Scientists are Human too

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1. Which famous mathematician allegedly forbade his followers to eat beans on the grounds that if a bean was buried and covered with dung, 40 days later it would assume human form? Aristotle Archimedes Kepler Pythagoras

2. Who is alleged to have leapt from his bath-tub and ran naked through the streets of his town shouting 'Eureka! Eureka!' ('I've found it') upon discovering the principles of floatation? Aristotle Archimedes Isaac Newton Robert Boyle

3. Which famous scientist cut a hole in a door so his cat could get in and out without disturbing him. When the cat had kittens, he cut out smaller holes for them to use. Johannes Kepler Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Tycho Brahe

4. While heating mercuric oxide, Joseph Priestley noticed a candle would burn more brightly when exposed to the gas given off. He called this gas 'dephlogisticated air,' but what gas and element had he actually discovered. Methane Hydrogen Helium Oxygen

5. Pierre and Marie Curie are well know for discovering 'radioactivity' and several radioactive elements including polonium, radium and thorium. Marie Curie died in 1934 from leukaemia caused by a life of exposure to radiation, but how did her husband and collaborator die? Radiation sickness Poisoning Suicide Traffic accident

6. In 1939, who said he was, 'Sure, nearly sure, that it will not be possible to convert matter into energy for practical purposes for a long time' when discussing the possibility of atomic energy? Robert Oppenheimer Niels Bohr Albert Einstein Enrico Fermi

7. Phosphorus was discovered in 1669 by an alchemist in Hamburg, Germany. Ironically Hamburg was nearly destroyed by phosphorus incendiary bombs dropped by Allied bombers in World War II. Who was the alchemist who discovered phosphorus? Hennig Brand Spiro Phosphoro F T Kessler John Dalton

8. Raytheon employee Percy Spencer was building and testing a radar magnetron when he discovered that a chocolate bar in his pocket was melting as a result of the energy transmission from the radar. What device did he build to further test this newly discovered way of heating food? Thermal conduction stovetop Induction cooker Microwave oven Convection oven

9. Cyanoacrylate was inadvertently discovered when the chemist Harry Coover was searching for a way to make plastic lenses for rifle scopes. Of no use for rifle scopes it was utilised as an instant adhesive and was marketed under which of the following names. All of them Flash Glue Super Glue Eastman 910 adhesive

10. Which famous Russian physician who studied haematology accidentally died as a result of a blood transfusion he administered to himself during an experiment? Ivan Yefremov Isaac Asimov Arkady Strugatsky Alexander Bogdanov