SCIENCE QUIZ

INSTRUCTIONs FOR THE

QUIZ
1. The quiz will be conducted in 2 rounds.
2. 1st is the preliminary round and 2 nd is the final round.
3. Only the top scoring teams will make it to the finals
4. There are 20 questions in the 1 st round and 10 questions in the 2 nd round
5. There is no negative marking
6. Every team will get 15 seconds to answer any ques.
7. If any team is unable to answer the question, then that question will be passed on to
the next team. And if any team is unable to answer then that question will be asked
from the audience.
LET'S PLAY !
ROUND
01
ALL THE BEST
 QUESTION 01

Who measured the gravitational

constant with the Cavendish
experiment?
 HENRY
CAVENDISH
 QUESTION 2

For what idea is Charles

Darwin famous for?
 NATURAL
SELECTION
 QUESTION 03

The process of making mirrors by

coating glass with silver is called?
SILVERING
 QUESTION 04

Electronics use energy when they are

powered off but still plugged into an
electric outlet.What is this energy
called?
VAMPIRE
ENERGY
 QUESTION 05

What is the scientific study of algae

called?
PHYCOLOG
Y
 QUESTION 06

What is the name of the smallest bone

in the human body?
STAPLES
 QUESTION 07

What famous exclamation about water

displacement is Greek mathematician
and physicist Archimedes
credited for?
EUREKA!
 QUESTION 08

How many elements are there in the

periodic table?
118 elements
 QUESTION 09

What term measures the greenhouse

gases emitted by a person or an
organization?
CARBON FOOTPRINT
 QUESTION 10

A student divides several objects into two

groups based on their ability to float in
water. Which property is the student
using to classify the objects?
DENSITY
 QUESTION 11

Which microbe is
commonly found in the
lower intestine of warm-
blooded organisms?
ESCHERICHIA COLI
 QUESTION 12

Give the scientific name of the

microbe described by following -
1. Reproduce by budding
2. Cell wall is composed of chitin
3. Used in the baking industry
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
 QUESTION 13

Who invented the

dynamite and has
a prize named
after him?
ALFRED NOBEL
 QUESTION 14

Which oath of ethics taken by doctors

is named after an Ancient Greek
physician?
THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH
 QUESTION 15

What is the heaviest organ in the

human body?
THE LIVER
 QUESTION 16

What is the name of the tallest grass on

earth?
BAMBOO
 QUESTION 17

What are the constituents of the alloy

bronze?
COPPER
AND TIN
 QUESTION 18

What is the instrument that is used to

measure blood pressure?
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
 QUESTION 19

Who discovered Penicillin?

ALEXANDER FLEMING
 QUESTION 20

The part of an atom with a negative

electrical charge is known as?
ELECTRON
ROUND
02
Congratulations for being the top teams!
 QUESTION 1

What was the name of the

first man-made satellite
launched by the Soviet
Union in 1957?
SPUTNIK 1
 QUESTION 2

Which part of the human body serves

the purpose of maintaining balance in
body?
THE EARS
 QUESTION 3

What type of bond involves the sharing

of electron pairs between different
atoms?
COVALENT BONDS
 QUESTION 4

What does ‘E’

represent in the
given famous
equation?
ENERGY
 QUESTION 5

Which Indian
person is said to
have invented the
1st aeroplane ?
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade i
 QUESTION 6

What is the fin on the

backs of fish, some
whales, and dolphins
called?
DORSAL FIN
 QUESTION 7

The first vaccine

was for which
disease?
SMALLPOX
 QUESTION 8

Which is the lightest

element?
HYDROGEN
 QUESTION 9

What is the
chemical symbol
of Americum?
Am
 QUESTION 10

What is the medical

term for the
inability to smell?
ANOSMIA