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Quiz about Random Questions About Scientists

Random Questions About Scientists Quiz

More random scientist questions to tantalize the curious soul...

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,756

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
632

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Question 1 of 5

1. Who coined the word 'vaccination'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 5

2. What was the name of the female scientist whose work was crucial in helping Watson and Crick deduce the double helix structure of DNA? Hint

Johnson

Moore

Morgan

Franklin

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Question 3 of 5

3. The ratio of a speed to the speed of sound is named for him, who was this Austrian scientist?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 5

4. What French mathematician published the first paper devoted entirely to topology? Hint

Poincare

Vieta

d'Alembert

Pascal

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Question 5 of 5

5. Which British chemist was the first modern scientist to propose the existence of atoms?

Answer: (Was he color blind...?)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who coined the word 'vaccination'?

Answer: Jenner

Vaccination was derived from the Latin word for cowpox 'vacinna'. Jenner created the smallpox vaccine using the cowpox virus.

2. What was the name of the female scientist whose work was crucial in helping Watson and Crick deduce the double helix structure of DNA?

Answer: Franklin

Rosalind Franklin was her name...she researched X-ray diffraction of DNA crystals, the method used to determine the structure of DNA.

3. The ratio of a speed to the speed of sound is named for him, who was this Austrian scientist?

Answer: Mach

The ratio of a speed to the speed of sound is called the 'Mach number'.

4. What French mathematician published the first paper devoted entirely to topology?

Answer: Poincare

5. Which British chemist was the first modern scientist to propose the existence of atoms?

Answer: Dalton

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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