London Blog

SameAs Christmas Science And Technology Quiz Part 2

Yesterday, I facted you with questions about robots, sound and the web. Today, I’ve pasted in three more rounds from the SameAs Christmas quiz, which was held in Shoreditch on Monday night. See how well you would have fared.

By the way, photos of the quiz are now available over on Flickr.

Name the font

fontsquiz.JPG

Space Round

1. In early US space flights, Mercury capsules carried one astronaut, Apollo capsules could squeeze in three, but what was the name of the space ship that bridged these two designs and could carry two astronauts?

2. Which planet has 27 known moons, all of which are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope?

3. What was the first alcoholic drink to be supped on the moon?

4. In which country would you find the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world’s largest space launch facility?

5. What does Quasar stand for?

6. In 2003, Britain sent the unsuccessful Beagle 2 probe to Mars. Can you name (a) the famous Britpop band who composed the probe’s call sign; and (b) the famous artist who designed the test plate for calibrating its cameras?

London Sci-tech

1. What technology was first publicly demonstrated in the upstairs room of what is now Bar Italia, on Frith Street, Soho?

2. Which London university has its main campus just north of the Science Museum in South Kensington?

3. Who of the following is NOT commemorated with a museum in London? Alexander Fleming, Benjamin Franklin, Florence Nightingale, Edward Jenner.

4. Which anniversary did the Royal Society celebrate in 2010 with a week-long extravaganza at the Southbank Centre?

5. Name the two stations on the London Overground (formerly the East London Line) connected by Brunel’s Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel in the world to be constructed under a major river.

6. Which scientist is commemorated with statues near Embankment and inside the Royal Institution, as well as having an oddly placed memorial in the middle of the Elephant and Castle roundabout?

More fun tomorrow…but let us know how you think you’’ve done in the comments below.

Comments

  1. Report this comment

    Eva Amsen said:

    !!!!!! OBJECTION! This Font number 1 I would have  instantly recognized as the correct answer, but this was NOT the font shown on our sheet on Monday night! It was a different one with weird flowy extensions on the letters. I was telling my team mates "It can’t be [correct answer] because that looks like kids handwriting" THIS does, but not the one on our sheet!

  2. Report this comment

    Lou Woodley said:

    We still came 3rd, Eva 😉 Not sure even normalising the result for the mistake would have helped us win!!

  3. Report this comment

    Eva Amsen said:

    If we had this AND not wrongified the two questions that we got correct the first guess, would we have been second? So close! =)

  4. Report this comment

    Matt Brown said:

    Sorry about that, Eva. I didn’t think for a second that their printer wouldn’t have such a common font.

Comments are closed.