Statistics for Famous People of Science

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Famous Accomplishments	Answer	% Correct
Notorious German scientist that worked on the theory of relativity. Proposed the equation E=mc2.	Albert Einstein	99%
Female scientist who did experiments with radioactivity. Has an element named after her.	Marie Curie	96%
A geologist and biologist who discovered the theory of evolution.	Charles Darwin	93%
1600s scientist who discovered gravity by a falling apple.	Isaac Newton	93%
Scottish-born scientist who invented the telephone and the metal detector.	Alexander Graham Bell	72%
A disabled cosmologist who created the theory that black holes emit radiation.	Stephen Hawking	72%
Inventor who created the stop motion camera and the lightbulb.	Thomas Edison	71%
Known as the "Father of Genetics." Did experiments on pea plants to determine heredity.	Gregor Mendel	67%
Chemist and pharmacologist who discovered Penicillin in 1922.	Alexander Fleming	64%
Astronomer who discovered planets using an industrial telescope in the 1500s.	Galileo Galilei	59%
Mechanical engineer and physicist who contributed to the design of the modern alternating current.	Nikola Tesla	38%
Inventor that presumably did a lot of inventions using peanuts.	George Washington Carver	32%