Wh-questions drive science

Who, what, why, when, where? If you can answer all these wh-questions pertaining to a particular object or phenomena, you will be considered wise - told one of my high school teachers. I didn't understand quite well what that means. We actually started a game finding answers to these questions for everything we see around and then gave up because we found we don't know all the answers for most of the things around us. However, now I understand the real meaning of what he meant. It is the curiosity of human mind that drives science. That has become my bread and butter now. And still we have hard time finding answers to all wh-questions pertaining to a particular object or phenomena. Amazing!