Famous Scientific Discoveries Quiz

Who discovered the law of gravity?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Nikola Tesla

What did Alexander Fleming discover in 1928?

• The structure of DNA

• Penicillin

• The electron

• Radioactivity

Which scientist is known for their work on radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes?

• Marie Curie

• Ernest Rutherford

• Niels Bohr

• Max Planck

Who is credited with the discovery of the periodic table?

• John Dalton

• Dmitri Mendeleev

• Robert Hooke

• Antoine Lavoisier

What was the main discovery of James Watson and Francis Crick?

• Electromagnetic induction

• Quantum mechanics

• The double helix structure of DNA

• General relativity

Who discovered the electron?

• J.J. Thomson

• Ernest Rutherford

• Niels Bohr

• James Clerk Maxwell

What significant scientific discovery did Michael Faraday make?

• Electromagnetic induction

• Gravitational waves

• Quantum theory

• Special relativity

Who is known for the theory of relativity?

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Albert Einstein

• Nikola Tesla

What did Edwin Hubble discover about the universe?

• It is static and unchanging

• It is contracting

• It is expanding

• It is flat

Who discovered radium and polonium?

• Henri Becquerel

• Marie Curie

• Ernest Rutherford

• Wilhelm Röntgen