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Science Trivia Questions: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. Dry ice is the solid form of which substance?

    1. Helium
    2. Nitrogen
    3. Methane
    4. Carbon dioxide

  2. Your skin makes which vitamin when it is exposed to sunlight?

    1. Vitamin C
    2. Vitamin A
    3. Vitamin D
    4. Vitamin B12

  3. Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

    1. Joseph Lister
    2. Louis Pasteur
    3. Jonas Salk
    4. Alexander Fleming

  4. What color does blue litmus paper turn when it is dipped in an acid?

    1. Purple
    2. Green
    3. Red
    4. Yellow

  5. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

    1. So
    2. S
    3. Sn
    4. Na

  6. Which unit is used to measure frequency, in cycles per second?

    1. Watt
    2. Joule
    3. Newton
    4. Hertz

  7. What does DNA stand for?

    1. Deoxyribose nitrogen acid
    2. Dual nucleotide acid
    3. Deoxyribonucleic acid
    4. Dinucleic amino acid

  8. Which animals are the only mammals capable of true, sustained flight?

    1. Flying squirrels
    2. Sugar gliders
    3. Bats
    4. Colugos

  9. What is the scientific study of fungi called?

    1. Entomology
    2. Phycology
    3. Virology
    4. Mycology

  10. Marie Curie named which element after her native country?

    1. Francium
    2. Curium
    3. Radium
    4. Polonium

Answer key

  1. Carbon dioxide (D)

    It skips the liquid stage entirely, turning straight into gas at about −109°F (−78.5°C).

  2. Vitamin D (C)

    Ultraviolet B rays kick off its production, and the vitamin helps your body absorb calcium for strong bones.

  3. Alexander Fleming (D)

    He noticed a stray mold killing bacteria on a culture plate left out at St. Mary's Hospital in London.

  4. Red (C)

    Litmus dye comes from lichens, and red litmus paper turns blue in a base.

  5. Na (D)

    Na comes from natrium, its Latin name; Sn is the symbol for tin and S is sulfur.

  6. Hertz (D)

    It honors German physicist Heinrich Hertz, who proved that radio waves exist in the late 1880s.

  7. Deoxyribonucleic acid (C)

    In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick described its double helix, drawing on X-ray work by Rosalind Franklin.

  8. Bats (C)

    Flying squirrels, sugar gliders and colugos can only glide, using flaps of skin stretched between their limbs.

  9. Mycology (D)

    Surprisingly, fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.

  10. Polonium (D)

    In 1898 Poland was split among neighboring empires, and she hoped the name would draw attention to its cause.

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