The Builders of Science

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1. Which two gentlemen accidently discovered cosmic radiation in 1965? Georges Lemaitre and Bell Holmdel Robert Dicke and George Gamow Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson Alan Guth and Dennid Overbye

2. In the 1750's Karl Scheele discovered the elements oxygen, molybdenum, chlorine, fluorine, manganese, tungsten, nitrogen and _______? Mercury Hydrogen Barium Helium

3. "Dying stars" were first discovered by? Sir Isaac Newton Oliver sacks Robert Evans Gerard Kuiper

4. Who is the only person to win both the Nobel Prize in Physics and in Chemistry? Henri Becquerel Albert Einstein Marie Curie Sir Isaac Newton

5. Who developed the Theory of Relativity? Max Planck Edward Morley J. Willard Gibbs Albert Einstein

6. Who first penned down the idea of atoms? John Dalton Humphry Davy Henry Cavendish Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier

7. Who invented "radiocarbon dating" in the 1940's? Willard Libby Thomas Midgley Clair Patterson Tim Flannery

8. Who invented the "particle detector" and proved the existence of subatomic particles? C.T.R Wilson Enrico Fermi Ernest Lawrence James Trefil

9. The term 'supernova' was first penned by Robert Evans. True False

10. By whom was DNA discovered? Rosalind Franklin Thomas Hunt Morgan Johann Friedrich Miescher Oswald Avery