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Alexander Fleming
  • 1. In which year was Alexander Fleming born?
A) 1881
B) 1925
C) 1850
D) 1900
  • 2. What important discovery is Alexander Fleming known for?
A) penicillin
B) radioactivity
C) gravity
D) electricity
  • 3. Where was Alexander Fleming born?
A) Scotland
B) England
C) France
D) Germany
  • 4. Which war greatly influenced Fleming's work on penicillin?
A) Vietnam War
B) War of 1812
C) World War I
D) American Revolutionary War
  • 5. Where did Alexander Fleming study medicine?
A) St. Mary's Hospital Medical School
B) Oxford University
C) Harvard University
D) Sorbonne University
  • 6. What type of substance is penicillin?
A) antibiotic
B) paint
C) insecticide
D) fertilizer
  • 7. Who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming for the discovery of penicillin?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain
C) Albert Einstein
D) Marie Curie
  • 8. What was Alexander Fleming's marital status?
A) married
B) single
C) widowed
D) divorced
  • 9. What was Alexander Fleming's nationality?
A) German
B) American
C) Scottish
D) English
  • 10. In which year was penicillin first used to treat infections?
A) 1975
B) 1920
C) 2000
D) 1942
  • 11. What was the title of Alexander Fleming's most famous publication?
A) The Wealth of Nations
B) The Origin of Species
C) On the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium
D) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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