
Famous Scientists
Quiz by Margaret Scuteri
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- Q1Who made our milk products safer to consume?Madame CurieHumphry DavyIsaac NewtonLouis Pasteur30s
- Q2In 1939, who discovered nuclear fission?Otto HahnMichael FaradayJames Clerk MaxwellNikola Tesla45s
- Q3Why was Dmitri Mendeleev's first version of the Periodic Table unacceptable?Mendeleev's version of the elements did not include the noble gases.Mendeleev did not organize the known elements by their number of protons.Mendeleev left off too many elements so the table had to be redesigned.Mendeleev was unaware that more elements were to be discovered.45s
- Q4Who invented the telescope?Hans LippersheyGalileo GalileiClyde TombaughIsaac Newton45s
- Q5What famous scientist credits the fact that he was "slow to talk" with his sense of wonder about the world?AristotleThomas EdisonAlbert EinsteinBen Franklin45s