Statistics for History Quiz: Science

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who is seen as the founder of the science of genetics?	Gregor Mendel	73%
Which of these scientists contributed to the field of quantum physics?	Niels Bohr	70%
Marie Curie, along with her husband Pierre, discovered radium and which other element?	Polonium	64%
Who was born last?	Johannes Kepler	63%
What type of device are the Jantar Mantar of India?	Sundials	57%
Which was the first zoo to stop using cages?	Tierpark Hagenbeck	56%
What was the purpose of the Antikythera mechanism?	To predict astronomical positions and eclipses	54%
"The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine", both encyclopedias, were written by which Islamic scientist (Latinised name)?	Avicenna	53%
The first probe to successfully orbit Mars was sent by which nation?	United States	49%
Kotaro Honda created a type of which alloy?	Steel	47%
Which one of these did Isaac Newton not study?	Astrology	38%
Which scientist, in 1780, discovered that he could make a dead frog's legs twitch by applying electricity to the muscles?	Luigi Galvani	38%
Chemist Humphry Davy came from which town in the south-west of England?	Penzance	37%
Which of these did Archimedes not actually invent/formulate?	Archimedes' screw	30%
The Indian scientist Aryabhata described which of these?	Relativity of motion	18%