Q 01/05

In which year was dynamite patented?

A) 1867

B) 1871

C) 1876

D) 1885

Answer · why

A) 1867

Nobel took out patents in England in May and Sweden in October of that year.

Q 02/05

Dynamite is usually sold with a 'weight strength', or nitroglycerin content, in what range?

A) 5% to 15%

B) 20% to 60%

C) 70% to 90%

D) 95% to 100%

Answer · why

B) 20% to 60%

The rest is sorbent and stabiliser.

Q 03/05

Which Ancient Greek word, meaning 'power', gives dynamite its name?

A) Energeia

B) Kratos

C) Dynamis

D) Bia

Answer · why

C) Dynamis

Nobel had originally planned to call it Nobel's Safety Powder.

Q 04/05

In which country was dynamite invented, at Geesthacht?

A) Sweden

B) Norway

C) France

D) Germany

Answer · why

D) Germany

Nobel had moved there after founding Dynamit Nobel.

Q 05/05

Which Italian chemist first synthesised nitroglycerin in the 1840s?

A) Stanislao Cannizzaro

B) Giulio Natta

C) Amedeo Avogadro

D) Ascanio Sobrero

Answer · why

D) Ascanio Sobrero

He called it pyroglycerin and warned vigorously against using it as an explosive.