Contributions of Ancient Scholars to Scientific Advancement Quiz

Test your knowledge on ancient scholars' contributions to science with questions about medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and more!

#1

Who is considered the father of medicine?

Aristotle
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
Plato
#2

Which ancient mathematician is credited with the discovery of the Pythagorean theorem?

Euclid
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Aristotle
#3

Who is credited with the discovery of the laws of motion?

Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
Johannes Kepler
#4

Who is credited with the discovery of the circulation of blood?

Hippocrates
Galen
Aristotle
Plato
#5

Who is considered the 'father of modern anatomy'?

Aristotle
Galen
Hippocrates
Pliny the Elder
#6

Who proposed the theory of evolution?

Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Louis Pasteur
Isaac Newton
#7

Which ancient scholar proposed the heliocentric theory?

Plato
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Copernicus
#8

Who formulated the law of conservation of mass?

Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Antoine Lavoisier
#9

Which ancient scholar proposed the concept of the atom?

Democritus
Aristotle
Hippocrates
Plato
#10

Who is considered the 'father of algebra'?

Pythagoras
Euclid
Diophantus
Archimedes
#11

Which ancient scholar proposed the concept of the Earth's spherical shape?

Aristotle
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
Pythagoras
#12

Who is known for their work on the laws of planetary motion?

Aristotle
Ptolemy
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
#13

Who is known as the 'father of modern chemistry'?

Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Galen
Albert Einstein
#14

Which ancient scholar is known for his work on optics and the principle of light reflection?

Euclid
Archimedes
Aristotle
Alhazen
#15

Which ancient scholar is known for his contributions to geometry, particularly for the concept of the 'golden ratio'?

Euclid
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Fibonacci
#16

Which ancient scholar is known for their work on the principles of gravity?

Archimedes
Ptolemy
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
#17

Which ancient scholar is known for their contributions to physics, particularly for the laws of motion?

Aristotle
Plato
Archimedes
Isaac Newton

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