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"?
Charles Darwin
Aristotle
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Which Belgian Catholic priest first postulated the Big Bang Theory?
Nikola Tesla
Louis Pasteur
Charles Babbage
Georges Lemaître
Which Scottish-born American inventor was the first to patent the telephone?
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
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
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Which French virologist is credited with being the first to discover the HIV virus in 1983?
Louis Pasteur
Luc Antoine Montagnier
Samuel Morse
Tim Berners-Lee
Who was the first person to claim the world is round?
Charles Darwin
Thomas Edison
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Who is credited with having developed a vaccine for smallpox?
Rene Laennec
Phillip Drinker
Marie Curie
Edward Jenner
Who discovered that the weight of an object does not determine how fast it will fall?
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Stephen Hawking
Who was the first to market the light bulb commercially and is often credited with its invention?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Hiram Maxim
Nikola Tesla
What physicist has argued that the theory of time travel violates the laws of physics and is therefore impossible?
John Locke
Bill Nye
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stephen Hawking
Who first put forward the idea that the Sun is the center of our universe?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albert Einstein
Aristotle
Who discovered gravity after famously watching an apple fall from a tree?
Albert Einstein
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
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?
Leonard Kleinrock
Mark Zuckerberg
Tim Berners-Lee
Al Gore
Who is often credited with having built the world's first programmable robot when he developed Unimate in 1954?
George Jetson
Alan Turing
Bill Gates
George Devol
The Roslin Institute famously cloned a sheep in 1996. The sheep only lived 6 years, however. What was the sheep named?
Cloney
Mary
Dolly
Molly
Bill
4 Comments
7 / 15 46%
12/15
No one one invented electricity, it was discovered, then created.
15/15 great work!!!