Scientists and Inventors

1. Which scientist is the founder of the quantum theory?

2. Niels Bohr is most famous for which of the following theories?

3. Who invented the light bulb in 1883?

4. Who invented the railway locomotive in 1814?

5. Which physician-scientist was recognized for discovering penicillin in 1928?

6. Which physicist brought the theories of gravity and the basic laws of motion?

7. Albert Einstein is most famous for which of the following theories?

8. Who did the Catholic Church sentence to prison because he said that Earth orbited the Sun?

9. Which scientist first said that the Sun was the center of the universe and that the Earth and the planets orbited the Sun?

10. Which scientist improved the telescope and constructed the first one that could be used to observe the planets?

11. Who is the first female Nobel Prize winner?

12. What invention is most associated with Johannes Gutenberg?

13. What was the name of the famous scientist Röntgen who invented X-rays?

14. Who first stated that for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction?

15. Who developed the earliest effective vaccine against rabies?

16. Who was Serbian scientist Mileva Maric married to?

17. What did the founder of the Nobel Prize invent?

18. Which inventor, scientist, and engineer is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone?

19. Who invented the first battery?

20. Who discovered the periodic table?

21. Who invented the dots and dashes code for sending messages?

22. Edmund Jenner is responsible for saving countless lives thanks to his invention. What was it?