History of Forensic Science QUIZ

Records show a coroner from which country used forensic science to solve a murder in the 3rd century?

• England

• United States

• China

• Japan

Recorded notes about fingerprint characteristics but didn't realize their capability to be used as identification.

• Galton

• Bertillon

• Gross

• Malpighi

Developed a test to detect arsenic in dead bodies.

• Orfila

• Scheel

• Ross

• Marsh

Developed a test to detect arsenic in a victim's stomach.

• Scheel

• Marsh

• Orfila

• Ross

Who is called the "Father of Forensic Toxicology"?

• Ross

• Scheel

• Orfila

• Marsh

Who was the first person to use forensic evidence in court?

• Marsh

• Ross

• Scheel

• Orfila

Who is known as the "Father of personal identification"?

• Marsh

• Bertillon

• Orfila

• McCrone

Who published a book about the study and use of fingerprints as personal identification?

• Bertillon

• Galton

• Gross

• McCrone

Who wrote the first book about how scientific principles could be used in criminal investigations?

• Gross

• Galton

• Bertillon

• Marsh

Who created Sherlock Holmes?

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• His parents

• Alphonse Bertillon

• Shakespeare