June 9, 2025

Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Pioneers in Science and Their Contributions

Questions

  1. Who is known as the “Father of Modern Physics” and formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
  2. Which scientist developed the theory of general relativity, fundamentally changing our understanding of gravity?
  3. Who discovered penicillin, the world’s first widely effective antibiotic?
  4. Which scientist is credited with the discovery of radium and polonium and significantly advanced the field of radioactivity?
  5. Who is famous for the work on the structure of DNA, revealing its double helix shape?
  6. Which scientist is known for the development of the first practical telephone?
  7. Who formulated the laws of planetary motion, which laid the groundwork for celestial mechanics?
  8. Which scientist is renowned for her pioneering research in radioactivity and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
  9. Who is considered the “father of modern chemistry” and authored the periodic table?
  10. Which scientist’s work led to the development of the first successful polio vaccine?

Answers:

  1. Sir Isaac Newton
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Alexander Fleming
  4. Marie Curie
  5. James Watson and Francis Crick
  6. Alexander Graham Bell
  7. Johannes Kepler
  8. Marie Curie
  9. Dmitri Mendeleev
  10. Jonas Salk