What can you tell us about Science?

What can you tell us about Science?

Question 1 of 10

Objects in the solar system are not usually named for their discoverers, with one notable exception. What would that be?

Question 2 of 10

Popular with druids, what Christmas-connected aerial parasite has poisonous berries and gets its name from a Scandinavian word meaning "dung"?

Question 3 of 10

The Aztecs considered the swallowtail the reincarnation of the goddess Xochiquetzal, their version of Venus. What is a swallowtail?

Question 4 of 10

Eagles and boobies exhibit "obligate siblicide." What is this?

Question 5 of 10

Nowadays, the BTU is defined as 1055 of what metric unit?

Question 6 of 10

In my book "Dialogue on Great World Systems," I made fun of a friend by putting his arguments in the mouth of a fool. Unfortunately, my friend had become Pope Urban VIII. Who am I?

Question 7 of 10

What Swedish American helped discover 10 elements, including element 106, which is named for him?

Question 8 of 10

What important ore for lead shares its name with the Illinois city where Ulysses S Grant was born?

Question 9 of 10

When Neil Armstrong landed on a new world, he had with him a recording of whose New World Symphony?

Question 10 of 10

What is another name for salt?

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