Round 1: Science
1. Which chemical element was first identified in solar absorption spectra before it was
discovered on Earth?
2. In the following list of planetary moons, which is the odd one out?
a) Charon,
b) Deimos,
c) Europa,
d) Titan.
3. How many Noble gases are there?
4. At what temperature do the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales intersect?
5. Which “space first” was achieved by Toyohiro Akiyama in 1991?
6. In 1965 who became the first person to complete a space walk.
7. Who is known as the father of Modern Chemistry?
8. To the nearest kilometre, what is the circumference of the main ring of the Large
Hadron Collider?
a) 15 km
b) 21 km
c) 27 km
d) 31 km
9. Gallileo Gallilei spent a considerable time under house arrest after he fell foul of
which Pope?
10. Would a pendulum clock on the equator would run slower, faster or identical to a pendulum
clock on the North pole?
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2. History:
1. What did Dr John S. Pemberton concoct in his backyard in 1886?
2. In what year was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
3. Who made the first telephone call to the moon?
4. On which island was Napoleon born?
5. The Aqualung was the original name for the first scuba diving equipment, developed
& patented in 1943 by Emile Gagnan and who else?
6. In America, what became the 50th state to enter the Union in 1959?
7. In 1893 which country became the first to allow women to vote?
8. What type of sweet/candy did Mr. Mars and Mr. Murrie co-develop in 1941?
9. Which English monarch was posthumously known as “the Hammer of the Scots” and
features as the rather unflattering baddie in the movie “Braveheart” ?
10. In 1582 the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian Calendar. By how many minutes
is a Gregorian Year shorter than a Julian Year?
a) 3 minutes
b) 11 minutes
c) 118 minutes
d) 360 minutes
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Round 3: First Picture Round 1
Name the Famous physicists in the numbered circles
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Round 4- Stage Names
We will give you the real names as they appear on the birth certificate of well known
celebrities. Gives us the corresponding stage-name by which they are better known:
For example: Natalie Hershlag is better known to us as Natalie Portman.
1. Alecia Moore.
2. Allen Konigsberg.
3. Carlos Irwin Estevez.
4. Calvin Broadus.
5. Curtis Jackson.
6. David Evans.
7. Maurice Micklewhite.
8. Robyn Fenty.
9. Steffani Germanotta.
10. Terry Gene Bollea.
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Round 5: Name the Equation
Give the Name or Names of the Physicist or scientist most usually associated with each
of the following equations.
P + (1/2)ρ
ρv2 + ρgh = Const
S = k. log (W)
P = eσ
σAT4
T = B/λ
λmax
R = (2Gm)/c2
F = G.m1.m2/r2
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Round 7. Geography
1. What is the capital city of the independent state of Kosovo?
2. What is the largest island within the territorial waters off the Irish coast – both
Northern & Southern)?
3. Central Baghdad lies on which river
4. The Strait of Otranto lies between Italy and which other country
5. At what city do the Blue Nile and the While Nile converge
6. What is the only Central American country without an Atlantic coast
7. If you travel directly east from New York City, which continental country will you reach
first?
a) Morocco
b) Portugal
c) Spain
d) France
8. What is the Capital City of Kyrgyzstan?
9. Name the country that shares borders with Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon. Central
African Republic and Sudan.
10. Which of the following countries has a national flag which is not solely made up of
the colours blue & white?
a) Greece
b) Ukraine
c) Honduras
d) Israel
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Round 8: Second Picture Round
Identify the country associated with each of the following National Flags
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Head to Head 1
1) How many magnets does the LHC contain?
a) 300
b) 3500
c) 9300
d) 1400
2) At full power, what is the maximum energy the two beams of protons will reach?
3) A cell divides every minute into 2 cells. A scientist places a single cell into a petri dish at
15.00. She comes back at 17.00 to find the jar is exactly full. At what time is it half full?
a) 16.00
b) 16.45
c) 15.20
d)16.59
4) What is the terminal velocity of a typical raindrop?
a) 1m/s
b) 9m/s
c) 20m/s
d) 30 m/s
5) What is the name of the NASA Space Shuttle which is currently on its final mission?
6) In the Star War films the imperial TIE Fighters are propelled by ion engines. (TIE - Twin Ion
Engine) Fact or fiction?
7) Which James Bond film features the nuclear physicist Dr Christmas Jones acted by Denise
Richards?
8) What is the windiest planet?
9) In the 10,000 years before the Industrial Revolution in 1751, carbon dioxide levels rose less
than 1%. Since then they've risen by:
a) 11%
b) 37%
c) 62%
10) Where is the Kuiper Belt?
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Head to Head 2
1) At full power, how many times a second will the beams of protons travel around the LHC
accelerator ring?
a) 1,540 times a second
b) 11,245 times a second
c) 105,322 times a second
2) Strangford lough tidal power station has a 1.2 MegaWatt capacity. How many homes can this
power?
a) 10 homes
b) 100 homes
c) 1000 homes
d) 10,000 homes
3) What is the maximum distance from the suns centre to the centre of mass of our solar
system?
a) 1.3 Km
b) 1300 Km
c) 1,300,000 Km
4) By what name is the “Corvid” family of Irish birds more commonly known?
5) Who won the Nobel prize for physics in 2010?
6) Which of the following clouds develop in the stratosphere: Cumulus, nacreous or noctilucent?
7) Who said: I don't believe in mathematics.
8) Who on the Irish team hit the fastest century in World Cup history when they beat England in
cricket on Wednesday two days ago?
9) What is barophobia the fear of?
10) To the nearest 5 decibels, what level of decibels is associated with a rocket launch?
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