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1 What acid is in a lead-acid car battery?
A (Dilute) Sulphuric
2 What nationality was chemist Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize?
A Swedish (Born 21st October 1833, Stockholm, Sweden)
3 What do the letters LED stand for, as in flat-screen televisions?
A Light Emitting Diode (a semiconductor diode which glows when a voltage is applied)
4 What is the scientific name for the study of blood?
A Haematology
5 What does the ‘G’ in 3G and 4G stand for as in mobile telecommunications?
A Generation (Third and Fourth Generation)
6 What is the better-known name for the white crystalline powder diacetylmorphine?
A Heroin (it was pharmaceutical company Bayer’s original trade name)
7 What is the International Unit for frequency?
A Hertz (one hertz is the same as one cycle per second)
8 In forensic science, what does the ‘F’ in AFIS stand for?
A Fingerprint (Automated Fingerprint Identification System)
9 At least how many connecting terminals does a transistor have?
A Three
10 Under what circumstances might you be administered sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride, in that order?
A Lethal injection (as used to execute prisoners in the USA, it is also used in euthanasia)