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15 Quiz Questions on UK Science

Here are 15 UK Science Questions that are provided for your Quiz or Trivia Night at no cost. Scroll to the bottom to see the answers.





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In 1985 at the University of Leicester Alec Jeffreys developed a technique that was to go on to help crime fighters world wide. What was it ? [-e----c ------pri-----]

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In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick discovered ... ?

Cosmic Background Radiation
The Cosmological Constant
Evidence of Water on Mars
DNA

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Who described universal gravitation and came up with the three laws of motion in the 1600s ? [----- ------]

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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was a British physicist of the early 20th century. The Eddington Limit refers to ... ?

Maximum speed as related to friction
The natural limit of star luminosity
The maximum speed of objects through water
The maximum efficiency of a steam engine

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Henry Cavendish discovered, what he called, inflammable air. What do we call it today ?

Neon
Hellium
Boron
Hydrogen

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Which book by Stephen Hawking was a Sunday Times bestsellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks ? [- ----- ------- of ----]

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Who is the official advisor to the Sovereign on scientific and astronical matters ? [The ---------- -----]

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John Snow (1813-1858) is considered one of the founders of epidemiology because of his work identifying the source of transmission of ... ?

Cholera
Rubella
Leprosy
Bubonic plague

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Zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morris came up with which phrase to describe humans ? [The ----- Ape]

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What did Herchel Smith, a University of Manchester researcher, create in 1961 ... ?

The first contraceptive pill
The first digital computer
The first wireless communication device
The first solid state rocket

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The unit the Farad is named after chemist and physicist Michael Faraday. What does a Farad unit measure ?

Capacitance
Resistance
Electrical Charge
Electrical Potential

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What is The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge more commonly know as ?

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Alan Turing is most associated with ... ?

Chemistry
Physics
Cosmology
Computer Science

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Which Scotsman formulated classical electromagnetic theory ... ?

Arthur Schuster
Edward Hinds
David Bohm
James Maxwell

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The proposal of strained quantum-well lasers by Brit Alf Adams has led to ... ?

Modern Chemotherapy
Modern Steel Milling Techniques
Modern Skin Cancer Treatments
Modern Digital Media, DVDs and CDs


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