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Which British engineer independently invented the turbojet engine in the 1930s, alongside Hans von Ohain in Germany?
- A. James Watt
- B. Frank Whittle
- C. George Stephenson
- D. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Who is credited with discovering the three laws of planetary motion, showing that planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths?
- A. Nicolaus Copernicus
- B. Johannes Kepler
- C. Galileo Galilei
- D. Isaac Newton
Who proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, which eventually evolved into the modern theory of plate tectonics?
- A. Charles Lyell
- B. Alfred Wegener
- C. Harry Hess
- D. James Hutton
In 1945, which scientist led the team that built the first general-purpose electronic computer, known as ENIAC?
- A. Alan Turing
- B. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
- C. John von Neumann
- D. Charles Babbage
Robert Watson-Watt is credited with the development of which technology that proved vital for the defense of Britain during World War II?
- A. Sonar
- B. Radar
- C. Jet Engines
- D. Atomic Energy
Which astrophysicist discovered Pulsars in 1967 as a graduate student, though the Nobel Prize for the discovery was awarded to her supervisor?
- A. Vera Rubin
- B. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- C. Sally Ride
- D. Annie Jump Cannon
Which scientist is credited with the 1897 discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle ever identified?
- A. Ernest Rutherford
- B. J.J. Thomson
- C. James Chadwick
- D. Niels Bohr
In 1911, which scientist discovered the atomic nucleus through his famous gold foil experiment?
- A. J.J. Thomson
- B. Ernest Rutherford
- C. Niels Bohr
- D. Erwin Schrdinger
In 1820, which Danish physicist discovered that an electric current creates a magnetic field, founding the field of electromagnetism?
- A. Michael Faraday
- B. Hans Christian rsted
- C. Andr-Marie Ampre
- D. James Clerk Maxwell
Who discovered the Electron?
- A. Rutherford
- B. J.J. Thomson
- C. Dalton
- D. Chadwick
Who developed the first mercury thermometer and the first standardized temperature scale in the early 18th century?
- A. Anders Celsius
- B. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- C. Lord Kelvin
- D. Galileo Galilei
Which American scientist and suffragist is now recognized as the first person to discover the 'Greenhouse Effect' in 1856?
- A. John Tyndall
- B. Eunice Newton Foote
- C. Marie Curie
- D. Rachel Carson
Who developed the first periodic table of elements in 1869, famously leaving gaps for elements that had not yet been discovered?
- A. John Dalton
- B. Dmitri Mendeleev
- C. Antoine Lavoisier
- D. Glenn Seaborg
Which American engineer and physicist invented the first functional 'Laser' (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) in 1960?
- A. Charles Townes
- B. Theodore Maiman
- C. Arthur Schawlow
- D. Gordon Gould
Ernst Ruska won the Nobel Prize for inventing which instrument in 1931, which uses beams of electrons to see objects much smaller than the wavelength of light?
- A. The Optical Microscope
- B. The Electron Microscope
- C. The Telescope
- D. The Particle Accelerator
Which American chemist won the Nobel Prize in 1960 for developing radiocarbon dating, a method to determine the age of organic materials?
- A. Linus Pauling
- B. Willard Libby
- C. Glenn Seaborg
- D. Harold Urey
Which American chemist discovered 'Teflon' (PTFE) by accident in 1938 while trying to develop a new refrigerant?
- A. Felix Hoffmann
- B. Roy Plunkett
- C. Wallace Carothers
- D. Leo Baekeland
Who developed the first commercially successful sewing machine in the 1840s, featuring a lockstitch design and a pointed needle?
- A. Eli Whitney
- B. Elias Howe
- C. Isaac Singer
- D. James Watt
Which revolutionary gene-editing technology, whose pioneers won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, allows scientists to precisely alter DNA sequences?
- A. PCR
- B. CRISPR-Cas9
- C. DNA Sequencing
- D. RNA Interference
Which astronomer was the first to use a telescope to observe the moons of Jupiter and the phases of Venus, supporting the heliocentric model?
- A. Nicolaus Copernicus
- B. Johannes Kepler
- C. Galileo Galilei
- D. Tycho Brahe

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Which British engineer independently invented the turbojet engine in the 1930s, alongside Hans von Ohain in Germany?

Who is credited with discovering the three laws of planetary motion, showing that planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths?

Who proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, which eventually evolved into the modern theory of plate tectonics?

In 1945, which scientist led the team that built the first general-purpose electronic computer, known as ENIAC?

Robert Watson-Watt is credited with the development of which technology that proved vital for the defense of Britain during World War II?

Which astrophysicist discovered Pulsars in 1967 as a graduate student, though the Nobel Prize for the discovery was awarded to her supervisor?

Which scientist is credited with the 1897 discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle ever identified?

In 1911, which scientist discovered the atomic nucleus through his famous gold foil experiment?

In 1820, which Danish physicist discovered that an electric current creates a magnetic field, founding the field of electromagnetism?

Who discovered the Electron?

Who developed the first mercury thermometer and the first standardized temperature scale in the early 18th century?

Which American scientist and suffragist is now recognized as the first person to discover the 'Greenhouse Effect' in 1856?

Who developed the first periodic table of elements in 1869, famously leaving gaps for elements that had not yet been discovered?

Which American engineer and physicist invented the first functional 'Laser' (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) in 1960?

Ernst Ruska won the Nobel Prize for inventing which instrument in 1931, which uses beams of electrons to see objects much smaller than the wavelength of light?

Which American chemist won the Nobel Prize in 1960 for developing radiocarbon dating, a method to determine the age of organic materials?

Which American chemist discovered 'Teflon' (PTFE) by accident in 1938 while trying to develop a new refrigerant?

Who developed the first commercially successful sewing machine in the 1840s, featuring a lockstitch design and a pointed needle?

Which revolutionary gene-editing technology, whose pioneers won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, allows scientists to precisely alter DNA sequences?

Which astronomer was the first to use a telescope to observe the moons of Jupiter and the phases of Venus, supporting the heliocentric model?