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1 Who developed and marketed the first effective pocket electronic calculator in Britain?
A Clive Sinclair – Sinclair Cambridge Electronic Pocket Calculator. This was one of a series of small calculators developed by British inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair in the early 1970s and the first that were designed to be small and light enough to fit in the pocket.
2 Which 17th-century instrument maker, inventor, and steam pioneer first coined the use of horsepower?
A James Watt
3 Pure carbon can exist in two forms. What are they?
A Diamond and graphite
4 What was inventor Chester Carlson’s idea that has since been copied many, many times?
A Xerography, or the photocopying machine
5 Which chemical element is also called quicksilver?
A Mercury
6 What is the science and study of drugs and their effects called?
A Pharmacology
7 What type of rock forms marble when metamorphosed by heat?
A Limestone (stonemasons use the term marble more broadly to encompass un-metamorphosed limestone)
8 In addition to protons and electrons, what other particle makes up an atom?
A Neutrons
9 Alfred Nobel famously invented dynamite; but what product still in everyday use did his father Emmanuel invent?
A Plywood
10 What is the main chemical pollutant that causes acid rain?
A Sulphur dioxide (H2SO4)