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What part of your body would be changed by getting rhinoplasty?

The Nose

A 'Nose Job'

How many prime numbers are there in the series of numbers from 20 and 29?

2

23 and 29

What is a baby swan called?

A Cygnet

In computer terminology, what does the acronym RAM stand for?

Random Access Memory

What is the name of the branch of science concerned with fossilised animals and plants?

Paleontology

Cholecystectomy is the name for the medical removal of what body part?

Gallbladder

What trees, often found in California and which can grow up to 300 feet in height, are recognised as the tallest type in the world?

Redwoods

Sequoia sempervirens

Where in the human body would you find the medulla oblongata?

The Brain

What does a Geiger Counter measure?

Radiation

What unit of length is equal to around 5.8 trillion miles?

Light Year

In physics, is light considered:

  • Particle
  • Wave
  • Both
  • Neither

Both

In the visible light spectrum, which of these colour lights has the highest frequency?

  • Red
  • Green
  • Blue

Blue

Who is Missing: Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and who?

(Rosalind) Franklin

the other 3 won the nobel prize for DNA discovery while she was left out, despite working with Wilkins

Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

Alexander Fleming

Tags: Inventions, Discoveries,

What important hormone does the pancreas produce?

Insulin

In Chemistry, what 'C' is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not consumed by the reaction?

Catalyst

What is an endoscope used to examine?

The inside of the body

Insulin is commonly used to treat which condition?

Diabetes

What is the term for a positive electrode?

Anode

Betz cells are found in which part of the body?

The brain

What gives red blood cells their colour?

Haemoglobin

What is the outer layer of the skin called?

Epidermis

Fe is the symbol of which chemical element?

Iron

Which animal has a name which when translated from greek into english, means river horse?

Hippopotamus

Tags: AKA,

Minke, grey, or bowhead are all types of what animal?

Whale

What creature has the biggest eyes in the animal kingdom?

Giant Squid

Which tiger, considered to be the second largest tiger species in the world, is the national animal of Bangladesh?

The Bengal tiger

'Harpy', 'serpent' and 'booted' are all types of which bird?

Eagle

What is the only mammal born with horns?

Giraffe

Which evolved first - Trees, Sharks, or Cockroaches?

Sharks, 400M years ago (first trees 350M years, first cockroach like insects 300M years ago)