Famous Scientists Quiz
Instructions: How well do you remember the great minds of science? Test your recall of famous scientists and their contributions.
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Who developed the theory of general relativity?
AIsaac NewtonBMax PlanckCAlbert EinsteinDNiels Bohr - 2.
Which scientist is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928?
ALouis PasteurBJoseph ListerCAlexander FlemingDRobert Koch - 3.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
ADorothy HodgkinBLise MeitnerCMarie CurieDRosalind Franklin - 4.
Which scientist formulated the three laws of motion?
AGalileo GalileiBIsaac NewtonCJohannes KeplerDRobert Hooke - 5.
Who is known as the 'father of modern chemistry'?
AJohn DaltonBRobert BoyleCDmitri MendeleevDAntoine Lavoisier - 6.
Which scientist proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
ANicolaus CopernicusBTycho BraheCGalileo GalileiDPtolemy - 7.
Who discovered the structure of DNA along with James Watson?
AFrancis CrickBLinus PaulingCErwin ChargaffDMaurice Wilkins - 8.
Which physicist is famous for his uncertainty principle?
APaul DiracBWerner HeisenbergCErwin SchrödingerDWolfgang Pauli - 9.
Who invented the first practical telephone?
AThomas EdisonBGuglielmo MarconiCAlexander Graham BellDNikola Tesla - 10.
Which naturalist is best known for his theory of evolution by natural selection?
ACharles DarwinBJean-Baptiste LamarckCAlfred Russel WallaceDGregor Mendel - 11.
Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
AAlbert SabinBJonas SalkCEdward JennerDLouis Pasteur - 12.
Which scientist is known for his work with electricity and the invention of the lightning rod?
AThomas EdisonBBenjamin FranklinCMichael FaradayDAlessandro Volta - 13.
Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
AMarc AndreessenBTim Berners-LeeCRobert KahnDVint Cerf - 14.
Which astronomer discovered that the universe is expanding?
AEdwin HubbleBFred HoyleCCarl SaganDStephen Hawking - 15.
Who developed the periodic table of elements?
ADmitri MendeleevBHenry MoseleyCJohn DaltonDAntoine Lavoisier