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