Science Quiz: Hard!

Science Quiz: Hard!

Question 1 of 10

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union demoted which of the nine planets, making it simply a minor planet in the Kuiper Belt?

Question 2 of 10

The Andean and California are the only species of the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. What are they?

Question 3 of 10

Today, Australia is overrun with them, but their slime does make you a bit high. What is it?

Question 4 of 10

Billie Holiday was killed by what liver disease, a byproduct of alcoholism, in which healthy liver cells are replaced with connective tissue?

Question 5 of 10

Which medical condition is characterized by "grand mal" and "petit mal"?

Question 6 of 10

The grandfather paradox is held up as one of the risks of what improbable science fiction activity?

Question 7 of 10

Which of these would be an example of jet propulsion?

Question 8 of 10

Based on grain size on the Wentworth-Udden scale, which of these would be smallest?

Question 9 of 10

With which 1948 invention is Leo (Clarence) Fender associated?

Question 10 of 10

Which of these shapes has the fewest sides?