Who is famed for her pioneering work in radioactivity?
Marie Curie Click to see the answer
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
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
What is the first name of the scientist who gave us Newton's three laws of motion?
Isaac Click to see the answer
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
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
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
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
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
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