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