The Great Scientists Quiz #1

A theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• David Suzuki
• Ernest Rutherford

An astronomer who discovered several comets (one of which is named after this person) and helped discover two moons of Saturn.

• Caroline Herschel
• Galileo
• Isaac Newton
• Marie Curie

Best known for his work regarding electricity and magnetism.

• Thomas Edison
• Michael Faraday
• Albert Einstein
• Michio Kaku

Her x-ray photographs of DNA revealed its structure – a discovery for which James Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize.

• Rachel Carson
• Marie Curie
• Jane Goodall
• Rosalind Franklin

Formulated the laws of motion, made major contributions to optics and partly invented calculus. One of the most influential scientists of all time.

• Isaac Newton
• Joseph Lister
• Copernicus
• Louis Pasteur

Made extensive discoveries in the field of genetics and won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983.

• Barbara McClintock
• Lise Meitner
• Gregor Mendel
• Edwin Hubble

The inventor of dynamite.

• Alfred Nobel
• Charles Darwin
• Max Planck
• Aristotle

Well known for his work in medicine, mathematical sciences, and he dealt with a number of problems related to astronomy and cosmology.

• Avicenna
• Ibn Al-Aytham
• Al-Zahrawi
• Plato

A global climate change and environmental activist.

• David Suzuki
• Jane Goodall
• Mary Anning
• Rachel Carson

Discovered that diseases are caused by “germs” (bacteria, viruses etc…) and discovered the principle of vaccination.

• Louis Pasteur
• Alexander Fleming
• William Harvey
• Robert Hooke