Question cards

A set of colourful cards with intriguing multiple-choice physics questions.

Challenge yourself to see if you know all the answers!

Before sneaking a look at the answers you can text your responses to the number shown to find out if you are correct. There is a Republic of Ireland number and a UK number that can be texted. Standard network charges apply in each case. Supported by Discover Science and Engineering

Question Card 8
  • The Spire, Dublin
  • Eiffel Tower, Paris
  • Taj Mahal, New Delhi

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Question card 9
  • Yes
  • No
  • Need more information

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Question card 10
  • Barrow, Alaska 
  • Singapore 
  • Buenos Aires 

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Question card 11
  • zero gravity 
  • vacuum 
  • sealed container

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  • Hundred?
  • Thousand?
  • Million?

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  • month?
  • year?
  • decade?

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  • 31?
  • 310?
  • 3100?

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  • Slower?
  • Faster?
  • Identical?

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Which can will get to the bottom first:

  • the liquid one?
  • the frozen one?
  • both at the same time?

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Would the ball move at about:

  • 4 cm/s?
  • 4 m/s?
  • 4 km/s?

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Would the candle:

  • not light at all?
  • burn dimly for a while?
  • briefly burn very brightly, then go out?

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To find out more you can download the answers (PDF, 81 KB)

If you found these questions interesting find out about more fascinating facts at www.physics.org/facts - such as 'You could hang 40Kg off a gecko and it wouldn't fall off the ceiling'.

Like to try a recent Institute of Physics in Ireland Intervarsity Quiz on a mixture of physics and general knowledge? See our 2009 quiz (PDF, 249 KB) and 2010 quiz (PDF, 61 KB).



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