| 1. | What is the most common gas in the air we breathe?
Nitrogen |
| 2. | Who is known in history as "the father of computing"?
Charles Babbage |
| 3. | On the Kelvin scale, what is the freezing point of water?
273K |
| 4. | In the equation "E = m c squared", what does the letter "c" stand for?
The speed of light |
| 5. | What nationality was Robert Bunsen, of whom the Bunsen burner was named after?
German |
| 6. | What is the scientific name for the hip bone?
Pelvis |
| 7. | Which annual prizes were established by the legacy of a Swedish chemist?
The Nobel prizes |
| 8. | How many kilobytes are there in a megabyte?
1,024 |
| 9. | In what branch of science would a unit of distance called a "Parsec" be used?
Astronomy |
| 10. | Which five elements in the periodic table contain only 4 letters in their name?
Gold, Iron, Lead, Neon and Zinc |
| Tie Break | How many minutes does it take the Hubble Space Telescope to complete one orbit around the earth?
97 |
