1. How long can a cockroach live without its head?

 
 
 
 
 

2. Which celestial body has the tallest volcano in the solar system?

 
 
 
 
 

3. The passenger pigeon was once one of the most abundant bird species on Earth, with 3-5 billion birds in North America alone.  In what year did it become extinct?

 
 
 
 
 

4. Which scientist’s discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction?

 

 
 
 
 
 

5. When was Ether first used as an anaesthetic during surgery?

 
 
 
 
 

6. Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?

 
 
 
 
 

7. In 1925 The Butler Act banned the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in schools in which USA state?

 
 
 
 
 

8. What everyday fruit is slightly radioactive?

 
 
 
 
 

9. Which of London’s streets was the first in the world to be lit by gaslight, in 1807?

 
 
 
 
 

10. What law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?

 
 
 
 
 

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