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Don’t forget to email the score of your winning team to [email protected]
by 21st November 2009to be entered into the prize draw, please include a contact name and address for the distribution
of prizes.
Any feedback would also be much appreciated, including how the quiz was
organised and how many pupils participated.
Happy Chemistry Week
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National Chemistry Week 2009
Year 9 ‘Pub Quiz’
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Round 1
Food and Films
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Complete the names of the films all with foods in their titles
1. The ………… of Wrath 2. Willy Wonka and the ………… Factory 3. Goodbye Mr ………… 4. The ………… Drop Kid 5. Fried Green …………6. Mystic …………7. American …………8. Attack of the Killer …………9. Layer …………10. A Clockwork …………
Round 1
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Round 2
Food Chemistry
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1. Which vitamin is associated with fruits such as lemons,
limes and grapefruit ?
a) A
b) B12
c) C
d) K
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2. What is an ‘E number’ ?
a) European shoe size
b) Food additive number
c) Number of euros to the pound
d) Number of essential oils in food
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3. Which gas is used to make ‘fizzy drinks’ ?
a) nitrogen
b) carbon monoxide
c) argon
d) carbon dioxide
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4. NPK fertilizers are used in farming. What do the letters
‘NPK’ stand for ?
a) nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
b) nitrogen, potassium and kaolin
c) Natural ProducKt
d) nitrogen per kilo
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5. Which is thought to be the best source of calcium ?
a) green vegetables
b) diary products
c) red meat
d) fish
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6. Sugar is a carbohydrate. Which chemical elements are
in sugar?
a) carbon and hydrogen only
b) carbon and water
c) carbon and oxygen only
d) carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
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7. Salt is used to preserve and flavour food. What is the correct formula for salt ?
a) NaCL
b) SoCl
c) NaCl
d) SCh
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8. Is the vinegar in the kitchen cupboard …
a) an acid
b) an alkali
c) Neutral
d) none of these ?
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9. Which one of the following is not made from milk ?
a) Cheese
b) Yoghurt
c) Butter
d) margarine
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10. Spinach and baked beans are good sources of iron in your diet. The chemical symbol for
iron is
a) I
b) Fe
c) Ir
d) F
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Round 3
Know your fruit
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1. In China the peach is a symbol of what?
a) Everlasting love
b) Financial gain
c) Cunning
d) Longevity and good luck
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2. A Tangelo is a cross between a tangerine and what?
a) Melon
b) Pear
c) Grapefruit
d) Lemon
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3. What is unusual about a banana tree?
a) It does not produce fruit until it is over a hundred years old
b) It thrives on salt water
c) The enormous red flowers bloom once every five years
d) It is a giant herb, not a tree
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4. What is another name for the tamarillo?
a) Hairy melon
b) Stinky pear
c) Ground apple
d) Tree tomato
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5. Which of the following fruits continues to ripen after it is
picked?
a) Strawberry
b) Kiwi
c) Tangerine
d) Pineapple
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6. What colour is a custard apple?
a) Brown
b) Red
c) Green
d) Yellow
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7. Which fruit has the highest oil content?
a) Peachb) Avocadoc) Olived) Mango
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8. What percentage of the watermelon is water?
a) 34b) 80c) 66d) 92
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9. Apple pips contain?
a) juiceb) Vitamin Hc) sodiumd) Cyanide
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10. Every year there are, on average, how many banana-
related accidents?
a) 20b) 300c) 100d) 50
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Round 4
Picture round
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Round 4 – Fruit and Nuts
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Round 5
In the Kitchen
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1. One of the reasons that a bee sting is so painful is that its sting is acidic.
Which one of the following household chemicals might bring some pain relief?
a) Vinegar
b) Lemon Juice
c) Bicarbonate of Soda (Baking Powder)
d) Water
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2. What is the correct name for ‘natural gas’ (the mains gas used to for both
heating and cooking)?
a) Methane
b) Ethane
c) Butane
d) Propane
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3. Which of the following things that you might find in a kitchen CANNOT be used
as an acid-base indicator?
a) Blackcurrants
b) Raspberries
c) Apples
d) Red Cabbage
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4. A chemical sometimes found in first aid kits is iodine solution. What is used
for?
a) Smelling Salts
b) Eye Drops
c) An Anaesthetic
d) An Antiseptic
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5. Which of the following is NOT a plastic?
a) Polypropylene
b) Polystyrene
c) Poly Vinyl Chloride
d) Polyphonic
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6. A chemical that can be used as bleach, a disinfectant and an antiseptic has the
chemical formula H2O2. What is its name?
a) Water
b) Hypoxide
c) Hydrogen Peroxide
d) Heavy Water
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7. Which of the following substance is NOT used as a way of preserving food?
a) Sugar
b) Salt
c) Vinegar
d) Milk
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8. Old thermometers used to contain the element mercury. What is the chemical
symbol for mercury?
a) Me
b) Mg
c) Pb
d) Hg
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9. What is the odourless, toxic gas that can be produced by faulty gas fires?
a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Hydrogen Cyanide
c) Carbon Monoxide
d) Hydrogen Sulphide
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10. Which combination of household substances would produce a reaction
that gives off carbon dioxide gas?
a) Vinegar and Milk
b) Water and Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Powder)
c) Vinegar and Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Powder)
d) Vinegar and Salt
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Round 6
Music Round
Allow approximately 10 minutes for this round
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Click on the speaker to play each track
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
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Tie breaker
If you have 4 bananas in one hand and 5 mangoes in the other,
what do you have?
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Tie breaker answer….
Big Hands!!
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Tiebreaker
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Fridge magnets are a common sight in many kitchens. Which of the following
metals is not magnetic?
a) Cobalt
b) Iron
c) Nickel
d) Magnesium
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Fridge magnets are a common sight in many kitchens. Which of the following
metals is not magnetic?
a) Cobalt
b) Iron
c) Nickel
d) Magnesium
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Answer Grids
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Complete the names of the films all with foods in their titles
1. The ………… of Wrath 2. Willy Wonka and the ………… Factory 3. Goodbye Mr ………… 4. The ………… Drop Kid 5. Fried Green …………6. Mystic …………7. American …………8. Attack of the Killer …………9. Layer …………10. A Clockwork …………
Round 1
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Round 2 Food chemistry
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Round 3 – Know your fruit
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Round 4 – Fruit and Nuts
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Round 5 Kitchen Chemistry
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Round 6 Music round
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Don’t forget to email the score of your winning team to [email protected]
to be entered into the prize draw, please include a contact name and address for the distribution
of prizes.
Any feedback would also be much appreciated.
Happy Chemistry Week