Science History Trivia Questions
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What prestigious award did Wilhelm Roentgen win in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays?
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nobel prize
What object did Sir Isaac Newton use to spread out white light into a colored band?
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prism
What is the method of preserving food that was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s to kill bacteria?
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pasteurization
Which renowned scientist, who taught at the Tuskegee Institute, has a museum named after him at this institution?
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george washington carver
Which element's radiation was first noticed by Antoine Becquerel in 1896?
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uranium
According to scientists, what was about 22 hours long during the Devonian Period, 350 million years ago?
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day
Which creature did chemist Friedrich Kekule dream of that helped him describe the benzene molecule when he saw it swallowing its tail?
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snake
Which pancreatic hormone was discovered by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best 75 years before 1997?
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insulin
In the study of Italian science, what stimulus did Luigi Galvani investigate for its effects on the muscles of frog legs?
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electricity
Which company introduced fluorescent lighting in 1938?
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general electric
What device was patented on March 7, 1876, marking a significant advancement in communications history?
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telephone
Which scientist's experiments with light, including those with prisms, were published in the 1704 book 'Opticks'?
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isaac newton
In 1948, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was renamed after which scientist, known as the originator of quantum theory?
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max planck
Which science is James Hutton, author of 'Theory of the Earth', considered the father of?
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geology
Who is the scientist that issued a new version of the periodic table in 1871, leaving gaps for elements not yet discovered?
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dmitri mendeleev
Which scientist known for discovering oxygen found in 1770 that rubber could erase pencil marks?
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joseph priestley
In which town did Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek invent a storage jar for electricity during the 1740s?
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leiden
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