Hard Science Quiz

Hard Science Quiz

Question 1 of 10

What is the expected time an organism will live called?

Question 2 of 10

The fluorine in this binds so tightly to the carbon that it won't stick to anything else, included cooked-in food. What is it?

Question 3 of 10

What do you get when an organ projects through the wall of the structure around it?

Question 4 of 10

For many of us, the morning just isn't right until you've had a shot of C8H10N4O2, aka trimethylxanthine. Where would you get it?

Question 5 of 10

What do cooks use to tell when meat is done?

Question 6 of 10

He died in Kensington on March 20, 1727 and became the first scientist buried in Westminster Abbey. Who is he?

Question 7 of 10

What Japanese paper-based art is also of interest to mathematicians?

Question 8 of 10

Watch out, Superman! Since 1960, a meter has been defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of light emitted by an isotope of which element?

Question 9 of 10

What are the huge storms that the sun produces called?

Question 10 of 10

In 2010, scientists not only found that what organ has taste buds, but that bitter flavours relax it, offering hope to asthmatics?