Patrick Steptoe was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist. He and Robert Edwards were responsible for developing in vitro fertilization. Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the development of in vitro fertilization, however because the Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously, Steptoe was not considered for the award.
1. What was Paracelsus’ original name?
a) Aulus Cornelius Celsus
b) Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim
c) Johann Georg Leopold Mozart
d) Andreas Libavius
2. Where was Paracelsus born?
a) Augsburg
b) Brussels
c) Einsiedeln
d) Sorbonne
3. Where did Paracelsus claim he got his doctorate?
a) Ferrara
b) Villach
c) Tubingen
d) Geneva
1. When did Paul Ehrlich get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1906
b) 1909
c) 1905
d) 1908
2. When was Paul Ehrlich born?
a) 5 June 1851
b) 14 March 1854
c) 6 August 1861
d) 1 November 1868
3. Where was Paul Ehrlich born?
a) Strehlen
b) Salzburg
c) Freiburg
d) Bremen
4. From which university did Paul Ehrlich get his medical degree in 1878?
a) Breslau
b) Frankfurt
c) Leipzig
d) Munich
1. When was John Burdon Sanderson Haldane born?
a) 10 January 1898
b) 27 May 1896
c) 25 August 1894
d) 5 November 1892
2. Where was John Burdon Sanderson Haldane born?
a) Oxford
b) Eton
c) Cambridge
d) Berkeley
3. Which idea did John Burdon Sanderson Haldane suggest in Daedalus?
a) Nuclear bomb
b) Robot
c) Test tube baby
d) Telecast
1) What is the Milky Way?
a) Galaxy
b) Star
c) Planet
d) Comet
2) How far is the Sun from the centre of the Milky Way?
a) 2 light years
b) 10 light years
c) 2000 light years
d) 26000 light years
3) What is the centre of the Milky Way called?
a) Centre Point
b) Galactic Centre
c) Eye of the storm
d) Planetary Centre
1. When did Linus Pauling win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1954
b) 1945
c) 1951
d) 1947
2. When did Linus Pauling win Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1958
b) 1962
c) 1960
d) 1957
3. When was Linus Pauling born?
a) 28 February 1901
b) 5 July 1900
c) 15 May 1909
d) 9 December 1902
1. When was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier born?
a) 14 January 1736
b) 7 April 1746
c) 26 August 1743
d) 31 December 1748
2. Where was Antoine Laurent Lavoisier born?
a) Nantes
b) Fontainebleau
c) Paris
d) Versailles
3. What did Antoine Laurent Lavoisier study for three years but did not practise?
a) Architecture
b) Medicine
c) Dentistry
d) Law
1) What are eagles?
a) Talking birds
b) Large birds of prey
c) Singing birds
d) Birds of carrying messages
2) To which order eagle belongs?
a) Tinamiformes
b) Craciformes
c) Falconinformes
d) Galliformes
3) Which eagle preys on sloths and monkeys?
a) Harpy eagle
b) Sea eagle
c) Caucasian eagle
d) Serpent eagle