Science and progress

Question 1

Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

Question 2

What does a light year measure?

Accepted Answer

distance

Question 3

Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?

Accepted Answer

Tim Berners-Lee

Question 4

Who is known for developing the theory of evolution by natural selection?

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin

Question 5

What is the name of the spacecraft that successfully landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969?

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 6

In what year did the first human step onto the moon, and who was the astronaut?

Accepted Answer

1969, Neil Armstrong

Question 7

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 8

What is the smallest prime number?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 9

Which famous scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 10

Who is known as the 'father of modern physics' for his contributions to the theory of relativity?

Accepted Answer

Albert Einstein

Question 11

What is the phenomenon where light is bent as it passes through different mediums?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Question 12

Which of the following statements about the moon is true?

Accepted Answer

We only ever see one side of the Moon

Question 13

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Accepted Answer

Au

Question 14

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight to turn CO2 and water into what?

Accepted Answer

sugar and oxygen

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