QUARANTINE QUIZZES
Science round 1 1. Which of the planets in our solar system is closest to the sun? Mercury. 2. What is the chemical symbol for iron? Fe 3. What is the largest bone in the human body? Femur 4. What is a Geiger Counter used to detect? Radiation. The device is named after its inventor - Hans Geiger. 5. French virologists Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier were jointly awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering what? T he Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 6. Who do most people believe invented the electric light bulb? T homas Edison (though there is some contention over this with many believing Warren de La Rue or Nikola Tesla got there first) 7. What harmful chemical was a staple ingredient in make-up in the 1500s? Lead. White lead was used as a skin whitener and Queen Elizabeth I was a noted user of the product. Lead poisoning didn’t kill the queen, but it did kill the Countess of Coventry! 8. What is the name for the body's natural or acquired ability to resist certain diseases? I mmunity 9. The psychological test of human emotions and personality, using inkblots, is formally known as what? The Rorschach test 10. Which tree's bark is used to produce aspirin? The white willow tree