History Quiz: Science - Statistics

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Which of these scientists contributed to the field of quantum physics? Niels Bohr
81%
Who is seen as the founder of the science of genetics? Gregor Mendel
78%
What was the purpose of the Antikythera mechanism? To predict astronomical positions and eclipses
78%
Marie Curie, along with her husband Pierre, discovered radium and which other element? Polonium
63%
"The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine", both encyclopedias, were written by which Islamic scientist (Latinised name)? Avicenna
56%
Who was born last? Johannes Kepler
52%
What type of device are the Jantar Mantar of India? Sundials
52%
The first probe to successfully orbit Mars was sent by which nation? United States
52%
Which was the first zoo to stop using cages? Tierpark Hagenbeck
48%
Which of these did Archimedes not actually invent/formulate? Archimedes' screw
41%
Which one of these did Isaac Newton not study? Astrology
41%
Kotaro Honda created a type of which alloy? Steel
41%
Which scientist, in 1780, discovered that he could make a dead frog's legs twitch by applying electricity to the muscles? Luigi Galvani
37%
Chemist Humphry Davy came from which town in the south-west of England? Penzance
30%
The Indian scientist Aryabhata described which of these? Relativity of motion
26%
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