General Science Quiz No. 5

[Carl]

• 1. What is the only muscle in the human body not attached at both ends ?

• 2. Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1816 ?

• 3. On a map, the horizontal lines are called what ?

• 4. Why do stars twinkle ?

• 5. What is chionophobia ?

• 6. What name is given to a triangle with all equal sides ?

• 7. Tribology is the study of what ?

• 8. What is the largest joint in the body ?

• 9. What is added to water to make tonic water ?

• 10. How many stars are in the Big Dipper constellation ?

• 11. Where do bumblebees normally build their nests ?

• 12. What 2 planets in the solar system are typically synonymous with the man and woman ?

• 13. What is another name for the disease known as Varicella ?

• 14. What kind of birds would you find in a gaggle ?

• 15. Sleeping sickness is carried by which insect ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

1 Tongue
2 Stethoscope

[gail]

14. Geese

[elcarretero]

6 Equilateral

[LucindaC]

8 knee

[elcarretero]

9 Quinine

[elcarretero]

3 Northings
12 Mars and Venus
15 Tsetse fly

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is the only muscle in the human body not attached at both ends ? Tongue

• 2. Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1816 ? The stethoscope

• 3. On a map, the horizontal lines are called what ? Latitude

• 4. Why do stars twinkle ? Turbulence in Earth's atmosphere

• 5. What is chionophobia ? Fear of snow

• 6. What name is given to a triangle with all equal sides ? Equilateral

• 7. Tribology is the study of what ? Friction, lubrication and wear

• 8. What is the largest joint in the body ? The knee joint

• 9. What is added to water to make tonic water ? Quinine

• 10. How many stars are in the Big Dipper constellation ? 7

• 11. Where do bumblebees normally build their nests ? Underground

• 12. What 2 planets in the solar system are typically synonymous with the man and woman ? Mars and Venus

• 13. What is another name for the disease known as Varicella ? Chickenpox

• 14. What kind of birds would you find in a gaggle ? Geese

• 15. Sleeping sickness is carried by which insect ? Tsetse fly