Blinding You With Science Trivia Quiz

This is a mixture of scientific questions not specific to a particular field.

A multiple-choice quiz by gazill. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
gazill

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
169,891

Updated
Dec 03 21

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1. If age-related macular degeneration is classified as wet, what does that signify? Hint

Fluid accumulation around the heart related to poor circulation in the elderly.

Overactive tear-producing glands result in a chronically watering eye.

New blood vessels formed in the eye leak blood.

Excessive water accumulates in the knee joint, causing bone erosion.

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2. Where is the most likely place to find simethicone? Hint

shell of an abalone

antacid tablet

breast implants

camera film

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3. If you were to describe Robert Goddard using song, which of the following song titles best describes him? Hint

Rocket Man (by Elton John)

Like a Surgeon (by Weird Al)

Pinball Wizard (by The Who)

Mr. Roboto (by Styx)

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4. Name the scale that uses the observations of people who experienced the earthquake to estimate said earthquake's intensity. Hint

Fujita scale

Richter scale

Mercalli scale

Seismic scale

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5. In medicine, the compulsive and repetitive eating of ice is called? Hint

pagophagia

xylophagia

burrophagia

daziphagia

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6. What are the rocks found in northwestern Canada near Great Slave Lake, believed to be the oldest rocks on Earth, called ? Hint

Granodiorite

Acasta Gneisses

Sebastes caurinus

Kakangari

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7. Foraging ants leave which of the following as a "chemical trail"? Hint

hydrogen sulfide

formic acid

sodium bicarbonate

fumaric acid

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8. What is being grown if one is growing artemia as a food source? Hint

brine shrimp

grass

mushrooms

deer (venison)

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9. Which of the following would not be suitable, due to safety, as a first time pet? Hint

fire salamander

leopard gecko

Eastern newt

Mexican beaded lizard

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10. This system of measurement for weight (or mass) is based on a 16 ounce pound. Hint

apothecaries'

huriupin

troy

avoirdupois

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If age-related macular degeneration is classified as wet, what does that signify?

Answer: New blood vessels formed in the eye leak blood.

Blood leaks from the immature newly formed blood vessels into and eventually under the retina, distorting vision. This condition is actually about 15% of all AMD (the other being dry AMD) and is more common in patients 60 years and older.

2. Where is the most likely place to find simethicone?

Answer: antacid tablet

Simethicone is an anti-foaming agent which basically breaks down and disperses gas bubbles, and is often added to antacid medication.

3. If you were to describe Robert Goddard using song, which of the following song titles best describes him?

Answer: Rocket Man (by Elton John)

Goddard is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion, and launched his first rocket in 1926. The flight lasted two and a half seconds and climbed to an altitude of 41 feet.

4. Name the scale that uses the observations of people who experienced the earthquake to estimate said earthquake's intensity.

Answer: Mercalli scale

Compared to the Mercalli scale, the Richter scale is more scientific, in that the magnitude is calculated from the amplitude of the largest seismic (earthshaking) wave.
The Fujita scale measures tornado intensity.

5. In medicine, the compulsive and repetitive eating of ice is called?

Answer: pagophagia

Pagophagia is sometimes linked to iron deficiency.

6. What are the rocks found in northwestern Canada near Great Slave Lake, believed to be the oldest rocks on Earth, called ?

Answer: Acasta Gneisses

Geologists believe these rocks to be over 4 billion years old. Kakangari is a type of chondrite (meaning made mostly of iron- and magnesium-containing silicate) meteorite. Sebastes caurinus is actually a species of rockfish, the copper rockfish. Granodiorite is a type of igneous rock.

7. Foraging ants leave which of the following as a "chemical trail"?

Answer: formic acid

A nest of ants, or ant hill, is called a formicary.

8. What is being grown if one is growing artemia as a food source?

Answer: brine shrimp

Brine shrimp belong to the class Crustacea.

9. Which of the following would not be suitable, due to safety, as a first time pet?

Answer: Mexican beaded lizard

The Mexican beaded lizard is a cousin of the gila monster, and its bite is hemotoxic.

10. This system of measurement for weight (or mass) is based on a 16 ounce pound.

Answer: avoirdupois

Both the troy weight and apothecaries' weight are based on the 12 ounce pound. The avoirdupois system is the customary US system of mass; the troy weight system is used in precious metals and gems; the apothecaries' weight system was once used in medicines (now replaced by the metric system). Guess what huriupin weight is?

Source: Author gazill

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