Sci-Pi Trivia

Approximately how long is the DNA of your entire body?

• 108 km

• 108 million km

• 108 billion km

• 108 trillion km

Answer explanation

One of your cells contains 6 feet of DNA if you uncoiled each strand and placed them end to end. Do this for all your DNA, and the resulting strand would be 67 billion miles (108 billion km) long!

The same as about 150,000 round trips to the Moon.

What percentage of our entire solar system is the mass of the sun?

• 20%

• 50%

• 85%

• 99%

Answer explanation

Actually its 99.8%!

The Sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago in a giant, spinning cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula. Most of the nebula's material was pulled toward the center to form our Sun, which accounts for 99.8% of our solar system’s mass.

How many times does the letter "a" appear from 0-999 in word form?

• 226 times

• 168 times

• 16 times

• 0 times

Answer explanation

"a" does not appear at all from zero to nine-hundred, ninety-nine!

The first time "a" appears is in the word "one-thousand"

Erno Rubik was the inventor of the Rubik's Cube. Who is the first person to solve the cube?

• Erno Rubik

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Edison

• Alan Turing

Answer explanation

There are 43 quintillion possible different outcomes in a rubik's cube. It took Erno Rubik a month to solve his own invention!

(that's impressive considering there's no formulas back then)

Which of the following is NOT a discovery of Isaac Newton?

• Relativity

• Gravity

• Calculus

• Binomial Theorem

Answer explanation

Theory of Relativity was by Albert Einstein!

Which mathematician is considered the father of geometry?

• Pythagoras

• Euclid

• Pascal

• Archimedes

Answer explanation

There is whole section of geometry that is actually called Euclidian Geometry. Euclid wrote a book full of geometric proofs over 2300 years ago!

When was the first trigonometry ratios (sin, cos, tan) first recorded in history?

• 150 BC

• 530 BC

• 150 AD

• 500 AD

Answer explanation

The first known table of chords was produced by the Greek mathematician Hipparchus in about 140 BC. Although these tables have not survived, it is claimed that twelve books of tables of chords were written by Hipparchus. This makes Hipparchus the founder of trigonometry.

Who discovered that electric current can be produced by electromagnetism

• Michael Faraday

• Thomas Edison

• Nicolas Tesla

• Benjamin Franklin

Answer explanation

Michael Faraday's most important work was his invention of the electric motor in 1821. He also worked on magnetism, and later discovered how to make electromagnets, which are used in electric generators.

Which animal did Charles Darwin observe in his discovery of evolution in the galapagos islands?

• Bird

• Monkey

• Fish

• Bat

Answer explanation

On his visit to the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin also discovered several species of finches, species of passerine birds, that varied from island to island, which helped him to develop his theory of natural selection. Today, there are a total of 14 of which make up the group known as Darwin's finches.

Which of the following is NOT contributed by Stephen Hawking

• Black Hole Theory

• The Big Bang

• Gravitational Spacetime Singularities

• First light from gravitational wave source

Answer explanation

Discoveries made by Stephen Hawking are the following:

Gravitational and Spacetime Singularities.

The Big Bang Theory.

Is the End in Sight for Theoretical Physics?

Cosmological Inflation.

A brief History of Time.

Euclidean Quantum Gravity (Book)

Black Holes and Baby Universes.