1.

Deoxyribonucleic acid
2. 206
3. Sir Isaac Newton
4. Diamond
5. Nitrogen
6. 98 per cent
7. Nitrogen
8. 8 minutes
9. Stephen Hawking
10. -40
11. Poland
12. Jupiter
13. Atomic number
14. 33
15. Sputnik 1
16. Hippocratic Oath
17. Insulator
18. Apollo 15
19. 32
20. Mycology
21. 9 brains, 3 hearts
22. J
23. Cheetah
24. 2
25. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
26. The circumference
27. False
28. The Pacific
29. Sputnik 1
30. Tim Berners-Lee
31. True
32. The ear
33. Zero
34. Brain freeze
35. Universal Serial Bus
36. Antartica
37. 2010
38. The liver
39. AB Negative
40. 2006
41. The Antarctic blue whale
42. Mount Vesuvius
43. Peeling skin
44. 243
45. 4 - solid, liquid, gas and plasma
46. Radiation
47. Moons
48. 1970
49. Silver
50. The smallpox vaccine

1. What does DNA stand for?

2. How many bones are in the human body?
3. The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous
physicist?
4. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
5. Which is the main gas that makes up the Earth's atmosphere?
6. Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?
7. What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
8. Roughly how long does it take for the sun's light to reach Earth -
8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?
9. Which famous British physicist wrote A Brief History of Time?
10. At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
11. What modern-day country was Marie Curie born in?
12. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
13. What name is given for the number of protons found in the
nucleus of an atom?
14. How many vertebrae does the average human possess?
15. What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched
by the Soviet Union in 1957?
16. Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an
Ancient Greek physician?
17. What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge
called?
18. Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar
rover?
19. How many teeth does an adult human have?
20. What is the study of mushrooms called?
21. How many brains and how many hearts does an octopus
have?
22. What is the only letter not to appear on the periodic table?
23. What is the fastest land animal in the world?
24. What is the only even prime number?
25. What do the letters in the word laser stand for?
26. What is the perimeter of a circle called?
27. Sound travels faster in air than in water: true or false?
28. Which of the world's oceans in the deepest?
29. What was the name of the first artificial satellite to enter
space?
30. Who is credited with the creation of the World Wide Web?
31. Lightning hotter than the surface of the sun: true or false?
32. Where in the human body can the smallest bone be found?
33. How many bones do sharks have?
34. What is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia the scientific term
for?
35. What does USB stand for?
36. What is the largest desert on Earth?
37. In which year were the first collisions achieved in the Large
Hadron Collider?
38. What is the heaviest organ in the human body?
39. What is the rarest blood type in humans?
40. In which year was Pluto reclassified as a Dwarf Planet?
41. What is the biggest animal in the world?
42. What is the only active volcano on mainland Europe called?
43. What is desquamation the scientific term for?
44. How many days on Earth does it take for Venus to rotate
once on its axis?
45. How many states of matter are there?
46. What does a Geiger Counter measure?
47. What are natural satellites colloquially known as?
48. In which year did the Apollo 13 space mission take place?
49. What metal is the best conductor of electricity?
50. What was the first vaccine to be developed against a
contagious disease?
Easy science trivia
1. Trivia question: The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton. And speaking of gravity, did you know that there
are normal things astronauts can’t do in space?

2. Trivia question: How many colors are in the rainbow?

Answer: Seven. (Psst, there are so many cool facts about rainbows).

3. Trivia question: True or False? Electrons are smaller than atoms.

Answer: True.

4. Trivia question: What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?

Answer: Bamboo.

5. Trivia question: Which is the most abundant element in the universe?

Answer: Hydrogen.

6. Trivia question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond.

7. Trivia question: What is the study of mushrooms called?

Answer: Mycology. And if mushrooms could talk, here’s what they’d tell you.
8. Trivia question: Can an airplane go in reverse?

Answer: Yes.

9. Trivia question: Does sound travel faster in the air or in water?

Answer: Water.

10. Trivia question: Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient
Greek physician?

Answer: The Hippocratic Oath.

Hard science trivia

11. Trivia question: What is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: It’s not the Sahara, but actually Antarctica!

12. Trivia question: True or False? Lasers work by focusing on sound waves.

Answer: False. “Laser” is actually an acronym that stands for Light Amplification by
Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Lasers concentrate light waves, not sound waves.

13. Trivia question: What does DNA stand for?

Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid.

14. Trivia question: Do diamonds last forever?

Answer: No. Diamonds do not last forever. They’ll eventually degrade to graphite,
though the process takes over a billion years.
15. Trivia question: What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?

Answer: An insulator.

16. Trivia question: Will there be an impact on your height if you go to space?

Answer: Yes. You will be taller because you’ll no longer be subjected to gravity. And
did you know that outer space actually has a smell?

17. Trivia question: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

Answer: -40.

18. Trivia question: Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to reach Earth: 8
minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?

Answer: 8 minutes.

19. Trivia question: How do airplanes stay in the air?

Answer: Planes stay in the air because of the shape of their wings. Air moving over
the wing gets forced downwards, which pushes the wing up. This push is stronger
than gravity, and so makes the plane fly. There’s also a reason why airplane windows
are round.

20. Trivia question: What is chalk made of?

Answer: It comes from limestone, which formed from the shells of tiny marine
animals.

Science trivia about nature

21. Trivia question: Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?
Answer: Hot water freezes faster than cold, known as the Mpemba effect.

22. Trivia question: On what continent will you not find bees?

Answer: Antarctica.

23. Trivia question: What is the only rock that floats?

Answer: Pumice. It forms from the froth at the top of lava flow, which cools very
rapidly.

24. Trivia question: True or False? Chameleons change colors only to blend into their
environment.

Answer: False. Chameleons also change colors for other reasons, like to regulate body
temperature, when feeling aggression, and when feeling excited.

25. Trivia question: Can lightning strike the same place twice?

Answer: If you answered no to this science trivia question, you’re wrong. It is

actually more likely that lightning will strike the same place twice.

26. Trivia question: True or false? Shark cartilage can cure cancer.

Answer: Unfortunately, many still believe that shark cartilage can cure cancer, leading
to the killing of sharks. That’s false, and scientists now have proof that there are
sharks with cancerous tumors themselves.

27. Trivia question: How long is the memory of a goldfish?

Answer: Most people would say that goldfish only have a three-second memory.
However, their memories actually last for several days.
28. Trivia question: What mountain peak is farthest from the center of the Earth?

Answer: Many may think the answer to this science trivia question is Mount Everest.
However, the peak of Chimborazo in Ecuador is the farthest from the center of the
earth.

29. Trivia question: How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?

Answer: Zero! Instead, they have powerful, flexible cartilage. Sharks are fascinating,
if a bit misunderstood.

30. Trivia question: Can gold be created from other elements?

Answer: Yes. It is possible to create gold from other elements, but it’s so complicated
and expensive that it would cost you more to make it than to buy it.

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Science trivia about the body

31. Trivia question: What is the heaviest organ in the human body?

Answer: The liver.

32. Trivia question:How does fat leave your body when you lose weight?

Answer: Through your sweat, urine, and breath.

33. Trivia question: From which body part does the majority of your body heat
escape?
Answer: This is a trick science trivia question. Most people think the answer is your
head, but you lose heat evenly throughout your body.

34. Trivia question: How many senses do humans have?

Answer: Thought the answer was five? You actually have more—many neurologists
identify nine or more senses. Fun fact: There are also things dogs can smell that
humans can’t.

35. Trivia question: Which blood type is the rarest in humans?

Answer: AB negative.

36. Trivia question: How many teeth does an adult human have?

Answer: 32.

37. Trivia question: How many bones are in the human body?

Answer: 206.

38. Trivia question: What part of the human body serves the purpose of maintaining
balance?

Answer: The ears.

39. Trivia question: Who has more hair follicles, blondes or brunettes?

Answer: Blondes.

40. Trivia question: What color is the blood inside your body?

Answer: Dark red. Although your veins appear blue, human blood contains
hemoglobin and hemoglobin is a red protein, so the blood in your body is dark red.
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41. Trivia question: What is the only planet that spins clockwise?

Answer: Venus.

42. Trivia question:Can humans see the Great Wall of China from space?

Answer: No. Unless you’re in low orbit “under a specific set of weather and lighting
conditions,” according to Scientific American. Unfortunately, the Great Wall’s
composition of clay and stone simply blends in too much to the surrounding landscape
for anyone to make it out with an unaided eye from orbit.

43. Trivia question: Is Pluto a planet?

Answer: No. Pluto used to be identified as a planet in our solar system, but it is now
classified as a dwarf planet. See more facts you’ve always believed that are actually
false.

44. Trivia question: What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by
the Soviet Union in 1957?

Answer: Sputnik 1.

45. Trivia question: What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

Answer: Jupiter.

46. Trivia question: Which planet is closest to the sun?

Answer: Mercury.
47. Trivia question: Does the earth go around the sun, or does the sun go around the
earth?

Answer: This is an easy piece of earth trivia: The earth goes around the sun.

48. Trivia question: True or False? All radioactive material is man-made.

Answer: False. The sun and stars emit cosmic radiation that interacts with the earth’s
atmosphere. There’s also naturally radioactive material in soil, water, and vegetation.

49. Trivia question: Is the earth flat or round?

Answer: Humans have known that the earth is round since the time of Ancient
Greece.

50. Trivia question: True or False? The center of the earth is very hot.

Answer: True. The temperature of Earth’s core is almost 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit—
as hot as the surface of the sun.