General Science

Question 1

What adjective may describe both a star with an unusually high velocity, and an electron that acquires energy from an electric field at a greater rate than it loses through particle collision?

Answer 1

Runaway

Question 2

The chemical symbols for uranium and antimony may be concatenated to give the abbreviation for which piece of computer technology?

Answer 2

USB

Question 3

What blue-green pigment, common in medieval manuscripts, could be created by exposing copper or brass to vinegar, wine lees, or urine?

Answer 3

Verdigris

Question 4

In chemistry, this term refers to a continuous solid phase in which particles are embedded; in geology, it’s a fine-grained rock in which coarser-grained material is embedded; in mathematics, it’s a set of quantities in a rectangular array. What is the word in question?

Answer 4

Matrix