Scientific Discoveries Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 10
Which scientist, known for discovering a comet's orbit, also theorized that the Aurora Borealis was of magnetic origin?
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edmond halley
What was calculated to travel at a speed of 140,000 miles per second at the Paris observatory in the 1670s?
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light
Which scientist sought a safer method for handling nitroglycerin after an 1864 explosion claimed his brother's life?
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alfred nobel
Which element did Antoine Henri Becquerel discover to be radioactive in 1896, leading to his future Nobel Prize?
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uranium
Which German scientist, known for his invention of the Bunsen burner, co-discovered cesium in 1860?
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robert bunsen
What substance did Henry Cavendish discover was produced when he combined hydrogen and air, causing an explosion, around 1784-85?
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water
Which element did scientists in Sweden claim to have created first, linked to a Nobel Prize?
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nobelium
What type of substance did John Northrop prove an enzyme to be in 1930?
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protein
What element, discovered in 1868 during a solar eclipse, was named after the sun?
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helium
In 1791, which Italian scientist discovered that electricity applied to frogs' legs caused them to twitch?
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luigi galvani
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