83042 Easy Trivia Questions
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What is the title of Copernicus's book outlining the heliocentric model?
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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Who proposed the heliocentric model in the 16th century?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
What did Alexander Fleming name the enzyme that can destroy penicillin?
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penicillinase
What is the name of the hospital where Fleming discovered penicillin?
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St. Mary's Hospital
During which global conflict was penicillin first mass-produced?
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World War II
What prestigious award did Fleming, Florey, and Chain receive for penicillin?
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In which city was penicillin discovered?
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London
What common bacterium did Fleming observe being killed by the mold?
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Staphylococcus aureus
What genus of mold produces penicillin?
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Penicillium
What was the first human disease proven to be caused by a virus?
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Yellow fever
What disease is caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum?
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Botulism
What disease is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis?
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Anthrax
What is the common name for the bacterium Escherichia coli?
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E. coli
Who invented the Gram staining technique?
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Hans Christian Gram
Who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation?
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Louis Pasteur
Which bacterium causes whooping cough?
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Bordetella pertussis
What disease is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum?
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Syphilis
What disease is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi?
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Typhoid fever
Which bacteria is responsible for causing diphtheria?
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Who first observed bacteria under a microscope?
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Which Hungarian physician advocated for hand washing to prevent childbed fever?
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Ignaz Semmelweis
Which disease did Edward Jenner's vaccine target?
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Smallpox
Who is credited with the development of the germ theory of disease?
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Louis Pasteur
Which space shuttle carried the first Spacelab module?
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Columbia
Which space shuttle had the first female pilot, Eileen Collins?
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Discovery
Who was the first American woman to fly on a space shuttle?
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Sally Ride
What was the name of the space shuttle built to replace Challenger?
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Endeavour
Which space shuttle broke apart shortly after launch in 1986?
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Challenger
Which space shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry in 2003?
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Columbia
Which space shuttle flew the final mission of the program?
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Atlantis
What was the name of the first space shuttle to orbit Earth?
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Columbia
What is the name of the first exoplanet system discovered, around a pulsar?
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PSR B1257+12
Which NASA space telescope discovered the majority of known exoplanets?
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Kepler space telescope
Which system contains seven Earth-sized exoplanets?
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TRAPPIST-1