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Forensic Scientists Trivia Quiz

So, you think you know about forensic science. See if you know about the scientists that were involved in its interesting evolution.

A multiple-choice quiz by Yankeegirl742. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Yankeegirl742

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
282,019

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1906

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote the first treatise on the use of scientific methods in the field of criminal investigations? Hint

Edmond Locard

Hans Gross

Francis Galton

Paul Jesrich

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the person that developed fundamental principles of questioned document examination? Hint

Hans Gross

Albert Osborn

August Vollmer

Paul Uhlenhuth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is considered the father of modern toxicology? Hint

Alphonse Bertillon

Mathieu Orfila

Rudolf Adler

Alfred Dreyfus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is the person that is credited with revolutionizing the field of firearm examination by advancing the use of comparison microscopy? Hint

James Marsh

Calvin Goddard

Edmund Locard

William Nichol

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who studied the use of fingerprints for personal identification as well as developing the methodology for classifying them? Hint

Leone Lattes

Calvin Goddard

Francis Galton

Walter Specht

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the figure who developed a method for determining the ABO blood type of a dried bloodstain? Hint

Leone Lattes

Paul Jesrich

Hans Gross

Alfred Dreyfus

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who set up the criminalistics program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1937? Hint

Paul Kirk

Walter Specht

Robert Oppenheimer

Albert Osborn

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who developed the acid phosphatase test for semen? Hint

Francis Galton

Calvin Goddard

Edmund Locard

Frank Lundquist

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who first used the services of a scientist at a criminal trial in 1907? Hint

Vincent Hnizda

Paul Kirk

August Vollmer

Clarence Darrow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who developed the absorption-elution test for ABO blood typing of stains in 1923? Hint

Calvin Goddard

James Marsh

Vittorio Siracusa

Vincent Hnizda

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the first treatise on the use of scientific methods in the field of criminal investigations?

Answer: Hans Gross

Hans Gross was a professor of criminal law at the University of Graz, Austria in 1891. He was also a prosecutor and judge.

2. Who was the person that developed fundamental principles of questioned document examination?

Answer: Albert Osborn

Albert Osborn was an influential document examiner and in 1910 published a book on questioned documents.

3. Who is considered the father of modern toxicology?

Answer: Mathieu Orfila

Orfila helped establish toxicology as a scientific discipline. He is also credited as the first person to attempt to use the microscope to assess blood and semen stains.

4. Who is the person that is credited with revolutionizing the field of firearm examination by advancing the use of comparison microscopy?

Answer: Calvin Goddard

Calvin Goddard's work on the St. Valentine's day massacre (orchestrated by Al Capone) led to the founding of the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory on the campus of Northwestern University, Illinois in 1929.

5. Who studied the use of fingerprints for personal identification as well as developing the methodology for classifying them?

Answer: Francis Galton

In 1892, Sir Francis Galton published "Fingerprints," the first comprehensive book on the nature of fingerprints and their use in solving crime.

6. Who was the figure who developed a method for determining the ABO blood type of a dried bloodstain?

Answer: Leone Lattes

Leone Lattes was a professor at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Turin Italy. He published a book dealing with heritability, paternity, and typing of dried blood stains in 1915.

7. Who set up the criminalistics program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1937?

Answer: Paul Kirk

Paul Kirk formalized a major in technical criminology. He also participated in the Manhattan Projects creation of the atom bomb.

8. Who developed the acid phosphatase test for semen?

Answer: Frank Lundquist

In 1945, Frank Lundquist, developed this test while working at the Legal Medicine Unit at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

9. Who first used the services of a scientist at a criminal trial in 1907?

Answer: August Vollmer

August Vollmer as chief of police in Los Angeles, California, implemented the first police crime laboratory in 1923.

10. Who developed the absorption-elution test for ABO blood typing of stains in 1923?

Answer: Vittorio Siracusa

Vittorio Siracusa worked at the Institute of Legal Medicine at the University of Messina, Italy. His mentor was Leone Lattes, who also performed work on the absorption-inhibition technique.

Source: Author Yankeegirl742

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