Science and Research Quiz

Test your knowledge about Science and Research!
Only one answer is right.
And discover at the end of the quiz, if you are unbeatable on this theme!

  • 1
    In which international organization, based in Geneva, was the first website for internal communication created?
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    CERN computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee looked for a way to allow his colleagues to exchange data quickly, and in 1991 the first website was launched.
  • 2
    What is the name of Albert Einstein's famous theory that contains the famous formula E = MC2?
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    In 1915, A. Einstein discovers one of the most famous equations of science: that space and time are related and that both are relative, which means that they are not absolute and can be deformed. This discovery allowed concrete applications, useful in everyday life such as GPS or the first cathode ray television.
  • 3
    During Antiquity, what is the great discovery of the Greek Eratosthenes?
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    The astronomer, geographer, philosopher and mathematician Eratosthenes, was able, thanks to his research, to calculate the circumference of the Earth and obtain a measurement close to reality.
  • 4
    Against what weapon of mass destruction did the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) position itself in 1918?
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    The ICRC became engaged in the fight against mustard gas (a devastating chemical weapon), which lead in 1925 to the signing of a Protocol (the Geneva Protocol) prohibiting the use of these toxic agents in war.
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    What technology used during the First World War, perfected by Marie Curie, allowed doctors to treat the non-repatriating wounded and thus save their lives?
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    During the war, Marie Curie set up x-ray machines at the front to identify fractures and locate shrapnel from the wounded.
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    In 1945, which weapon was used by the United States against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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    The bombing partially destroyed both cities and caused the death of thousands of people. This is the first and only time that this nuclear weapon has been used during an armed conflict.
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    What is the name of the particle discovered in 2012 for which two physicists from CERN received the Nobel Prize in physics in 2013?
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    This elementary particle makes it possible to explain the origin of the mass of all the particles of the Universe.
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    What are chemical weapons?
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    There are five toxic gases: suffocants, incapacitants, vesicants, blood toxins and neurotoxins, each of which causes different effects on humans.
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    What is the name of the weapons of mass destruction that intentionally cause the illness or death of human beings, animals or plants?
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    A biological weapon is the use of pathological germs such as viruses, bacteria on a population.
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    Who was the first mammal to be cloned in 1996?
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    Dolly was reproduced identically after 276 unsuccessful attempts.