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Famous Scientists Trivia

From falling apples to radioactive notebooks, prove you're smart enough to win a Nobel Prize without the accidental poisoning.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

In 1903, who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity?

Marie Curie

Published in 1859, Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work on the theory of natural selection is titled "On the Origin of" what?

Species

In Albert Einstein’s famous mass-energy equivalence formula E=mc², what physical constant does the letter 'c' represent?

Speed of light

What fruit is famously credited with sparking Isaac Newton’s thoughts on universal gravitation after he observed one falling from a tree at Woolsthorpe Manor?

Apple

In 1928, which Scottish scientist returned from vacation to find that mold had accidentally contaminated his petri dishes, leading to the discovery of penicillin?

Alexander Fleming