Trivia Quiz on 19th Century Science

1. What doctor discovered the source of malaria in 1880

A) Ronald Ross

B) Louis Pasteur

C) Sir Patrick Manson

D) Charles laveran

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2. What did robert bunsen invent

A) Lead pencil

B) Periodic table

C) Bunsen burner

D) Gas chromatography

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3. Which planet in the solar system was discovered in 1846

A) Neptune

B) Uranus

C) Pluto

D) Ceres

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4. What did Mege-Mouries invent in 1870 winning a Napoleon prize

A) A method for pasteurizing milk

B) A process for preserving fruit via canning

C) Margarine

D) A mechanical butter churn

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5. J G Galle discovered it in 1846 - discovered what

A) The planet Neptune

B) Uranus

C) Triton

D) Pluto

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6. Who invented the smallpox vaccine

A) Louis Pasteur

B) Jonas Salk

C) Alexander Fleming

D) Edward jenner

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7. What Nationality Was Christian Schonbein, Who Discovered Ozone In 1840

A) Swiss

B) Danish

C) German

D) French

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8. Which Russian chemist (1834-1907) founded our modern periodic table?

A) Lothar Meyer

B) John Newlands

C) Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

D) Henry Moseley

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9. Whose Job As A Book Binder On An Edition Of The Encyclopedia Britannica Led To The Discovery Of Electricity

A) Michael Faraday

B) James Clerk Maxwell

C) Alessandro Volta

D) Nikola Tesla

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10. What Creatures Were Frequently Used To Bleed Patients In The Nineteeth Century

A) Fleas

B) Vampire bats

C) Ticks

D) Leeches

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11. Which ship did Charles Darwin captain?

A) HMS Endeavour

B) HMS Beagle

C) HMS Victory

D) HMS Challenger

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12. His ship was the H.M.S. Beagle.

A) Captain James Cook

B) Alfred Russel Wallace

C) Robert FitzRoy

D) Charles Darwin

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