Science History

“Double-helix” describes the formation of what?

DNA

Four primary forces act on an airplane. Which of these is NOT one of them?

Pull

On which continent did the Tyrannosaurus Rex once live?

North America

What scientist developed the theory of relativity?

Albert Einstein

What species was famously studied by Charles Darwin?

Finch

Which of these planets is a gas giant?

Saturn

Who developed the theory of evolution?

Charles Darwin

Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

Who discovered that diamonds are made of carbon?

Antoinet Lavoisier

Who discovered the X-ray?

Wilhelm Roentgen

Who discovered the concept of gravity?

Isaac Newton

Which floating invention did the brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier make in 1783?

A hot air balloon

Which American physicist and scientist is often referred to as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb"?

Robert Oppenheimer

When did the first test flight of the warplane "Gripen" take place?

1988

What was the Spinning Jenny, built in the 18th century?

Mechanical spinning machine

Who invented the phonograph, the first machine to record and store sound?

Thomas Alva Edison

What do we call Guglielmo Marconi's invention from 1986 today?

Radio

What did the Frenchman Blériot fly over in 1909?

The English Channel

Which invention by John Logie Baird was first demonstrated in 1925?

Television

Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for what?

Photoelectric Effect

Chemist Jonas Berzelius hailed from what country?

Sweden

How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?

76 years

In what year was the laser invented?

1957

Johannes Kepler is most famous for what?

Planetary Motion

The first laptop was sold to the public in what year?

1981

The first wearable eye glasses were made in what year?

1284

The human heart transplant was developed in what year?

1967

The moon is least visible from Earth during what lunar phase?

New Moon

The stegosaurus has how many brains?

1

Which of these physicists suffers from a motor disease which has left him paralyzed?

Stephen Hawking

Which of these scientists discovered that time had a beginning?

Stephen Hawking

Who created the multiplication sign?

William Oughtred

Who invented the first battery?

Alessandro Volta

Who is considered the father of genetics?

Gregor Mendel

Who is considered to be the father of aerodynamics?

George Cayley

Who is often regarded as the chief inventor of the television?

John Logie Baird

Who was the first person to fly solo around the world?

Wiley Post

What science fiction writer is responsible for writing the three laws of robotics?

Isaac Asimov

The Bone Wars were a series of fossil hunting battles between two paleontologists. One was Edward Cope. Who was the other?

Othniel Marsh

On an 18th century map, Benjamin Franklin depicted a "river in the ocean". What was it called?

Gulf stream

In what year was the Richter Scale developed?

1935

Which of these has the largest brain?

Neanderthal

Who invented dynamite?

Alfred Nobel

Willis Carrier invented which of these?

Air Conditioning

The star known as Sirius is part of what constellation?

Canis Major

When did the first powered flight in Europe take place?

1906

In which decade was the jet plane first used in passenger traffic?

1950s

Which ocean did Charles Lindbergh fly over non-stop?

The Atlantic

The first cassette tape was invented by who?

Philips

When was the Panama Canal completed?

1914

What did the brothers Mongolfier do for the first time in world history in 1783?

Flew over Paris in a hot air balloon

Which city built the world's first underground railway?

London

Which city introduced the first car registration number?

New York

What principle explains how a plane gets off the ground?

Bernoulli's

When were cars first mass produced in the USA?

1910s

When were the first railways introduced?

1850s

Who made the first ever solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927?

Charles Lindbergh

What was its main component when glue was first patented?

Fish

When did the first flight across the English Channel take place?

1909

A phenomenon known as Baily’s beads occurs during what?

Solar eclipse

Andromeda is a what?

Galaxy

Before the Wright Brothers successfully took flight, who failed to take flight in his aerodrome?

Samuel Langley

Hobbit-sized human remains were found on what island in 2004?

Flores

Honda built the first ever humanoid robot which could walk. What was its name?

Asimo

In what year was the telegraph invented?

1837

John Harrison created a device which could do what?

Determine longitudes

Prussian blue was invented by who?

Al Stewart

Robert Bakker was what?

Paleontologist

The idea of the atom was first introduced in what year?

450BC

Two men were credited with discovering the chemical structure of DNA. One went by the name of Watson. What was the name of the other man?

Crick

What constellation is often called “The Table Mountain”?

Mensa

What scientist discovered that the frequency of a wave changes when its source and an observer are both in motion?

Christian Doppler

Who created the Altair-8800 computer?

Ed Roberts

Who discovered Pluto?

Clyde Tombaugh

Who invested the first thermos?

James Dewar

Who was the first person to fly across the English Channel?

Louis Bleriot

William Burroughs patented which of these?

Calculating machine

Scotch tape was invented in what year?

1930

Who had a famous balloon ride over Paris in the 1700s?

Montgolifer brothers

When did the USA launch its first satellite?

1958

What was the first submarine to navigate under the North Pole?

USS Nautilus

Who first coined the word 'hypertext' in the beginning of the 1960s?

Ted Nelson

Who was the pilot who in 1947 was the first to break the sound barrier?

Charles Chuck Yeager

What was the name of the airship that caught fire on landing in the U.S. in 1937?

Hindenburg

Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis?

Charles Lindbergh

What was the American Mercury program in the 1960's?

Manned space flights

What was the first punch card used for?

An automatic loom

What nationality was the inventor of the milk separator?

Swedish

What was the name of the airship that caught fire and crashed in New York in 1937?

Hindenburg

After which Greek god was the American manned moon landing series named?

Apollo

In which decade was the first telephone line between the USA and Sweden opened?

1920s