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1
Which physicist conducted research that led to the first "splitting" of the atom in 1917?
Niels Bohr
Ernest Rutherford
Albert Einstein
2
What was the name of the government project which developed the "little boy" and "fat man"?
Manhattan Project
Secret Project
New Mexico Project
Hiroshima Project
3
Which X-ray crystallographer made contributions to the understanding of the structure of DNA?
Mrs Salinas
Oprah Winfrey
Rosalind Franklin
4
Who explained the law of gravity and the laws of motion?
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
5
Who was the Father of Evolution?
Gregor Mendel
not me
Charles Darwin
Nikola Tesla
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Who created one of the first telescopes, and proved the Earth revolves around the Sun?
Ernest Rutherford
James Clerk Maxwell
Galileo
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Which Polish scientist studied radioactivity, and won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences?
Irene Curie
Oppenheimer
Marie Curie
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The Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the world's first antibiotic substance named.....
tylenol
Aspirin
Penicillin
9
The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to
provide economic aid to Latin American countries.
develop atomic weapons for the U.S. military.
bring about an end to poverty in U.S. urban areas.
offer assistance to relocated European refugees.
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Which English theoretical physicist authored
A Brief History of Time
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Albert Einstein
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stephen Hawking
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Which Danish physicist proposed that electrons in atoms jump from one orbit to another?
Bill Nye
Niels Bohr
James Watson
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Gregor Mendel's experiments established many of the rules of heredity. Which plant did he use?
Beans
Broccoli
Peas
13
Who developed cures for rabies and anthrax, and made milk safer to drink?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Antoine Lavoisier
Louis Pasteur
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Who revolutionized modern physics with his general theory of relativity? .......e=mc
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Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Galileo
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Which German chemist discovered nuclear fission and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1944?
Albert Einstein
Otto Hahn
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Which Serbian-American is known for his design of the AC electricity supply system?
Louis Pasteur
Nikola Tesla
Marie Curie
17
Which Russian chemist developed of the modern Periodic Table of the Elements?
Galileo
Copernicus
Dmitri Mendeleev
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Headed the "Manhattan Project" research team
Robert Oppenheimer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Enrico Fermi
Einstein
