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Science trivia questions about chemical elements, the human body, space, physics, maths and famous scientists, ranked from common to legendary answers.
Science prompts range across the whole lab: chemical elements, bones and muscles of the human body, planets, moons, constellations, galaxies and comets, particles, units of measurement, laws of physics, mathematicians and their theorems.
Everyone says oxygen, the heart and Jupiter. Answers like the hyoid bone, Enceladus or the Higgs boson sit far below the waterline.
All 31 science prompts
Together they accept 1,975 answers. Each page shows the common answers and how deep the prompt goes.
- Name a chemical element118 answers
- Name a bone in the human body59 answers
- Name something in the Solar System, apart from the Sun68 answers
- Name a constellation89 answers
- Name a gemstone93 answers
- Name a famous scientist129 answers
- Name an organ of the human body96 answers
- Name a unit of measurement269 answers
- Name a disease232 answers
- Name a programming language178 answers
- Name a geometric shape148 answers
- Name a cloud type21 answers
- Name a particle in physics27 answers
- Name a space mission or spacecraft32 answers
- Name a galaxy23 answers
- Name a type of rock31 answers
- Name a branch of science29 answers
- Name an astronomer22 answers
- Name a star other than the Sun27 answers
- Name a moon of Jupiter or Saturn26 answers
- Name a space telescope or observatory26 answers
- Name a nebula24 answers
- Name a human muscle25 answers
- Name a human hormone25 answers
- Name a cell organelle or cellular structure24 answers
- Name a scientific measuring instrument25 answers
- Name a law or principle in physics23 answers
- Name a form of energy19 answers
- Name a mathematician24 answers
- Name a mathematical theorem21 answers
- Name a comet22 answers
Tips for rare science answers
- Count the small ones: tiny bones, minor moons and lesser-known particles are rare answers.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
- For people, think of the scientists behind a law or a unit you already know.
Science terms explained
How deep does your knowledge go?
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