Physics/Poetry… As well as being a great physicist, James Clerk Maxwell was also a published poet.  What rhyming word or words are missing from his poem 'Lectures to Women on Physical Science'?

To mirror heaven those eyes were given,
And not for methods of ---------.

• illumination
• precision
• multiplication

Chemistry/Home Economics… What did the chemist Joseph Priestley invent in the 1770s that became very popular at the time and is still popular today?

• Chocolate
• Popcorn
• Fizzy water

Biology/Zoology… Which of these is a made up animal?

• Liger - a cross between a lion and a tiger
• Zonkey - a cross between a zebra and a donkey
• Rhinopotamus - a cross between a rhino and a hippo

P.E.… If you were asked to exercise your sartorius, what would you be exercising?

• Your dog
• Your choice
• One of your thigh muscles 

English… According to the Oxford English Dictionary, what do you call more than one octopus?

• Octopodes
• Multipus
• Octoplus

French… The French mathematician Le Verrier is credited with calculating the position and discovery of which planet?

• Mars
• Neptune
• Earth

Art… Red vermilion paint contains a toxic substance, what is it?

• Cochineal
• Broccoli
• Mercury

Geography… From which country does the European Space Agency launch its spacecraft and satellites?

• Kourou, French Guiana in South America
• Houston, Texas in the USA
• Vienna, Austria in Europe

History… Some ancient monuments are thought to have been built for astronomical reasons, possibly because the builders worshipped the Sun, Moon or stars.  Which one of these is the oldest, being build around 3150BC.

• The Eygyptian Pyramids in Egypt
• Newgrange in Ireland
• The Eiffel Tower in Paris

Maths… Take the number of stomach compartments that a cow has and add the number of eyes a tarantula has, then subtract the number of legs an insect has… what number do you get?

• 6
• 60
• 600