1
What scientist is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
Charles Darwin
Marie Curie
Niels Bohr
2
What 19th-century doctor is known for promoting handwashing to reduce the spread of disease in hospitals?
Edward Jenner
Ignaz Semmelweis
Samuel Hahnemann
William Osler
3
Which medical imaging technique, discovered in 1895, uses electromagnetic radiation to view inside the human body?
Ultrasound
Electrocardiography
X-rays
MRI scans
4
What vaccine did Jonas Salk develop in the 1950s?
Flu vaccine
Tetanus vaccine
Tuberculosis vaccine
Polio vaccine
5
What discovery by Edward Jenner in 1796 laid the foundation for modern immunology?
The smallpox vaccine
The polio treatment
The cholera vaccine
The tuberculosis antidote
6
What molecule, discovered in 1953 by Watson and Crick, transformed genetics and medicine?
Proteins' tertiary structure
Protein synthesis mechanism
DNA's double helix structure
RNA's single strand formation
7
Who discovered the blood types A, B, AB, and O in 1901?
William Osler
Louis Pasteur
Albert Calmette
Karl Landsteiner
8
What type of medication, discovered in the 20th century, is used to treat bacterial infections by killing or inhibiting bacteria?
Analgesics
Beta-blockers
Antibiotics
Antiretrovirals
9
What hormone, discovered in 1921, revolutionized the treatment of diabetes?
Lactose
Estrogen
Insulin
Ghrelin
10
Which scientist’s discovery of anesthesia in the mid-1800s allowed for painless surgery?
Niels Bohr
Charles Darwin
William Morton
James Watson
