| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Unit for the mean distance from Earth to Sun | Astronomical Unit | 83%
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| The law that the entropy of the universe always increases over time | Second law of {thermodynamics} | 70%
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| Comes in up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom flavours | Quark | 66%
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| Taxonomic kingdom with no unused sections of DNA | Bacteria | 57%
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| Shape of the Earth | Oblate {spheroid} | 51%
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| Force responsible for spin and direction of hurricanes | Coriolis force | 34%
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| Virus which attacks white blood cells | Human {Immunodeficiency} Virus | 33%
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| New telescope primarily detecting infra-red light | James Webb Space Telescope | 31%
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| SI unit of capacitance | Farad | 30%
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| Transition metal, the only element starting with this letter | Vanadium | 30%
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| Function used by Bernhard Riemann to investigate prime numbers | Zeta function | 27%
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| Process used in desalination of sea water | {Reverse} {osmosis} | 26%
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| Sugar which, along with glucose, makes up lactose | Galactose | 24%
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| Fundamental force mediated by W and Z bosons | Weak nuclear force | 24%
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| Protein found in erythrocytes | Haemoglobin | 23%
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| Nitrogenous base found in ribonucleic acid but not deoxyribonucleic acid | Uracil | 23%
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| 4D construction made by joining the edges of two möbius strips together | Klein bottle | 21%
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| Prefix denoting 10^24 | Yotta | 21%
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| Carboxylic acid + alcohol -> _____ + water | Ester | 20%
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| Internal space of a blood vessel | Lumen | 20%
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| The point of an astronomical orbit closest to the sun | Perihelion | 20%
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| Famous function where all values are zero except at zero | Dirac delta function | 19%
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| Female German mathematician known for conservation laws and symmetries | Emmy Noether | 16%
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| Platonic solid made from connecting the midpoints of the faces of a cube | Octahedron | 14%
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| Subjective scale for measuring earthquake damage | Mercalli scale | 10%
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| Type of plant adapted to dry conditions | Xerophytes | 9%
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