Category: Science

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

1) What is lion known as? a) King of the sky b) King of the jungle c) King of the desert d) King of the sea 2) Which is the family of lion? a) Chicldae b) Canidae c) Felidae d) Mustelidae 3) Which is the genus of lion? a) Acinonyx b) Panthera c) Canis d) Neofelis

1. When did Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1923 b) 1925 c) 1924 d) 1927 2. When was Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn born? a) 3 December 1886 b) 7 June 1882 c) 10 September 1890 d) 22 February 1888 3. Where was Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn born? a) Karlstad b) Orbero c) Falun d) Mora 4. From which university did Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn get doctorate? a) Kiruna b) Oslo c) Lund d) Berlin

1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth? a) 5 October 1957 b) 6 June 1959 c) 4 November 1960 d) 12 April 1961 2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth? a) Luna 7 b) Luna 8 c) Vostok 1 d) Vostok 2 3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off? a) Moscow b) Leningrad c) Vladivostok d) Baikanour

Clyde William Tombaugh Quiz Questions 1. When was Clyde William Tombaugh born? a) 4 February 1906 b) 5 May 1904 c) 8 July 1909 d) 6 December 1905 2. Where was Clyde William Tombaugh born? a) Chicago b) Streator c) Richmond d) Topeka 3. Where did Clyde William Tombaugh serve as assistant astronomer? a) Caltech b) Palomar Observatory c) Mount Wilson Observatory d) Lowell Observatory

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1. When was George Westinghouse born? a) 6 October 1846 b) 26 June 1840 c) 14 August 1849 d) 22 January 1844 2. On which ship did George Westinghouse serve during the Civil War? a) USS Arizona b) USS Lexington c) USS Muscoota d) USS Oklahoma 3. What was George Westinghouse’s first invention? a) Winnower b) Rotary steam engine c) Elevator d) Water meter

1) Where was Charles Darwin sent to study medicine? a) University of Edinburgh b) London University c) Grant Medical College d) St. John’s Medical College 2) On which ship did Charles Darwin sail around the world? a) Beagle b) Lusitania c) Titanic d) Dufferin 3) Which theory was propounded by Charles Darwin? a) Theory of Evolution b) Theory of Gravity c) Theory of Planetary Motion d) Theory of Atoms