Famous People

Question 1

Who isolated radium in 1910 used for X-Rays?

Answer 1

Marie Curie

Question 2

Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

Answer 2

Sir Alexander Fleming

Question 3

Who is “The father of Medicine” and set ethical standards?

Answer 3

Hippocrates

Question 4

Who found out the use of disinfectants and antiseptics for surgery?

Answer 4

Joseph Lister

Question 5

Who made techniques to kill bacteria in beer and milk?

Answer 5

Louis Pasteur

Question 6

Who was the founder of modern nursing?

Answer 6

Florence Nightingale

Question 7

Who created the first mercury thermometer in 1714?

Answer 7

Gabriel Fahrenheit

Question 8

Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?

Answer 8

Clara Barton

Question 9

Who was the artist that dissected people to draw the human anatomy?

Answer 9

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 10

Who discovered oxygen in 1774?

Answer 10

Joseph Priestly

Question 11

Who established principles and patterns of heredity?

Answer 11

Gregory Mendel

Question 12

Who invented the microscope in 1666?

Answer 12

Anton Von Leeuwenheok

Question 13

Who discovered X-rays in 1895?

Answer 13

William Roentgen

Question 14

Who invented the stethoscope?

Answer 14

Rene Laennec

Question 15

Who described circulation of the blood to and from the heart.

Answer 15

William Harvey

Question 16

Who developed a vaccination for smallpox?

Answer 16

Edward Jenner

Question 17

Who told doctors to wash their hands before deliveries?

Answer 17

Ignaz Semmelweiss

Question 18

Who invented bifocal glasses?

Answer 18

Benjamin Franklin

Question 19

Who identified tubes of the female reproductive system?

Answer 19

Gabriel Fallopius

Question 20

Who discovered culture plates and methods to identify pathogens?

Answer 20

Robert Koch