Statistics for Science General Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the main colour that copper salts emit when burnt?	Green	75%
How many moons does the dwarf planet pluto have?	5	72%
On what scale are Earth quakes measured?	Richter	69%
Which scientist who now has a car named after him was involved in setting up the current alternating current system?	Nikola Tesla	68%
What is the largest lizard known to man?	Komodo dragon	65%
Which plant also known as dionaea muscipula is type of carnivorous plant?	Venus flytrap	62%
Who was the first person to recieve 2 nobel prizes?	Marie Curie	55%
What word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for Iodine, potassium and tellurium?	KITe	52%
Consumption is the former name for what disease?	Tuberculosis	33%
What country offered Albert Einstein its presidency?	Israel	32%
Whose constant is roughly 6.022x10^23, and is used to display number of atoms in a mol?	Avogadro's	31%
What is the closest star to Earth, not including the sun?	Proxima centauri	28%
What 'ology' is the study of fish?	Ichthyology	18%
What gemstone is both the stone for June and has the chemical composition CaCO3?	Pearl	16%
What commonly used product contains the most toxic poison known to man?	Botox	13%