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
1. When was James Alfred Van Allen born?
a) 4 February 1924
b) 2 April 1918
c) 7 September 1914
d) 28 December 1912
2. Where was James Alfred Van Allen born?
a) Mount Pleasant
b) Silver Spring
c) Dartmouth
d) Charlestown
3. Which college did James Alfred Van Allen attend?
a) William and Mary College
b) Iowa Wesleyan College
c) St. Dominic’s College
d) Sacred Heart College
1. When did Maurice Wilkins get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1957
b) 1949
c) 1962
d) 1976
2. When was Maurice Wilkins born?
a) 3 January 1912
b) 24 June 1916
c) 17 September 1921
d) 15 December 1916
3. Where was Maurice Wilkins born?
a) Dunedin
b) Pongaroa
c) Hamilton
d) Christchurch
1. When did Lawrence Bragg win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1918
b) 1915
c) 1905
d) 1910
2. When was Lawrence Bragg born?
a) 31 March 1890
b) 4 April 1889
c) 12 September 1891
d) 18 December 1896
3. Where was Lawrence Bragg born?
a) Cambridge
b) Perth
c) Adelaide
d) Brisbane