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By Daniel Furn\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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A good old pub quiz wouldn\u2019t be complete without a science round!<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re looking to quiz yourself to test your trivia knowledge or throw some brain teasers towards your friends and family, one of the rounds you\u2019ll certainly need is a science round.<\/p>\n

From the human body to time and space, RadioTimes.com<\/a> has compiled a list of questions on all types of topics for you to steal for your next quiz.<\/p>\n

Do you know what DNA stands for, or what the study of mushrooms is called? If you think you know your trivia, why not dive into our wide range of questions below right now \u2013 try to resist that urge to turn to Google!<\/p>\n

And once you\u2019re done, why not try our TV pub quiz<\/a>,\u00a0film pub quiz<\/a>, music quiz<\/a> or sport pub quiz<\/a> for size? Plus there\u2019s many, many more pub quizzes available as part of our bumper general knowledge pub quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Science Quiz Questions<\/strong><\/h2>\n
  1. What does DNA stand for?<\/li>\n
  2. How many bones are in the human body?<\/li>\n
  3. The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?<\/li>\n
  4. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?<\/li>\n
  5. Which is the main gas that makes up the Earth\u2019s atmosphere?<\/li>\n
  6. Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?<\/li>\n
  7. What is the most abundant gas in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere?<\/li>\n
  8. Roughly how long does it take for the sun\u2019s light to reach Earth \u2013 8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?<\/li>\n
  9. Which famous British physicist wrote A Brief History of Time?<\/li>\n
  10. At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?<\/li>\n
  11. What modern-day country was Marie Curie born in?<\/li>\n
  12. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?<\/li>\n
  13. What name is given for the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom?<\/li>\n
  14. How many vertebrae does the average human possess?<\/li>\n
  15. What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?<\/li>\n
  16. Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?<\/li>\n
  17. What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?<\/li>\n
  18. Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?<\/li>\n
  19. How many teeth does an adult human have?<\/li>\n
  20. What is the study of mushrooms called?<\/li>\n
  21. How many brains and how many hearts does an octopus have?<\/li>\n
  22. What is the only letter not to appear on the periodic table?<\/li>\n
  23. What is the fastest land animal in the world?<\/li>\n
  24. What is the only even prime number?<\/li>\n
  25. What do the letters in the word laser stand for?<\/li>\n
  26. What is the perimeter of a circle called?<\/li>\n
  27. Sound travels faster in air than in water: true or false?<\/li>\n
  28. Which of the world\u2019s oceans in the deepest?<\/li>\n
  29. What was the name of the first artificial satellite to enter space?<\/li>\n
  30. Who is credited with the creation of the World Wide Web?<\/li>\n
  31. Lightning hotter than the surface of the sun: true or false?<\/li>\n
  32. Where in the human body can the smallest bone be found?<\/li>\n
  33. How many bones do sharks have?<\/li>\n
  34. What is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia the scientific term for?<\/li>\n
  35. What does USB stand for?<\/li>\n
  36. What is the largest desert on Earth?<\/li>\n
  37. In which year were the first collisions achieved in the Large Hadron Collider?<\/li>\n
  38. What is the heaviest organ in the human body?<\/li>\n
  39. What is the rarest blood type in humans?<\/li>\n
  40. In which year was Pluto reclassified as a Dwarf Planet?<\/li>\n
  41. What is the biggest animal in the world?<\/li>\n
  42. What is the only active volcano on mainland Europe called?<\/li>\n
  43. What is desquamation the scientific term for?<\/li>\n
  44. How many days on Earth does it take for Venus to rotate once on its axis?<\/li>\n
  45. How many states of matter are there?<\/li>\n
  46. What does a Geiger Counter measure?<\/li>\n
  47. What are natural satellites colloquially known as?<\/li>\n
  48. In which year did the Apollo 13 space mission take place?<\/li>\n
  49. What metal is the best conductor of electricity?<\/li>\n
  50. What was the first vaccine to be developed against a contagious disease?<\/li>\n<\/ol>

    Science Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    1. Deoxyribonucleic acid<\/li>\n
    2. 206<\/li>\n
    3. Sir Isaac Newton<\/li>\n
    4. Diamond<\/li>\n
    5. Nitrogen<\/li>\n
    6. 98 per cent<\/li>\n
    7. Nitrogen<\/li>\n
    8. 8 minutes<\/li>\n
    9. Stephen Hawking<\/li>\n
    10. -40<\/li>\n
    11. Poland<\/li>\n
    12. Jupiter<\/li>\n
    13. Atomic number<\/li>\n
    14. 33<\/li>\n
    15. Sputnik 1<\/li>\n
    16. Hippocratic Oath<\/li>\n
    17. Insulator<\/li>\n
    18. Apollo 15<\/li>\n
    19. 32<\/li>\n
    20. Mycology<\/li>\n
    21. 9 brains, 3 hearts<\/li>\n
    22. J<\/li>\n
    23. Cheetah<\/li>\n
    24. 2<\/li>\n
    25. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation<\/li>\n
    26. The circumference<\/li>\n
    27. False<\/li>\n
    28. The Pacific<\/li>\n
    29. Sputnik 1<\/li>\n
    30. Tim Berners-Lee<\/li>\n
    31. True<\/li>\n
    32. The ear<\/li>\n
    33. Zero<\/li>\n
    34. Brain freeze<\/li>\n
    35. Universal Serial Bus<\/li>\n
    36. Antartica<\/li>\n
    37. 2010<\/li>\n
    38. The liver<\/li>\n
    39. AB Negative<\/li>\n
    40. 2006<\/li>\n
    41. The Antarctic blue whale<\/li>\n
    42. Mount Vesuvius<\/li>\n
    43. Peeling skin<\/li>\n
    44. 243<\/li>\n
    45. 4 \u2013 solid, liquid, gas and plasma<\/li>\n
    46. Radiation<\/li>\n
    47. Moons<\/li>\n
    48. 1970<\/li>\n
    49. Silver<\/li>\n
    50. The smallpox vaccine<\/li>\n<\/ol>

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