This quiz proves science doesn't have to be boring
Question 1 of 10
John Logie Baird is credited with which invention?
Question 2 of 10
What element, at atomic number 1, is therefore the "top of the charts," where the periodic table is concerned?
Question 3 of 10
In what decade did the Concorde make its first flight?
Question 4 of 10
By 1977, what dread disease had been contained to labs in Atlanta and in Koltsovo in Siberia?
Question 5 of 10
Which of these is one of the few good things you can say about smog?
Question 6 of 10
Craig Venter inserted a line from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man into a microbe he'd created, so what author's estate sent him a cease-and-desist letter?
Question 7 of 10
Ray Tomlinson sent the world's first email in which year?
Question 8 of 10
What type of cloud is fog?
Question 9 of 10
With a capital A, Amtrak is a passenger train system. Which a lower-case A, amtrak is an amphibious tractor, usually mostly for what purpose?
Question 10 of 10
A heavy-duty style of number crunching called sabermetrics gets its name from SABR, founded by a warehouse security guard named Bill James. What is the SABR?
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Do you know who these famous people from the 60s and 70s are?
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Who sang these famous pop songs?
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Everybody likes music, but how much do you know about it?