1. How many bones are there in an adult human skeleton?

206

2. Brass is an alloy made up of which two elements?

Copper and zinc

3. What does a seismologist study?

Earthquakes/seismic waves

4. What is the more common name for the scapula?

Shoulder blade

5. What shape is each face on a regular dodecahedron?

Pentagonal

6. What is the more commonly used name for iron pyrite?

Fool’s gold

7. A Bactrian camel is one with two humps – what term is used for a one-humped camel?

Dromedary/Arabian camel

8. Of what is ‘pedology’ the study?

Soils (in their natural environment)

9. Rhinoceros horns consist of which substance?

Keratin

10. How much does a cubic metre of water weigh?

One tonne