Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
  • 1. Who was on board HMS Beagle as the ship's naturalist?
A) Sir Joseph Banks
B) Captain Cook
C) Charles Darwin
D) Captain FitzRoy
  • 2. What year did the HMS Beagle set sail on its famous voyage?
A) 1801
B) 1831
C) 1850
D) 1900
  • 3. Which famous theory did Charles Darwin develop during his time on the HMS Beagle?
A) Quantum Mechanics
B) Theory of Relativity
C) Theory of Evolution
D) Theory of Gravity
  • 4. Which scientist influenced Charles Darwin's thinking before his voyage on the HMS Beagle?
A) Charles Lyell
B) Gregor Mendel
C) Alfred Russel Wallace
D) Isaac Newton
  • 5. Who invented the marine chronometer, a key tool for navigation at sea?
A) Galileo Galilei
B) Isaac Newton
C) Johannes Kepler
D) John Harrison
  • 6. In what year did the HMS Beagle return to England after its famous voyage with Charles Darwin?
A) 1840
B) 1845
C) 1836
D) 1830
  • 7. Who was the captain of the HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage?
A) William Bligh
B) Robert FitzRoy
C) James Cook
D) Francis Drake
  • 8. Where did the HMS Beagle start its voyage from in 1831?
A) Plymouth, England
B) London, England
C) Bristol, England
D) Liverpool, England
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