The history of science is one of the most important areas of study for us to know and understand. When we talk about history in classrooms and in documentaries, a lot of the conversation centers around war and political conflict. The history of science, however, represents some of the truly greatest moments in human history.
Science history is where we have cured diseases, researched and invented new things, and improved the overall human experience. In almost every other area of history we speak of human suffering and tragic events but not when it comes to science.
The physicists, chemists, biologists, and thinkers involved in the scientific advancements of mankind are some of the greatest human beings who have ever lived and we celebrate them in this quiz. Only the brightest minds in the world are able to master this quiz. If you are able to get at least 10 of 15 questions correct on this quiz then clearly you are super smart.
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If You Can Get 10 on This Science History Quiz Then You're Super Smart Questions
Which scientist changed how we see the evolution of species with his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species"?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Aristotle
Charles Darwin
Which Belgian Catholic priest first postulated the Big Bang Theory?
Louis Pasteur
Georges Lemaître
Nikola Tesla
Charles Babbage
Which Scottish-born American inventor was the first to patent the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Steve Jobs
Eli Whitney
What person is credited with having invented electricity in 1752 after conducting an experiment flying a kite during a storm?
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Which French virologist is credited with being the first to discover the HIV virus in 1983?
Tim Berners-Lee
Louis Pasteur
Samuel Morse
Luc Antoine Montagnier
Who was the first person to claim the world is round?
Thomas Edison
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Charles Darwin
Who is credited with having developed a vaccine for smallpox?
Marie Curie
Phillip Drinker
Edward Jenner
Rene Laennec
Who discovered that the weight of an object does not determine how fast it will fall?
Stephen Hawking
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Who was the first to market the light bulb commercially and is often credited with its invention?
Alexander Graham Bell
Nikola Tesla
Hiram Maxim
Thomas Edison
What physicist has argued that the theory of time travel violates the laws of physics and is therefore impossible?
John Locke
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stephen Hawking
Bill Nye
Who first put forward the idea that the Sun is the center of our universe?
Albert Einstein
Aristotle
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who discovered gravity after famously watching an apple fall from a tree?
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who is credited with coming up with the idea for the internet when he published a paper titled "Information Flow in Large Communication Nets" in 1961?
Mark Zuckerberg
Tim Berners-Lee
Al Gore
Leonard Kleinrock
Who is often credited with having built the world's first programmable robot when he developed Unimate in 1954?
Alan Turing
Bill Gates
George Devol
George Jetson
The Roslin Institute famously cloned a sheep in 1996. The sheep only lived 6 years, however. What was the sheep named?
Mary
Cloney
Dolly
Bill
Molly
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