The History of Science and Technology

This quiz will test your knowledge on the history of science and technology.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the father of modern science?

  1. Aristotle
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. Isaac Newton
  4. Albert Einstein
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into orbit?

  1. Sputnik 1
  2. Explorer 1
  3. Vanguard 1
  4. Luna 1
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist is credited with developing the theory of relativity?

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. Stephen Hawking
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first personal computer?

  1. Apple I
  2. Altair 8800
  3. IBM PC
  4. Commodore 64
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who invented the World Wide Web?

  1. Tim Berners-Lee
  2. Vinton Cerf
  3. Robert Kahn
  4. Marc Andreessen
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first human to walk on the moon?

  1. Neil Armstrong
  2. Buzz Aldrin
  3. Michael Collins
  4. Yuri Gagarin
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist discovered the structure of DNA?

  1. James Watson
  2. Francis Crick
  3. Rosalind Franklin
  4. Maurice Wilkins
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first space telescope?

  1. Hubble Space Telescope
  2. Chandra X-ray Observatory
  3. Spitzer Space Telescope
  4. James Webb Space Telescope
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is considered the father of computer science?

  1. Alan Turing
  2. John von Neumann
  3. Charles Babbage
  4. Ada Lovelace
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first successful cloning of an animal?

  1. Dolly the sheep
  2. Polly the sheep
  3. Wilbur the pig
  4. Missy the cat
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

  1. Charles Darwin
  2. Alfred Russel Wallace
  3. Thomas Malthus
  4. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first microprocessor?

  1. Intel 4004
  2. Intel 8080
  3. Motorola 6800
  4. Zilog Z80
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who invented the transistor?

  1. John Bardeen
  2. Walter Brattain
  3. William Shockley
  4. Gordon Teal
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the name of the first commercially successful personal computer?

  1. Apple II
  2. Commodore PET
  3. TRS-80
  4. IBM PC
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scientist discovered the electron?

  1. J.J. Thomson
  2. Ernest Rutherford
  3. Niels Bohr
  4. Albert Einstein