Trivia Game

[MissAlice]

Simple, you ask a question and the next person has to answer it. If that person is correct, they ask a question underneath their answer. You can use google or any other resources to help you find what you're looking for.

I'll go first and try to be easy.

What is the chemical formula for water?

 

[Tiapan]

A. Dihydrogen oxide, H2O
Q. How many of Henry the Eighths wives were actually beheaded?

 

[Noaidi]

A. Two wives were beheaded.

Q. What is the title of the novel by Edward Abbey that inspired the radical environmental movement?

 

[MissAlice]

A. The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Q. What is the name of 44 Ru on the periodic table?

 

[Noaidi]

A. Ruthenium

Q. Who gave animals names such as Flint, David Greybeard and Figan?

 

[Rakhel]

A: Jane Goodall


Q: Who is the most downloaded woman?

 

[Skwim]

A. Kind of depends on who's counting, but you're probably thinking of Cindy Margolis.

Q. Name a mammal (a single species) that is the only member of its Order.

 

[Tiapan]

A. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata.

Q. What was the "Eye of Horus" used for in ancient Egyptian mathematics, medicine and engineering?

 

[Luminous]

A. To represent fractions.
Q. What is the temperature difference between the surface of these two things: the Sun and a lightning bolt on Earth?

 

[Akshara Dasa]

A. The average difference between the surface of the sun and a lightning bolt is 40059 degrees F.

Q. What is the average amount of rainfall in the amazon rainforest in a year?

 

[MissAlice]

A. 80 inches....maybe.

Q. How many main layers can the earth's atmosphere be divided in?

 

[Skwim]

A. Five, six if you count the ozone layer

Q. What does the equation

represent?

 

[Akshara Dasa]

A. the Golden Ratio

Q. what is the closest star, besides the sun, to our solar system?

 

[MissAlice]

A. Proxima Centauri.

Q. Which two planets in our solar system have no moons?

 

[Tiapan]

A. Venus and Mercury

Q. Which country has a territorial claim of over 50% of the Antarctic?

 

[MissAlice]

A. British Antarctic Territory

Q. What two countries do not use the decimal system?

 

[Levite]

Q. What two countries do not use the decimal system?

A: The USA and Liberia (and/or possibly Burma)

Q: From what natural resource was acetylsalicylic acid originally derived?

 

[Peacewise]

A. willow bark.

Q. Is pushing against a wall with your hands, an isometric, concentric or eccentric muscle contraction?