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Who is famed for her pioneering work in radioactivity?

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Who is famed for his work on electricity?

Humphrey Davy

Alfred Nobel is most famous for his patent for what?

Dynamite

Which of these people is famed for his work on the atom?

Neils Bohr

Which current scientist is famous for his work on quantum cosmology?

Stephen Hawking

Which of these is famed for his work on DNA sequencing?

Frederick Sanger

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What was the name of the book published by Charles Darwin?

Origin of species Click to see the answer

Who is famous for his work on pea genetics?

Gregor Mendel

Which of these is a very famous scientist?

Albert Einstein

Which of these was a leading author, politician, scientist, inventor, and diplomat?

Benjamin Franklin

Which of these is famed for his work on the germ theory of disease?

Louis Pasteur

Who is famous for his work in wave mechanics?

Erwin Schrodinger

What is the name for scientists who focus on observations of the skies?

Astronomers

With which branch of science is Stephen Hawking mainly associated?

Physics

Which electrifying genius came up with the idea of alternating current?

Nikola Tesla

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What is the first name of the scientist who gave us Newton's three laws of motion?

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The process of pasteurization is named after which famous French microbiologist?

Louis Pasteur

Who is famous for his work on DNA?

Francis Crick

Who is famed for her work with primates?

Jane Goodall

Which of these is a famous philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer?

Rene Descartes

Which American neurosurgeon is known as the father of modern day brain surgery?

Harvey Cushing

Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?

Charles Darwin

Before Albert Einstein published his theories, whose was the dominant theory of gravity?

Isaac Newton

Which of these Nobel prizes was added in 1968?

Economics

Who is famous for his work on vitamins?

Frederick Hopkins

Which fictional doctor famously created a monster?

Victor Frankenstein

Who is famed for his work on the structure of the atom?

Ernest Rutherford

Who is famous for his work on general relativity?

Albert Einstein

Galileo is mainly associated with which branch of science?

Astronomy

Who is famous for his work on bombs?

Edward Teller

Edwin Hubble is mainly associated with which branch of science?

Astrophysics

Which of these men was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery?

Joseph Lister

What do the winners of the Nobel Prizes not receive?

A jacket

Forensic scientists might use which of the following to solve crimes?

All Of These

Who is famous for his work on the motion of planets?

Johannes Kepler

Anton van Leeuwenhoek is known for his improvement of and interest in what?

Microscopes

Which of these is a famous Italian scientist?

Leonardo da Vinci

Which of these is a famous physicist?

Max Planck

What can you thank Louis Pasteur for bringing you this morning?

Longlife Milk

Euclid was a very famous what?

Mathematician

Which engineer was said to have shouted 'Eureka!' from a bath tub?

Archimedes

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What flower is named after the botanist Dr Leonard Fuchs?

Fuchsia Click to see the answer

What date are Nobel Prize Ceremonies held every year?

10th Dec

Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?

Seismologist

Which of these women is famed for discovering a comet?

Maria Mitchell

Who accidentally discovered saccharin?

Constantin Fahlberg

Which astronomer spotted Neptune in the 1600s but apparently mistook it for a star?

Galileo Galilei

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Which family is the most successful when it comes to number of awarded Nobel Prizes?

The Curies Click to see the answer

Noam Chomsky is which kind of scientist?

Cognitive

Which of these was a physicist, inventor, mechanical and electrical engineer?

Nikola Tesla

Copernicus was famous for what in the 1600s?

Astronomy

Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden in what year?

1833

Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his work on quantum theory?

Max Planck

Francis Crick is famous within which branch of science?

Molecular Biology

Benjamin Franklin is mostly associated with discoveries in what?

Electricity

Alfred Nobel's family moved to what country in this youth?

Russia

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What fruit fell on Isaac Newton's head and lead to the discovery of gravity?

Apple Click to see the answer

Franz Boas was instrumental in developing modern what?

Anthropology

Which of these is not a branch of science?

Astrology

What is the name of a scientist who studies weather?

A meteorologist

Which of the following scientific disciplines can be awarded a Nobel Prize?

Physiology

What do we call someone who studies physics?

Physicist

Which Italian astronomer, 'father of modern science' was born on 15 February 1564?

Galileo Galilei

In which century was Isaac Newton born?

17th

Charles Darwin is most commonly associated with which branch of science?

Biology

Albert Einstein became a Swiss citizen, renouncing his citizenship to which country?

Germany

The prize money awarded for a Nobel prize in 1901 was how much in Swedish Crowns?

10,000,000

Which Einstein theory established that nothing can travel faster than light?

Special Relativity

Who founded comparative anatomy, the origin of Paleontology in the 1800s?

George Cuvier

Which of these is not a famous physicist?

Babe Ruth

When Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity he worked in what day job?

At a patent office

A scientist who studies the environment is known as a what?

Ecologist

Einstein rejected which physics theory by saying 'God doesn't play dice'?

Quantum Mechanics

Which of these is famed for work on the 'Psychology of the Unconscious'?

Sigmund Freud

Andreas Vesalius was well-known for his work in which area?

Anatomy

Which of these is famous for his work on eugenics?

Francis Galton

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Who is famed for her work on genetic regulation?

Barbara McClintock Click to see the answer

Who invented motor oil?

Charles Wakefield

Alfred Nobel's family moved to which country during his youth?

Russia

Who was the Audubon Society named in honor of?

John James Audubon

3 German Nobel Laureates declined the Prize as they were told to by who?

German government

Samuel Who created a code using dots and dashes?

Morse

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The two scientists who first worked out the structure of DNA were who?

Watson and Crick Click to see the answer

Which Nobel Peace Prize laureate also won the Nobel Prize in chemistry?

Linus Pauling

Which of these has a Nobel prize in physics?

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill won a Nobel Prize in which category?

Literature

How many scientists have claimed Nobel Prizes for Australia?

7

Who is famous for mapping the sky?

William Herschel

Ernest Rutherford was famous in which branch of science?

Nuclear Physics

Which scientist discovered hydrogen in 1766?

Henry Cavendish

Alfred Nobel travelled the world but did not have any what?

Children

What was the Wright Brother's first successful airplane called?

Flyer

Who is famous for his work on chemotherapy?

Paul Ehrlich

Stephen Hawking has a form of what named after him?

Radiation

What is Linus Pauling famous for working on?

Chemistry

What was the first name of German scientist Einstein?

Albert

What did Einstein get the Nobel prize for?

The photoelectric effect

Which father of American Independence devised bifocal glasses and the rocking chair?

Franklin

Who is famous for their Theory of Relativity?

Albert Einstein

Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden in what year was he born?

1833

Claude Bernard was famous for his work in what?

Physiology

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