The Butterfly Effect is summed up in the title “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” What does it refer to?

• Pandemonium Principle
• The latest film from Pixar
• Chaos Theory

Mayhem broke out amongst Britain’s farmers on 20 February 2001, the day that the country's worst epidemic disease broke out. What was it called?

• BSE
• Foot-and-mouth
• Hand-and-eye

Piranha fish go into a frenzy when food is near but how do they know if a creature is worth eating or not?

• They read the label
• Their bodies are covered in taste buds
• They have a special fin that detects the size of prey

Traffic jams are guaranteed to cause mayhem. Blockages in our arteries are much more worrying. Beta blockers and even an extract from the common foxglove are used to treat which important organ?

• Kidney
• Hammond
• Heart

May sees the annual Gloucestershire 'Cheese Rolling’ competition. Imagine the pandemonium as ‘rollers’ scramble after their wayward Double Gloucesters! To make cheese, rennet is added.  What does it do?

• Curdles the milk
• Turns it blue
• Flavours the milk

The breakup of large nuclei into two nearly equal fragments is called nuclear fission.  This causes a chain reaction which is the basis of nuclear power. Which element is commonly used in nuclear reactors?

• Earth
• Uranium
• Silicon

Storms can cause a bit of a stir amongst our four-legged friends.  But what famous scientist flew his kite in a thunderstorm to prove that lightning is a form of electricity?

• Franklin
• Frank Lee Brainless
• Einstein

The entropy - or disorder - of a closed system always increases. Put simply, things fall apart, eventually. Which law states this?

• Murphy’s Law
• The Zillionth Law of Thermodynamics
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics

May is traditionally time to dance the Morris. Take it away, Berkshire Bedlam! Off they go to ‘Strip the Willow’.  Willow is a very light wood used in what?   

• Cabers
• Footballs
• Cricket bats

Talking of mayhem, winds inside a tornado can swirl at close to 300 mph. Most tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate in an anti-clockwise direction while those in the South rotate clockwise. What are tornados sometimes known as? 

• Twisters
• Swirlers
• Twirlers