Famous Scientists
25 questionsTest your knowledge of famous scientists and their discoveries. From Newton to Curie to Hawking.
Who developed the theory of gravity and the laws of motion?
The correct answer is C. Isaac Newton
Who developed the theory of relativity (E = mc²)?
The correct answer is A. Albert Einstein
Who discovered penicillin?
The correct answer is A. Alexander Fleming
Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
The correct answer is B. Charles Darwin
Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in which two fields?
The correct answer is C. Physics and Chemistry
Who invented the light bulb (practical incandescent)?
The correct answer is D. Thomas Edison
Who discovered radioactivity (and coined the term)?
The correct answer is C. Marie Curie
Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
The correct answer is C. Jonas Salk
Who is known for the heliocentric model of the solar system?
The correct answer is C. Nicolaus Copernicus
Who invented the telephone?
The correct answer is A. Alexander Graham Bell
Who discovered the structure of DNA (double helix) with Watson?
The correct answer is A. Francis Crick
Who developed the smallpox vaccine?
The correct answer is A. Edward Jenner
Who is known for the laws of planetary motion?
The correct answer is C. Johannes Kepler
Who invented the telescope and used it for astronomical observations?
The correct answer is B. Galileo Galilei
Who developed the theory of electromagnetism?
The correct answer is A. James Clerk Maxwell
Who proposed the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics?
The correct answer is D. Werner Heisenberg
Who discovered X-rays?
The correct answer is D. Wilhelm Röntgen
Who developed the periodic table of elements?
The correct answer is B. Dmitri Mendeleev
Who is known for the theory of black holes and wrote A Brief History of Time?
The correct answer is D. Stephen Hawking
Who discovered radium and polonium?
The correct answer is C. Marie Curie
Who formulated the law of universal gravitation?
The correct answer is C. Isaac Newton
Who discovered the neutron?
The correct answer is C. James Chadwick
Who developed the theory of continental drift?
The correct answer is A. Alfred Wegener
Who discovered the electron?
The correct answer is B. J.J. Thomson
Who is known for the discovery of the circulation of blood?
The correct answer is D. William Harvey
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