Significant Figures in Medical History Quiz

Test your knowledge of medical history with questions about pioneers like Florence Nightingale, Jenner, Pasteur, and more.

#1

Who is considered the father of modern medicine?

Hippocrates
Galileo Galilei
Aristotle
Isaac Newton
#2

Which scientist discovered penicillin?

Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
#3

Which disease did Edward Jenner develop the smallpox vaccine from?

Cowpox
Measles
Chickenpox
Influenza
#4

Who is known as the founder of modern nursing?

Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Dorothea Dix
Mary Seacole
#5

Who discovered insulin?

Frederick Banting
Alexander Fleming
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
#6

What year did the first successful human heart transplant take place?

1953
1967
1975
1982
#7

Who developed the first effective vaccine against polio?

Jonas Salk
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Albert Sabin
#8

Who is credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA?

Rosalind Franklin
Watson and Crick
Gregor Mendel
Albert Einstein
#9

What is the name of the first antibiotic discovered?

Penicillin
Streptomycin
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
#10

Who discovered the X-ray?

Thomas Edison
Marie Curie
Wilhelm Roentgen
Galileo Galilei
#11

Which scientist is known for the development of the first successful polio vaccine?

Jonas Salk
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Albert Sabin
#12

Which scientist is known for developing the first successful vaccine against smallpox?

Jonas Salk
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Albert Sabin
#13

Who developed the first effective treatment for diabetes?

Frederick Banting
Alexander Fleming
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
#14

Which scientist is known for the development of the first successful rabies vaccine?

Jonas Salk
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Albert Sabin
#15

Who is known as the 'father of immunology'?

Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
Robert Koch
Emil von Behring
#16

Who developed the first successful vaccine for hepatitis B?

Baruch Blumberg
Edward Jenner
Jonas Salk
Albert Sabin
#17

Which scientist is known for developing the first successful treatment for syphilis?

Alexander Fleming
Joseph Lister
Paul Ehrlich
Louis Pasteur

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