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QUIZ: How much do you know about the world's biggest scientific breakthroughs?
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Question 1 of 15
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Pope
Question 2 of 15
Where was the Higgs Boson detected?
The Tevatron
The Stanford Linear Accelerator
The Large Hadron Collider
Question 3 of 15
Which scientist proposed a design for a computer in 1837?
Alan Turing
Charles Babbage
Clive Sinclair
Question 4 of 15
Who explained the force of gravity in 1687?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Michelangelo
Question 5 of 15
Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing what?
The PC
The internet
The World Wide Web
Question 6 of 15
Who came up with the theory of general relativity in 1915?
Enrico Fermi
Niels Bohr
Albert Einstein
Question 7 of 15
Which mathematician created the first algorithm?
Marie Curie
Ada Lovelace
Florence Nightingale
Question 8 of 15
Who came up with germ theory?
Francis Crick
Charles Darwin
Louis Pasteur
Gregor Mendel
Question 9 of 15
Which scientist discovered that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies?
Albert Einstein
Edwin Hubble
Carl Sagan
Stephen Hawking
Question 10 of 15
When was the battery invented by Alessandro Volta?
1700
1800
1900
Question 11 of 15
Who discovered that lightning is caused by electricity?
Nikolai Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Graham Bell
Question 12 of 15
Who first discovered radioactivity?
Marie Curie
Ernest Rutherford
Henri Becquerel
Question 13 of 15
What did the LIGO observatory first 'hear' in 2016?
Gravity waves
Neutrinos
Cosmic rays
Question 14 of 15
When did Charles Darwin publish his groundbreaking work on the theory of evolution?
1829
1849
1859
1899
Question 15 of 15
Who came up with the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Linus Pauling
Alfred Nobel
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Who discovered penicillin?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming
2
Where was the Higgs Boson detected?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: The Large Hadron Collider
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Which scientist proposed a design for a computer in 1837?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Alan Turing
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Who explained the force of gravity in 1687?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Isaac Newton
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Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing what?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: The World Wide Web
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Who came up with the theory of general relativity in 1915?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Albert Einstein
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Which mathematician created the first algorithm?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Ada Lovelace
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Who came up with germ theory?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Louis Pasteur
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Which scientist discovered that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Edwin Hubble
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When was the battery invented by Alessandro Volta?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: 1800
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Who discovered that lightning is caused by electricity?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Nikolai Tesla
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Who first discovered radioactivity?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Henri Becquerel
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What did the LIGO observatory first 'hear' in 2016?
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Correct Answer: Gravity waves
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When did Charles Darwin publish his groundbreaking work on the theory of evolution?
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Correct Answer: 1859
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Who came up with the periodic table?
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Correct Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev
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