Science Quiz: Your Questions Please

[Tormod]

I am going to set up an "endless" science quiz and I need questions! Just about everything goes as long as it's related to science in any way.

 

Post your questions and at least 3 options, and send the answer to me in a PM.

 

As in:

 

Q: What was Einstein's given name?

A1: Astor

A2: Albert

A3: Avery

 

Also please feel free to link to a resource where I can check the fact if you have one (makes it easier for me).

[Tormod]

Bump!

[Jay-qu]

sounds cool, how do you mean endless? and is this for hypo?

[freeztar]

Should these questions be PM'd to you?

[Tormod]

"Endless" simply means that this is a quiz that picks a random question from a huge pool, and goes on and on, while the respondent collects points. So when you take it *again*, you keep upping your score. Ideally you should be able to get far without seeing the same question twice. :)

 

Feel free to post the questions here for now.

[TheBigDog]

During the drive to the launchpad for the first successful manned space launch, Yuri Gagarin had the driver stop so he could do something which has become a tradition followed by all cosmonauts since then. What is the tradition started by Yuri?

 

A) He urniated on the rear tire of the car.

 

:doh: He saluted both the control building and the launch tower.

 

C) He had his picture taken with the launch tower and rocket in the background.

[ronthepon]

Excellent style for putting a question though. Makes a quiz a lot more interesting if all the options aren't all about geeky knowledge.

[Turtle]

You are in Austrailia on June 21st; what is Earth's geographic North pole orientation with respect to the Sun?

a) tipped toward the Sun

:doh: Earth's geographic North pole never tips in relation to the Sun

c) tipped neither toward nor away from the Sun

d) tipped away from the Sun

[Turtle]

Mare's Tail is a common term for which type of cloud? :doh:

a) cirrus

:hihi: Stratocumulous

c) cumulonimbus

d) noctilucent

 

In order to determine your longitude at sea, which one of the following device pairs is neecessary? ;)

a) sextant and compass

:lol: compass and map

c) map and clock

d) clock and sextant

[Jay-qu]

Mare's Tail is a common term for which type of cloud?

a) cirrus

;) Stratocumulous

c) cumulonimbus

d) noctilucent

 

In order to determine your longitude at sea, which one of the following device pairs is neecessary? :confused:

a) sextant and compass

compass and map

c) map and clock

d) clock and sextant

arent there meant to be answers for poor Tormod :doh:

 

A Bok Globule is:

a) a large cloud of gas that stars may form from

:eek: a tiny spheres of electromagnetic energy

c) an emulsified suspension of foreign material in the human blood

 

highlight for answer:

a)

[Tormod]

arent there meant to be answers for poor Tormod :confused:

 

Yes, in a PM to me as stated in the first post (and which Turtle sent).

[sanctus]

"Killinng vectors and fields" appear for example in:

 

a)Criminology

b)Auto-adjoint operator theory and general relativity

c)Advanced trigonometry

d)Probability theory

[Jay-qu]

"Killinng vectors and fields" appear for example in:

 

a)Criminology

b)Auto-adjoint operator theory and general relativity

c)Advanced trigonometry

d)Probability theory

b :eek2:

[sanctus]

Actually there is a mistake it should be killing with one n.

 

Jay, was it so obvious or did you know it?

[Jay-qu]

I wouldnt say it was really obvious - I took an educated guess :)

[Turtle]

A typhoon is the same as a _________.

a) tornado

:) hurricane

c) water spout

d) downpour

[Turtle]

Which of the following seas is not one of the ancient "Seven Seas"?

a) Indian Ocean

Caspian Sea

c) Atlantic Ocean

d) Persian Gulf