Scottish Scientists & Inventors Quiz

Who is credited with inventing the telephone?

• James Watt

• John Logie Baird

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Joseph Lister

Which Scottish inventor developed the first working television system?

• Alexander Fleming

• John Logie Baird

• William Thomson

• James Clerk Maxwell

What was James Watt's key contribution to the Industrial Revolution?

• Discovery of penicillin

• Improvements to the steam engine

• Invention of radar

• Invention of the telephone

Who discovered penicillin?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Joseph Black

• Thomas Telford

• Alexander Fleming

Which Scottish scientist formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation?

• William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

• James Clerk Maxwell

• Robert Watson-Watt

• Joseph Lister

Who pioneered antiseptic surgery?

• Alexander Fleming

• John Hunter

• Joseph Lister

• David Brewster

Who is credited with the invention of radar technology?

• James Clerk Maxwell

• Joseph Black

• Robert Watson-Watt

• John Logie Baird

Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?

• England

• Canada

• Scotland

• United States

Who developed the absolute temperature scale, known as the Kelvin scale?

• William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

• James Watt

• David Brewster

• Alexander Fleming

Which Scottish physicist's work laid the groundwork for electromagnetic field theory?

• Joseph Lister

• James Clerk Maxwell

• Robert Watson-Watt

• Thomas Telford