From Physics to Chemistry and Biology, the great minds of the past gave us the technology we take for granted today: Immunizations, microwaves, electricity - and so much more. How much do you know about the great discoveries that shook the knowledge of the world as we know it, and brought about new periods of scientific progression? This test will ask you some tough questions, so do your best and good luck!
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The theory of gravity was first discovered by...
Sir Isaac Newton discovered the theory of gravity and also expressed it mathematically
It was one Louis Pasteur who discovered that... (hint: there is more than one correct answer)
Pasteur developed practices that are still used today for preventing disease in silkworm eggs. Using his germ theory of disease, he also developed vaccines for chicken cholera, anthrax, and rabies.
new vaccines to immunize farm animals
How to create antidotes
How to make antibiotics
How to destroy bacteria with heat
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The discovery of Penicillin, the first antibiotic, was found in the year...
it was 1928, one year before the great depression.
1931
1899
1812
1928
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And it was discovered by...
it was Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician, who discovered it.
Francis Crick
Alexander Fleming
James Watson
Dimitry Mendelev
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He found penicillin by noticing that...
Fleming found that bacteria would not spread to the moldy areas and indeed died there.
Bacteria dies on contact with white blood cells
Bacteria can't survive in alcohol
Bacteria does not spread in cold conditions
Bacteria did not spread to moldy parts of bread
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It was Wilhelm Roentgen, a German Physicist, who first discovered...
He discovered X-Rays, for which he won the 1st ever Nobel prize in 1901.
The Periodic Table
Theory of Relativity
Quantum Theory
X-Rays
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He Made This Discovery in the year...
It was the end of the 19th century when he made his discovery - 1895.
1915
1895
1875
1924
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Before this man's discovery, we believed the sun revolved around the earth.
It was Copernicus who first discovered this, and it was considered blasphemy to suggest this.
Johannes Kepler
Nicholas Copernicus
Giovanni Cassini
Galileo Galilei
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Was Marie Curie ever awarded a Nobel prize for her discoveries on radiation and heavy elements?
Yes, she was awarded it along with Pierre Curie in 1903.
No
Yes
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Who discovered the HIV virus and its connection to the AIDS disease?
Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo discovered the HIV virus in 1983.
Sir. David Fletcher of England and Brooke Adams of the United States
Henry Moseley of England and Barak Shalom of Israel
Niels Bohr of Denmark
Luc Montagnier of France and Robert Gallo of the United States
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Niels Bohr was awarded the 1922 Nobel prize for his work on...
He was also instrumental in the research of the structure of an atom.
Quantum theory
Discovery of Black Matter
String theory
Discovery of Black Holes
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When was the very first gasoline-powered automobile with an internal combustion engine made?
It was 1885 when the design most similar to today's automobiles started running.
1795
1823
1885
1912
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