Category: Science

Alan Hodgkin Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Alan Hodgkin get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1971 b) 1958 c) 1963 d) 1984 2. When was Alan Hodgkin born? a) 5 February 1914 b) 24 May 1912 c) 4 September 1907 d) 25 December 1916 3. Where was Alan Hodgkin born? a) Edinburgh b) Banbury c) Liverpool d) Chelsea

1. When did Pierre Curie win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1903 b) 1905 c) 1901 d) 1907 2. When was Pierre Curie born? a) 7 November 1857 b) 5 July 1854 c) 15 May 1859 d) 9 January 1852 3. Where was Pierre Curie born? a) Nantes b) La Rochelle c) Paris d) Amiens

1) Which is the most famous invention of Thomas Alva Edison? a) Projector b) Radio c) Telephone d) Electric bulb 2) How many inventions were patented by Thomas Alva Edison? a) 500 b) 997 c) 1093 d) 1100 3) Which of the following quotations is attributed to Thomas Alva Edison? a) We have nothing to fear but fear. b) I promise you blood, sweat, toil and tears. c) We make our destiny by our actions. d) Genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.

1. When was Urbain Le Verrier born? a) 11 March 1811 b) 2 April 1810 c) 23 August 1809 d) 30 December 1805 2. Where was Urbain Le Verrier born? a) Vienna b) Saint-Lo c) Orleans d) Cologne 3. What did Urbain Le Verrier teach at Ecole Polytechnique? a) Astronomy b) Botany c) Chemistry d) Dermatology

1. When did Gerhard Domagk win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1922 b) 1939 c) 1914 d) 1936 2. When was Gerhard Domagk born? a) 24 February 1891 b) 12 April 1894 c) 15 September 1889 d) 30 October 1895 3. Where was Gerhard Domagk born? a) Lagow b) Munich c) Dresden d) Hanover

1. When was Isaac Newton born? a) 7 January 1635 b) 11 June 1648 c) 29 July 1622 d) 25 December 1642 2. Where was Isaac Newton born? a) Plymouth b) Belmont c) Woolsthorpe d) Grantham 3. Who wrote a condescending critique of Isaac Newton’s paper on light and colours? a) Henry More b) Robert Hooke c) Pierre Gassendi d) Robert Boyle

1. When did John Eccles get Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1982 b) 1948 c) 1963 d) 1972 2. When was John Eccles born? a) 27 January 1903 b) 3 June 1911 c) 4 July 1906 d) 1 October 1901 3. Where was John Eccles born? a) Sydney b) Melbourne c) Perth d) Brisbane

1. When was Alfred Russell Wallace born? a) 8 January 1823 b) 9 June 1820 c) 28 August 1819 d) 30 December 1815 2. Where was Alfred Russell Wallace born? a) Brasilia b) Usk c) Sao Paulo d) Bandung 3. Which school did Alfred Russell Wallace attend? a) Hertford Grammar School b) St. George’s School c) Rugby School d) Harrow School

1) Who is Mars in mythology? a) God of Weather b) King of Peace c) God of Hunting d) God of War 2) How is Mars sometimes referred to? a) Blue Planet b) Green Planet c) Red Planet d) Yellow Planet 3) Who discovered the two satellites of Mars? a) Asaph Hall b) Edwin Powell Hubble c) Simon Marius d) William Henry Pickering