • Maria Sklodowska-Curie
Russel Brown
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Who was the first woman in space?

  • Valentina Tereshkova
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Who was the first U.S. woman astronaut?

  • Sally Ride
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Who was the first person in space?

  • Yuri Gagarin
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Who was the first African-American female astronaut?

  • Dr. Mae Jemison
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Who was the famous Polish female scientist who won a Nobel Prize?

  • Marie Curie
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Who was the Clark University physicist responsible for "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes"?

  • Robert Goddard
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Who is the Taiwanese-born, Stanford-educated co-founder of Yahoo?

  • Jerry Yang
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Who is credited with identifying HIV as the cause of AIDS?

  • Robert Gallo
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Who is credited with creating the "Big Bang Theory"?

  • Georges Lemaitre
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Who is considered the "father" of organic chemistry?

  • William Perkins
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Who invented the mercury thermometer?

  • Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
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Who invented the first engine-powered airplane?

  • The Wright Brothers
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Who has been called the father of electricity?

  • Michael Faraday
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Who first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

  • Aristarcus
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Who discovered the rotating magnetic field that is the basis of Alternating Current?

  • Nikola Tesla
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Who discovered the neutron and in what year?

  • James Chadwick In 1932
Russel Brown
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Who discovered that a moving magnet generates electric current known as electromagnetic induction?

  • Michael Faraday
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Who discovered calcium and barium?

  • Sir Humphry Davy
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Who described the rings of Saturn as "ears of a teacup"?

  • Galileo
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Who coined the term "Information Superhighway" in 1994?

  • Al Gore
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Which wild large cat (Panthera pardus) has a spotted coat?

  • Leopard
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Which type of rhinoceros is the largest on average?

  • White
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Which species is the manatee most closely related to?

  • Elephant
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Which sea creature has an eye the size of a basketball?

  • The Giant Squid
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Which person is known for publishing "The Interpretation of Dreams"?

  • Sigmund Freud
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Which person is known for establishing the laws of motion and gravity?

  • Isaac Newton
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Which part of an elephant's body has the most muscles?

  • Trunk
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Which other big cat is bred with a tiger to make the tigon?

  • Lion
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Which of Jupiter's moons is covered by active volcanoes?

  • Io
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Which nutrient group is used to help grow and repair cells?

  • Proteins
Russel Brown
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Which mammal always bears four identical young of the same sex?

  • Armadillo
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Which Jovian moon has volcanoes?

  • Io
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Which is the world's largest lizard?

  • The Komodo Dragon
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Which is the slowest orbiting planet?

  • Pluto
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Which is the sheet-like muscle at the bottom of a human chest?

  • Diaphragm
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Which is the planet with the greatest average density?

  • Earth
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Which is the largest rodent in North America?

  • The Beaver
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Which is a tiny structure located in the cytoplasm of a cell?

  • Ribosome
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Which insect is the closest relative to the grasshopper?

  • Cockroach
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Which insect can indicate the air temperature?

  • Cricket
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Which has no part in the scientific method of experimentation?

  • Assumption
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Which gas comprises most of Venus' atmosphere?

  • Carbon Dioxide
Russel Brown
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Which fruit is called "halakahiki" in Hawaiian and has been grown in Hawaii since the early 1800's?

  • Pineapples
Russel Brown
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Which former planet is the tenth-largest body directly orbiting the sun?

  • Pluto
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