Category: Science

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

1. What did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discover? a) Radio b) Telegraph c) Photocopier d) X-rays 2. When was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen born? a) 17 November 1842 b) 16 June 1834 c) 19 July 1848 d) 27 March 1845 3. Where was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen born? a) Bologna b) Turin c) Milan d) Lennep

1. When did William Bradford Shockley win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1950 b) 1956 c) 1945 d) 1962 2. When was William Bradford Shockley born? a) 13 February 1910 b) 16 May 1912 c) 15 July 1904 d) 10 October 1906 3. Where was William Bradford Shockley born? a) Edinburgh b) Glamorgan c) London d) Dublin

1) Who discovered Uranus? a) Gerard Kuiper b) Pervical Lowell c) William Herschel d) James Watt 2) John Flamsteed saw Uranus in 1690 and he thought it to be a star. What did he call it? a) Alpha Centauri b) Proxima Centauri c) 34 Tauri d) 24 Gauri 3) What did William Herschel name Uranus? a) Albertum Sidus b) Georgium Sidus c) Henrium Sidus d) Edwardum Sidus

1) What are whales? a) Amphibians b) Birds c) Mammals d) Reptiles 2) Which is the largest whale? a) Blue whale b) Red whale c) Yellow whale d) Black whale 3) Which is the smallest whale? a) Ant whale b) Dwarf sperm whale c) Midget whale d) Pigmy whale

1. When was Isaac Asimov born? a) 2 January 1920 b) 1 June 1923 c) 10 September 1919 d) 28 December 1924 2. Where was Isaac Asimov born? a) Tashkent b) Petrovichi c) Vladivostok d) Yekaterinburg 3. Which university did Isaac Asimov attend? a) John Hopkins b) Yale c) Columbia d) Regent

1. What did William Harvey discover? a) Blood circulation b) Planetary motions c) Cortisol d) Vitamins 2. When was William Harvey born? a) 31 March 1584 b) 1 April 1578 c) 25 September 1587 d) 30 December 1575 3. Where was William Harvey born? a) Richmond b) Plymouth c) Liverpool d) Folkestone