Quiz on Scientists - 3

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1. What was discovered by James Simpson in 1847 that improved the success rate of surgeries?

a. Sutures

b. Painkiller

c. Anaesthetics

d. Vaccine

2. In 1901, what was discovered by Karl Landsteiner that made the transfusion of blood safer?

a. Blood Clot

b. Blood Groups

c. Veins

d. Circulatory System

3. In 1953, what medical discovery was done by Leroy Stevens in America?

a. Stem Cells

b. Tumors

c. Insulin

d. Red Blood Cells

4. What was discovered by people in the 12th century who used lodestone to magnetize pieces of iron?

a. Kaleidoscope

b. Compass

c. Telescope

d. Velcro

5. In 1543, who published the book "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"?

a. Johannes Kepler

b. Isaac Newton

c. Nicholas Copernicus

d. Galileo Galilei

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1. What was discovered by James Simpson in 1847 that improved the success rate of surgeries?

a. Sutures

b. Painkiller

c. Anaesthetics

d. Vaccine

Did You Know?

Anaesthetics came into general use after Queen Victoria accepted the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic during the birth of her eighth child.

Read more about it in this link.

2. In 1901, what was discovered by Karl Landsteiner that made the transfusion of blood safer?

a. Blood Clot

b. Blood Groups

c. Veins

d. Circulatory System

Did You Know?

Initially, blood transfusions ended in a disaster as blood groups weren't discovered and infections were rife.

Read more about it in this link.

3. In 1953, what medical discovery was done by Leroy Stevens in America?

a. Stem Cells

b. Tumors

c. Insulin

d. Red Blood Ce

Did You Know?

When working on a grant from a tobacco company about the adverse effects of tobacco, Leroy Stevens noticed a mouse with a huge scrotum. He dissected the mice to study the cells leading to stem cell research.

Read more about it in this link.

4. What was discovered by people in the 12th century who used lodestone to magnetize pieces of iron?

a. Kaleidoscope

b. Compass

c. Telescope

d. Velcro

Did You Know?

Repeatedly rubbing lodestone along the iron needle in one direction magnetizes a needle. This would align itself in a north-south direction when suspended, as earth in itself is a giant magnet.

Read more about it in this link.

5. In 1543, who published the book "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"?

a. Johannes Kepler

b. Isaac Newton

c. Nicholas Copernicus

d. Galileo Galilei

Did You Know?

It was in this book that Copernicus published his "heliocentric theory" which stated that all the planets revolved around the Sun. Until then, it was thought that the Earth was at the center of the universe.

Read more about it in this link.

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