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1 What is the more common name for Trinitrotoluene (tri·ni·tro·tol·u·ene)?
A TNT [formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3]
2 Which planet in our solar system has a Great Red Spot?
A Jupiter
3 What colour would litmus paper turn if you rubbed it on damp laundry powder?
A Blue (it’s an alkali)
4 The name of which chemical element means water producing?
A Hydrogen (the most abundant chemical substance in the universe)
5 In mobile communications, what does SIM stand for as in SIM card?
A Subscriber Identity Module or Subscriber Identification Module
6 Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek received the first recorded electric shock in 1746, whilst inventing which electrical storage device?
A The Leiden Jar (also invented independently by German cleric Ewald Georg von Kleist)
7 What is the more common name for sodium hydroxide?
A Caustic soda (bleach is sodium hypochlorite or a mixture of sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide)
8 What sort of front is symbolised on a weather map by a line with semicircles?
A Warm Front
9 What in the International System of Units, abbreviated to SI, is a unit of Force?
A Newton
10 The Northern Lights are the Aurora Borealis; what are the Southern lights?
A Aurora Australis