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Physics 55 questions.
The science of physics
Pub quiz question 7467 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The "Local Group" is made up of what?
  2. Answer: A: Galaxies, including the Milky Way
  3. Categories: Science (6) Physics (5) Astronomy (3) General Knowledge (7)
Pub quiz question 7653 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which unit is equal to around 19 trillion miles?
  2. Answer: A: Parsec.
  3. Categories: Science (3) Astronomy (3) Physics (3)
Pub quiz question 6290 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the closest start to the Earth?
  2. Answer: A: The sun
  3. Categories: Astronomy (1) Space (1) Physics (1)
Pub quiz question 7459 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Marin Rees; Arnold Wolfendale; Francis Graham-Smith; Martin Ryle?
  2. Answer: A: Astronomers Royal
  3. Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Science (6) Physics (5)
Pub quiz question 4998 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which European country produces more hydroelectricity per head of population than any other in the world?
  2. Answer: A: Norway
  3. Categories: Geography (7) Physics (7) Science (7) Technology (7)
Pub quiz question 339 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What measurement was originally defined as "1⁄10,000,000 of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole measured on the circumference through Paris,"in 1791 but was subsequently, and eventually, redefined using the speed of light in 1983?
  2. Answer: A: The metre.
  3. Categories: Physics (1) General Knowledge (2) Science (1)
Pub quiz question 5899 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which basic elementary particles were named after a line in the book 'Finnegans Wake?'
  2. Answer: A: Quarks
  3. Notes: *: From the line 'Three Quarks for Muster Mark'
  4. Categories: Science (6) Physics (5)
Pub quiz question 6437 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What are the sub-atomic particles that don't carry a charge?
  2. Answer: A: Neutron
  3. Categories: Science (2) Physics (2)
Pub quiz question 7421 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who (maybe) said, "If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker?"
  2. Answer: A: Albert Einstein
  3. Notes: *: On realising the consequences of his contribution to making atomic bombs possible.
  4. Categories: Science (6) People (7) Physics (5)
Pub quiz question 4870 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was give to the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth discovered by the first US satellite?
  2. Answer: A: Van Allen Belts
  3. Categories: Space (7) Physics (7) Technology (7) Science (7)