Science Pub Quiz

(Not Rocket) Science Teachers Pub Quiz

Last Thursday, in a bustling pub in central London, teachers from all over the city gathered together to put their science knowledge to the ultimate Tes-t!

Teams of colleagues and individuals alike entered a battle not even a BA in Biology could help them with, in a bid for prizes cooler than planet Nebula.

With five rounds of gruelling questions, plus an intense round of school-centric dingbats, we were left with little doubt that this science quiz would’ve left even Einstein in a sweat.

Winners

3rd prize

Team 'Angry Amadeus (of Science teachers)' from UAE South Bank took third place and won their very own Tes teapot…arguably the best prize going.

2nd Prize

They admitted to having their eyes on this prize the entire time, 'The Fun GI’s' took home Big Bang Theory Monopoly!

1st Prize

However, it was colleagues from Wetherby Senior School that flew home with four tickets to 'You Can't Polish A Nerd' - the science comedy phenomenon. Well done, guys!

Upcoming Quizzes

We know classrooms can get a little stuffy, and sometimes it's hard to see outside the school gates.

At Tes we're on a mission to help teachers fall head over heels in love with their subjects – and what better way to do this than with like-minded educators, beer and a battle to be crowned your true subject champion?

If it's exam season and you can’t make it, you can always take part on our #TesPubQuiz live tweets on Twitter, or play at home with your very own quiz below…

The (Not Rocket) Science Quiz

Round 1 – Science

1. Which incident gave fruit to a theory in late summer 1666?

2. Brent Blend, Tapis, Minas and Midway Sunset Heavy are well-known classifications of what expensive commodity?

3. Which scientific word translated means 'disease producer'?

4. Where in the human body is the LUNULA located?

5. The Millennium Star, The Centenary, The Red Cross and The Incomparable are all examples of what?

6. Of what is a lux a unit?

7. At what speed in mph does a wind become a hurricane?

8. What is the lightest metal?

9. A machine for altering the voltage of alternating current is called what?

10. Which part of the brain regulates physiological stability in the body?

Round 2 – Scientists

1. Who Discovered Radio Waves?

2. Which 16th Century Scientist Proposed That The Earth Orbited The Sun?

3. Who Is Best Known For His Theory Of Black Holes?

4. What Does Hans Geigers Geiger Counter Measure?

5. Which Tracking Device Did Sir Robert Watson Watt Develop?

6. Which Virus Was Robert Gallo the First To Identify?

7. What Type of Bomb Did Edward Teller Develop?

8. In Terms Of Nobel Prizes How Did Marie Curie Achieve Two Firsts?

9. Which Islands Inspired Charles Darwin to Write His Origin Of The Species?

10. Which German Born Rocket Engineer Helped Develop the Atomic Bomb In The Usa?

Round 3 – The Body

1. What are you if you are Hirsute?

2. What is the name given to the roughly 24-hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings?

3. In which part of the body would you suffer carpal tunnel syndrome?

4. What is the name of the major artery at the side of the neck?

5. Where would you find the uvula?

6. What are the two bones of the forearm?

7. Which disease is transmitted by a tick bite?

8. What tube connects the Kidney to the Bladder?

9. If two people are osculating, what are they doing?

10. What are the three parts of the spine called?

Round 4 – Colours (all answers contain a colour!)

1. Of the 7 colours in the rainbow, which one is in the middle?

2. In a game of snooker, which colour ball is worth 5 points?

3. What rain fell for Michael Douglas in Ridley Scotts Japanese thriller of the eighties?

4. What colour is orange blossom?

5. Which TV police series ran from 1955 - 1976 for total of 434 episodes?

6. What kind of Christmas did Elvis Presley have a hit with?

7. Who had a number one hit in the US with ‘Brick in the Wall’?

8. If a ship is about to set sail, what flag would it be flying?

9. What is the colour of the number 13 on a roulette wheel?

10. What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?

Round 5 – Wipeout! (1 point for a correct answer, but you don’t need to answer, just leave it blank. If you get 10 correct you get 5 bonus points! Get any wrong though and you score 0 for the round!)

1. Which musical instrument is also the name for a Champagne glass? – Flute

2. The Whitsunday Islands are located off the coast of which country? – Australia (Queensland)

3. Spell Hippopotamus

4. What is the lightest of all the elements and has the atomic number 1? – Hydrogen

5. Which country has the international car registration letter A? – Austria

6. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation? – George V (in 1932)

7. Where is there an American flag that has not been lowered since 1969? – The Moon

8. Which is the longest month in the year? – October (31 days plus 1 hour)

9. Who painted the Mona Lisa? – Leonardo Da Vinci

10. What time of the day is palindromic? – Noon

The Quiz - Answers

Round 1 - Science

1. The apple falling on Newton's head (probably in his Woolsthorpe Manor garden).

2. Crude Oil (Brent Blend from the North Sea, Tapis from Malaysia, Minas from Indonesia and Midway Sunset Heavy from California)

3. Pathogen

4. Fingernail (it is the white crescent shape at the base of the finger nail)

5. Diamond

6. Illumination

7. 73 mph

8. Lithium

9. A Transformer

10. Hypothalamus

Round 2 – Scientists

1. Hertz

2. Copernicus

3. Steven Hawking

4. Radioactivity

5. Radar

6. HIV

7. Hydrogen Bomb

8. First woman, 1^st person to receive 2 awards

9. Galapagos

10. Werner Von Braun

Round 3 – The Body

1. Hairy

2. Circadian Rhythms

3. Hands or fingers

4. Carotid

5. At the back of the throat attached to the soft palette

6. Radius and Ulna

7. Lyme disease

8. Ureter

9. Kissing

10. Cervical, Thoracic and lumbar

Round 4 – Colours (all answers contain a colour!)

1. Green

2. Blue

3. Black Rain

4. White

5. Dixon of Doc Green

6. Blue Christmas

7. Pink Floyd

8. Blue Peter

9. Black

10. Blue, black, red, yellow & green

1. Flute

2. Australia (Queensland)

3. Hippopotamus

4. Hydrogen

5. Austria

6. George V (in 1932)

7. The Moon

8. October (31 days plus 1 hour)

9. Leonardo Da Vinci

10. Noon