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Forensic Scientists

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Forensic Scientists game quiz
"So, you think you know about forensic science. See if you know about the scientists that were involved in its interesting evolution."

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1. Who wrote the first treatise on the use of scientific methods in the field of criminal investigations?
    Hans Gross
    Francis Galton
    Edmond Locard
    Paul Jesrich


2. Who was the person that developed fundamental principles of questioned document examination?
    Paul Uhlenhuth
    Hans Gross
    Albert Osborn
    August Vollmer


3. Who is considered the father of modern toxicology?
    Alfred Dreyfus
    Alphonse Bertillon
    Mathieu Orfila
    Rudolf Adler


4. Who is the person that is credited with revolutionizing the field of firearm examination by advancing the use of comparison microscopy?
    Calvin Goddard
    Edmund Locard
    James Marsh
    William Nichol


5. Who studied the use of fingerprints for personal identification as well as developing the methodology for classifying them?
    Francis Galton
    Walter Specht
    Calvin Goddard
    Leone Lattes


6. Who was the figure who developed a method for determining the ABO blood type of a dried bloodstain?
    Hans Gross
    Alfred Dreyfus
    Paul Jesrich
    Leone Lattes


7. Who set up the criminalistics program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1937?
    Robert Oppenheimer
    Paul Kirk
    Walter Specht
    Albert Osborn


8. Who developed the acid phosphatase test for semen?
    Francis Galton
    Frank Lundquist
    Edmund Locard
    Calvin Goddard


9. Who first used the services of a scientist at a criminal trial in 1907?
    August Vollmer
    Clarence Darrow
    Paul Kirk
    Vincent Hnizda


10. Who developed the absorption-elution test for ABO blood typing of stains in 1923?
    James Marsh
    Calvin Goddard
    Vincent Hnizda
    Vittorio Siracusa


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