Thursday, August 27, 2009

[science quiz] how much of a boffin are you


1. How many degrees is -459.7ºF in Kelvin?

2. What is a rhinoceros' horn made of?

3. What is the only venomous mammal in the world and even then it's a monotreme?

4. Where, in your household, would you find a magnetron?

5. Which element has the highest melting point?


Answers
0 Kelvin [it doesn't use the word "degrees", incidentally], hair, platypus, microwave oven, carbon
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8 comments:

  1. JPTThursday 27 August 2009 at 19:33:00 GMT+1

    0 out of 5.

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  2. James HighamThursday 27 August 2009 at 19:36:00 GMT+1

    Brave man!

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  3. Winfred MannThursday 27 August 2009 at 20:08:00 GMT+1

    Rhino must be cartilage???

    Good stumper, but I claim I have no NEED TO KNOW, since I write--science things are alien: OMG--UFOs.

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  4. CherryPieThursday 27 August 2009 at 20:29:00 GMT+1

    I am obviously better a science. 4 out of 5 the last one got me!

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  5. James HighamThursday 27 August 2009 at 21:24:00 GMT+1

    Winfred - one must have general knowledge too ...

    Cherie - I had a feeling you might do well on this, given your outlook.

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  6. BobGThursday 27 August 2009 at 21:30:00 GMT+1

    That was an easy one. You can tell what subjects I spent most of my time studying.

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  7. AlexFriday 28 August 2009 at 09:39:00 GMT+1

    5 out of 5 here, although there is no magnetron in our house and I think you may find that there are 1 or 2 non-monotremes knocking around in your garden that are also mildly venomous.

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  8. James HighamFriday 28 August 2009 at 10:20:00 GMT+1

    :)

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