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Quiz about Fascinating Facts about Scientists

Fascinating Facts about Scientists Quiz

In this quiz I have presented 5 random questions on or about various famous scientists of the past. See how far in depth your knowledge of these greats delves!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,446

Updated
Dec 03 21

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5

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Question 1 of 5

1. Einstein's quote....'I cannot believe that God plays dice with the universe'...was a reaction to whose theories? Hint

Rutherford

Heisenberg

Planck

Bohr

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Question 2 of 5

2. Which of these discoveries was made by accident? Hint

Evolution

Neptune

Penicillin

Atoms

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Question 3 of 5

3. Alpha rays, beta rays and gamma rays were originally referred to as ____________ rays. What scientist's name belongs in the blank? Hint

Becquerel

Rutherford

Curie

Rontgen

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Question 4 of 5

4. What was Francis Bacon doing that helped cause him to get sick and die? Hint

Standing on his roof during a snowstorm

Stuffing a chicken with snow

Using uranium for experimentation

Tasting various plants to see if they were edible

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Question 5 of 5

5. What U.S. physicist formulated the theory of the quark? Hint

Hideki Yukawa

J. J. Thomson

Murray Gell-Mann

Richard Feynman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Einstein's quote....'I cannot believe that God plays dice with the universe'...was a reaction to whose theories?

Answer: Heisenberg

Einstein was reacting to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. This idea has remained controversial, yet highly influential, up to the modern day.

2. Which of these discoveries was made by accident?

Answer: Penicillin

Penicillin was discovered by accident when Alexander Fleming noticed one of his laboratory cultures was contaminated by mold. The other three choices were all theorized.

3. Alpha rays, beta rays and gamma rays were originally referred to as ____________ rays. What scientist's name belongs in the blank?

Answer: Becquerel

Becquerel was the discoverer of radioactivity and a co-winner of the Nobel Prize with the Curies in 1903. The Curies worked off of Becquerel's discovery to make several discoveries of their own, for example the element radium.

4. What was Francis Bacon doing that helped cause him to get sick and die?

Answer: Stuffing a chicken with snow

He was trying to prove that cold could help preserve food...he was right!

5. What U.S. physicist formulated the theory of the quark?

Answer: Murray Gell-Mann

He won the Nobel prize for physics in 1969. Gell-Mann also created the 'periodic table' of particle physics based on theorized charge and predicted reactions. Interesting folks, all of these...wouldn't you say? Thanks for trying the quiz!

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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