16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the hypothesis that coevolution drives constant adaptation?
Answer
Red Queen hypothesis
Which early whale fossil had small vestigial hind limbs?
Answer
Basilosaurus
What is the name of the 1924 fossil hominid skull found in South Africa?
Answer
Taung child
Which paleontologist discovered the early whale fossil Pakicetus?
Answer
Philip Gingerich
What is the name of the 20th-century synthesis of evolution and genetics?
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Modern synthesis
Which paleontologist co-proposed punctuated equilibrium with Niles Eldredge?
Answer
Stephen Jay Gould
Which Cambrian fossil site in Canada is famous for soft-bodied preservation?
Answer
Burgess Shale
What Danish football club did Niels Bohr play for as a goalkeeper?
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Akademisk Boldklub
What was the title of Niels Bohr's doctoral thesis?
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Studies on the Electron Theory of Metals
Who wrote the biography 'Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA'?
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Brenda Maddox
In which book did James Watson disparage Rosalind Franklin?
Answer
The Double Helix
What two categories of carbon did Rosalind Franklin distinguish in her coal research?
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Graphitizing and non-graphitizing
What was the name of the graduate student who worked with Rosalind Franklin on DNA?
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Raymond Gosling
At which laboratory at Birkbeck College did Rosalind Franklin work on viruses?
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Crystallography Laboratory
What was Rosalind Franklin's exact date of birth?
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25 July 1920
What was the name of Michael Faraday's longtime laboratory assistant?
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Charles Anderson
What is the name of the cemetery where Faraday is buried?
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Highgate Cemetery
Which book inspired Faraday to pursue a career in science?
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Conversations on Chemistry
What was the occupation of Michael Faraday's father?
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blacksmith
What disease killed two of Pasteur's daughters?
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Typhoid fever
Which French emperor awarded Pasteur the Légion d'honneur?
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Napoleon III
Who succeeded Louis Pasteur as director of the Pasteur Institute in 1895?
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Émile Duclaux
What is the exact date of Louis Pasteur's birth?
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27 December 1822
What French commune was Louis Pasteur's home at the time of his death?
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Marnes-la-Coquette
What second silkworm disease did Pasteur investigate after pébrine?
Answer
flacherie
What was the exact date of the first human rabies vaccination by Pasteur?
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6 July 1885
In which city did Mendel attend the Gymnasium?
Answer
Opava
Who coined the term 'gene'?
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Wilhelm Johannsen