Modern Medicine Quiz

Who was the first woman to win two Nobel prizes for science?

• Ada Lovelace

• Florence Nightingale

• Marie Curie

• Rosalind Franklin

What did Marie Curie discover?

• X-rays

• Polonium and Radium

• DNA

• Penicillin

Who is known as 'the father of plastic surgery'?

• Howard Florey

• Archibald McIndoe

• Harold Gillies

• Alexander Fleming

What accidental discovery did Alexander Fleming make?

• DNA

• Radium

• X-ray

• Penicillin

Who were the scientists that discovered DNA?

• Curie and Fleming

• Florey and Chain

• Gillies and McIndoe

• Crick and Watson

What was created in 1948 to provide free medical treatment?

• The National Health Service

• The Red Cross

• The World Health Organization

• The United Nations

Who were the social reformers behind the creation of the NHS?

• Marie Curie and Alexander Fleming

• Harold Gillies and Archibald McIndoe

• Aneurin Bevan and William Beveridge

• Crick and Watson

What was the Guinea Pig Club?

• A group of scientists researching antibiotics

• A wartime medical research team

• A club for patients of Archibald McIndoe's plastic surgery

• A society for DNA researchers

What challenge do modern doctors face according to the text?

• Antibiotic-resistant diseases like MRSA

• Increased number of patients

• Shortage of medical professionals

• Lack of funding for research

What major medical advancement is attributed to the 20th century?

• The creation of the first hospital

• The invention of the stethoscope

• The development of heart, liver, and face transplants

• The discovery of the polio vaccine