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Scientists & Inventors

With two partners, this scientist from the United Kingdom won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for discoveries in key regulators of the cell cycle. He is addressed as Sir Paul. What is his last name?

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Nurse. Sir Paul Nurse and one of his partners, Tim Hart, work with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund of London, England.



With partner E. Donnall Thomas, this scientist from the US won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for his "discoveries in organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease." Joseph is his first name. What is his last name?

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Murray. According to njabr.org, Dr. Joseph Murray worked "with burn victims as a doctor during World War II."



With his partner, Hendrick Lorentz, this scientist from the Netherlands won the 1902 Nobel because of his work on the influence of magnetism on radiation phenomena. His first name was Pieter. What was his last name?

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Zeeman. Pieter Zeeman was unusually young for a Nobel Laureate, only 37. He was Extraordinary Professor at the University of Amsterdam.



Which African American inventor deserves credit for his work with Edison on many of the latter's inventions?

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Latimer. Lewis Latimer was an associate of Edison, and headed up the installation of street lighting in New York City.



What was Francis Bacon doing that helped cause him to get sick and die?

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Stuffing a chicken with snow. He was trying to prove that cold could help preserve food...he was right!



What U.S. physicist formulated the theory of the quark?

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Murray Gell-Mann. He won the Nobel prize for physics in 1969. Gell-Mann also created the 'periodic table' of particle physics based on theorized charge and predicted reactions. Interesting folks, all of these...wouldn't you say? Thanks for trying the quiz!



What scientist discovered that ether had anesthetic properties?

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Paracelsus. Jackson wrote about ether as having possible surgical value, and Morton was the one who first put it into practice, but Paracelsus had first discovered the anesthetic properties of the substance several hundred years prior.



Today we have many cars, motorbikes, generators, ships, trains, buses and a whole lot more. What do they have in common? They all run on an engine. Early in the 1700s the first type of engine was developed, a steam engine. Who invented this?

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Thomas Newcomen. Contrary to popular belief the Newcomen engine was the first ever steam engine, later improved greatly by James Watt.



This man pioneered the electro-mechanical industry and is known around the world for his work with morse code transmitters and telegraphy. The unit of electric conductance is named after him. Who was it?

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Werner von Siemens. He invented the needle telegraph which improved morse code. Electric conductance is not measured in watts (James Watt), it's not measured it voltage (Alessandro Volta) and it's not measured in amperes (Andre-Marie Ampere).



This man did ground breaking theoretical work in physics, coming up with many different theories including the theory of relativity. He also won a Nobel Prize in Physics. He was none other than?

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Albert Einstein. He left Germany after being dismissed from his professorship by the Nazis for being a Jew and spent the rest of his life in the U.S. In 1952 Israel invited him to become its second president, but he declined. By the way E = MC2 means: Energy is equal to mass multiplied by the speed of light, squared.



This American physicist, born 1915, shared the 1964 Nobel Prize with 2 Soviet scientists for inventing and developing masers. His first name is Charles. His last name?

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Townes. In 1958, Townes and his partner at Bell Labs, Arthur Schawlow, published a paper titled "Infrared and Optical Masers." The development of the laser was a result of this study.



This American chemist, born 1912, died 1999, won, along with his partner, the 1951 Nobel Prize for discovering plutonium and 3 other elements. He later contributed to the discovery of two more. His first name was Glenn. What was his last name?

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Seaborg. Among many other very significant contributions, Seaborg participated in the discovery of 9 more elements, including americium, berkelium, einsteinium, and seaborgium!



This American astronomer died in 1997 at age 90. He was only 24 when he discovered the planet Pluto in 1930. His first name was Clyde. What was his last name?

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Tombaugh. Clyde Tombaugh, an assistant astronomer at the Lowell Observatory who did not have a degree in astronomy, discovered the planet Pluto on Feb. 18,1930. He died in 1997, aged 91, 67 years after his big discovery!



The electric motor is used extensively in our lives. It is used in our pool pumps, grinding machine, fans, heaters, blow dryers, radios, and most household appliances. Michael Faraday's greatest work was in electricity. Did he invent the electric motor?

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Yes. Michael Faraday in my opinion was truly one of the greatest inventors of all time. He greatly improved William Hyde Wollaston's failed electric motor. And indirectly without him there wouldn't be dynamos. If you think about it, a dynamo is simply the reverse form of an electric motor.



One was the joint inventor of cordite (with Dewar), another discovered adrenaline, the last demonstrated that the quintic equation did not have an algebraic solution....what was their common last name?

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Abel. There's something about the name 'Abel' that makes people very 'able'. (You may proceed to slam me for the bad pun!) The cordite inventor was Frederick, the discoverer of adrenaline John and the quintic equation guy was Niels.



Now on to a substance which revolutionized the world of warfare for just over a millennium! It has however been greatly improved by the Swede Alfred Nobel and turned into gunpowder. But prior to gunpowder this substance (which is chemically similar) was used in warfare and even in quarrying. It is rated in F, FF, FFF, FFFF. F being very coarse and FFFF being ground up to a very fine almost dust like substance. This substance is _________ and was invented by the _______?

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Black powder ... Chinese. Black Powder is a mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal. The Chinese were also the first nation to use black powder in warfare and in fireworks. P.S Berzinite is just a name I made up.



He was born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879. He won a Nobel Prize in 1921. What was his last name?

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Einstein. Albert Einstein was probably the greatest mind of his time. He was chosen by "Time Magazine" as Man of the Century.



He was born in 1847 and died in 1931. As a boy, he was known as "Al." He had 1093 patents. What was his last name?

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Edison. Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest of inventors, but he also got credit for things invented by memebers of his staff.



Have you ever gone 80km/h in 60km/h zone? Did you go to prom night in a limousine? Have you ever been injured and had to be hurried to hospital? Have you ever ordered pizza and the delivery boy was ten minutes early? Have you ever been in a life threatening situation requiring the help of the police? Well you have you needed a car, first invented by _____?

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Karl Benz. Mercedes Benz was named after him. The first car engine was gasoline powered, then came diesel and now there's even ethanol!



Everyone associates the quote 'I think, therefore I am' with Descartes...but someone said it more than 1200 years earlier...who was it?

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St. Augustine. St. Augustine was not a scientist, but rather a clergyman and philosopher of ancient Roman times. Descartes was indeed a scientist, and a plagiarizer it appears! (No, only kidding...Descartes said the same thing, but not in exactly the same way!) Thanks for playing the quiz...I hope you enjoyed it!



Einstein's quote....'I cannot believe that God plays dice with the universe'...was a reaction to whose theories?

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Heisenberg. Einstein was reacting to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. This idea has remained controversial, yet highly influential, up to the modern day.



Dynamite is used for commercial rock breaking and quarrying. It has many uses from mining to large scale construction. It was invented by a Swedish chemist. What was his name?

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Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden and he later moved to the U.S.A where he built and managed a factory. He tried several ways to make nitroglycerin safer and easier to use. He in the end, however managed to mix nitoglycerin with a type of clay to make dynamite. (Ascanio Sobrero discovered nitroglycerin).



Cai Lun, Chinese inventor of paper, used what material in his paper making process?

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bamboo. Cai Lun was an official in the imperial court of the Han, and is credited with inventing paper around 105 A.D. He was not the actual inventor of paper, though...but rather improved the paper-making process greatly.



Alpha rays, beta rays and gamma rays were originally referred to as ____________ rays. What scientist's name belongs in the blank?

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Becquerel. Becquerel was the discoverer of radioactivity and a co-winner of the Nobel Prize with the Curies in 1903. The Curies worked off of Becquerel's discovery to make several discoveries of their own, for example the element radium.

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• It originated about the time of WWII in Germany. It got its name from the inventors thinking it was impossible for anyone to believe the contents actually made the colour of it. What is it and what was it originally made from? ( goto )



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• Scientists calculate there won't be any helium left in the Earth by what year? ( goto )



• Infinity is too much. How do scientists 'know' that space does not end? ( goto )



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• In the early 1900s a Russian scientist with a colourful surname invented an often colourful technique. The technique was further developed by two scientists who won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in the 1950s. What is the technique and who were the scientists involved? ( goto )



• Below the Great Dark Spot on Neptune's surface is a bright spot. What have scientists nicknamed that spot? ( goto )



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• Japanese scientists claimed to have indentified a new animal species called Balaenoptera omurai. What type of animal is this? ( goto )



• The first fully automated, software-driven computer was designed and run by two UK scientists, Tom Kilburn and whom? ( goto )