History of Science Quiz

Explore pivotal moments and key figures in science history with this challenging quiz. How many questions can you answer correctly?

#1

Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?

Louis Pasteur
Jonas Salk
Alexander Fleming
Edward Jenner
#2

In what year did the Apollo 11 mission successfully land humans on the moon?

1965
1969
1973
1981
#3

What is the name of the space telescope launched by NASA in 1990?

Hubble Space Telescope
Kepler Space Telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope
#4

Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel?

Egyptian
Mesopotamian
Indus Valley
Chinese
#5

In what year was the Human Genome Project declared complete?

1990
2003
2010
2020
#6

Who is considered the founder of modern chemistry?

Robert Boyle
Antoine Lavoisier
John Dalton
Joseph Priestley
#7

Who is considered the father of modern physics?

Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
#8

Which ancient civilization made significant contributions to mathematics, including the concept of zero?

Roman
Greek
Babylonian
Indian
#9

Which scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?

Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Albert Einstein
#10

Who discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic?

Marie Curie
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
#11

What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
Vostok 1
Apollo 11
#12

Which scientist is known for the development of the periodic table of elements?

Dmitri Mendeleev
Marie Curie
Antoine Lavoisier
Robert Boyle
#13

Who is credited with the development of the first practical telephone?

Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Nikola Tesla
Samuel Morse
#14

Who is known as the 'Father of Computer Science'?

Alan Turing
Charles Babbage
Ada Lovelace
John von Neumann
#15

Who proposed the theory of relativity?

Isaac Newton
Niels Bohr
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
#16

Who is often referred to as the 'Mother of Modern Physics'?

Marie Curie
Lise Meitner
Rosalind Franklin
Emmy Noether
#17

Who is credited with the development of the first practical electric light bulb?

Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Michael Faraday
Benjamin Franklin
#18

In what year did James Clerk Maxwell formulate the equations describing electromagnetic waves?

1842
1867
1873
1884

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