Famous Scientists Quiz

Question 1

Which scientist is credited with developing the theory of general relativity?

Accepted Answer

Albert Einstein

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Isaac Newton

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Niels Bohr

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Max Planck

Question 2

Marie Curie was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. Which two?

Accepted Answer

Physics and Chemistry

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Chemistry and Biology

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Physics and Medicine

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Chemistry and Medicine

Question 3

Charles Darwin published his theory of natural selection in which book?

Accepted Answer

The Origin of Species

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The Descent of Man

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On Natural History

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Voyage of the Beagle

Question 4

Isaac Newton famously developed his laws of motion after supposedly observing what?

Accepted Answer

An apple falling from a tree

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A star falling

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Water flowing in a river

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The moon rising

Question 5

Who discovered penicillin accidentally in 1928?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

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Louis Pasteur

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Joseph Lister

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Edward Jenner

Question 6

Galileo Galilei is known for improving the telescope and supporting which theory about the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Heliocentric — the Sun is at the centre

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Geocentric — Earth is at the centre

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The solar system is infinite

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Planets orbit in squares

Question 7

What did Nikola Tesla invent that powers most of our homes today?

Accepted Answer

Alternating current (AC)

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Direct current (DC)

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The electric light bulb

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The battery

Question 8

Stephen Hawking was best known for his work on which subject?

Accepted Answer

Black holes and theoretical cosmology

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Quantum mechanics and particle physics

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String theory and particle colliders

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DNA and molecular biology

Question 9

Who is known as the 'Father of Computing' and developed the Analytical Engine?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

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Alan Turing

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Ada Lovelace

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John von Neumann

Question 10

What did Gregor Mendel discover that founded the science of genetics?

Accepted Answer

The laws of inheritance through pea plant experiments

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DNA structure

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How genes mutate

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The human genome

Question 11

James Watson, Francis Crick, and Rosalind Franklin are associated with the discovery of what?

Accepted Answer

The DNA double helix structure

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The electron

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Penicillin

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The atom

Question 12

Which physicist developed quantum theory and introduced the concept of the quantum of energy?

Accepted Answer

Max Planck

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Niels Bohr

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Werner Heisenberg

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Erwin Schrödinger

Question 13

What is the Turing Test, developed by Alan Turing?

Accepted Answer

A test to determine whether a machine can exhibit human-like intelligence

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A test of computer processing speed

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A test for encryption strength

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A test for quantum computers

Question 14

Louis Pasteur developed vaccines for which two diseases?

Accepted Answer

Cholera and rabies

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Smallpox and measles

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Typhoid and polio

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TB and influenza

Question 15

Who co-discovered the electron in 1897?

Accepted Answer

J.J. Thomson

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Ernest Rutherford

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Niels Bohr

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Max Planck

Question 16

Carl Linnaeus created what system still used in biology today?

Accepted Answer

Binomial nomenclature (scientific naming of species)

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The food chain classification system

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The geological time scale

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The periodic table of elements

Question 17

Which scientist gave her name to the element curium (Cm)?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

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Lise Meitner

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Dorothy Hodgkin

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Rosalind Franklin

Question 18

What did Edwin Hubble discover that changed our view of the universe?

Accepted Answer

That the universe is expanding and contains billions of galaxies

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The Big Bang

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The existence of dark matter

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The speed of light

Question 19

Richard Feynman was famous for his contributions to which field of physics?

Accepted Answer

Quantum electrodynamics (QED)

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Relativity

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Nuclear fission

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Thermodynamics

Question 20

Which scientist first proposed that continents were once joined together in a supercontinent?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

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Charles Lyell

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James Hutton

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Arthur Holmes