Clue Into Science Fun Fact (all 100)
exam questions with complete
solutions
Qs
Luis Alvarez (#1) - n
ANS✔
He participated in the Manhattan Project.
Qs
Charles E. Anderson (#2) - n
ANS✔
He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Qs
Mary Anning (#3) - n
ANS✔
She had nine siblings, although only her and her older brother Joseph survived until
adulthood.
Qs
Archimedes (#4) - n
ANS✔
He supposedly yelled Eureka when he figured out the answer to a problem the king
had.
Qs
Amedeo Avogrado (#5) - n
ANS✔
He had six children.
,Qs
Patricia Bath (#6) - n
ANS✔
She claims that her "personal best moment" was when she helped restore the
eyesight of a woman who had been blind for over 30 years.
Qs
Alexander Graham Bell (#7) - n
ANS✔
The first words that he said on his telephone were "Mr. Watson, come here. I want
to see you."
Qs
Daniel Bernoulli (#8) - n
ANS✔
His father plagiarized his son's work (Hydrodynamica), writing a book called
Hydraulica and changing the dates out of jealousy.
Qs
Elizabeth Blackwell (#9) - n
ANS✔
She got rejected by 29 medical schools before she was admitted to Geneva Medical
College.
Qs
Niels Bohr (#10) - n
ANS✔
He was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project
Qs
, Robert Boyle (#11) - n
ANS✔
In 1654 he was invited to Oxford.
Qs
Tycho Brahe (#12) - n
ANS✔
He lost his nose in 1566 in a duel with Manderup Parsberg, a fellow Danish student
at the University of Rostock and his third cousin.
Qs
Brahmagupta (#13) - n
ANS✔
Late in his life, Brahmagupta wrote Khandakhadyaka (665; "A Piece Eatable"), an
astronomical handbook that employed Aryabhata's system of starting each day at
midnight.
Qs
Robert Bunsen (#14) - n
ANS✔
He taught at the Universities of Marburg and Breslau and elsewhere.
Qs
Santiago Ramon Y Cajal (#15) - n
ANS✔
He served as professor of descriptive anatomy at the University of Valencia (1884-
87) and professor of histology and pathological anatomy at the universities of
Barcelona.
Qs
Rachel Carson (#16) - n
exam questions with complete
solutions
Qs
Luis Alvarez (#1) - n
ANS✔
He participated in the Manhattan Project.
Qs
Charles E. Anderson (#2) - n
ANS✔
He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Qs
Mary Anning (#3) - n
ANS✔
She had nine siblings, although only her and her older brother Joseph survived until
adulthood.
Qs
Archimedes (#4) - n
ANS✔
He supposedly yelled Eureka when he figured out the answer to a problem the king
had.
Qs
Amedeo Avogrado (#5) - n
ANS✔
He had six children.
,Qs
Patricia Bath (#6) - n
ANS✔
She claims that her "personal best moment" was when she helped restore the
eyesight of a woman who had been blind for over 30 years.
Qs
Alexander Graham Bell (#7) - n
ANS✔
The first words that he said on his telephone were "Mr. Watson, come here. I want
to see you."
Qs
Daniel Bernoulli (#8) - n
ANS✔
His father plagiarized his son's work (Hydrodynamica), writing a book called
Hydraulica and changing the dates out of jealousy.
Qs
Elizabeth Blackwell (#9) - n
ANS✔
She got rejected by 29 medical schools before she was admitted to Geneva Medical
College.
Qs
Niels Bohr (#10) - n
ANS✔
He was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project
Qs
, Robert Boyle (#11) - n
ANS✔
In 1654 he was invited to Oxford.
Qs
Tycho Brahe (#12) - n
ANS✔
He lost his nose in 1566 in a duel with Manderup Parsberg, a fellow Danish student
at the University of Rostock and his third cousin.
Qs
Brahmagupta (#13) - n
ANS✔
Late in his life, Brahmagupta wrote Khandakhadyaka (665; "A Piece Eatable"), an
astronomical handbook that employed Aryabhata's system of starting each day at
midnight.
Qs
Robert Bunsen (#14) - n
ANS✔
He taught at the Universities of Marburg and Breslau and elsewhere.
Qs
Santiago Ramon Y Cajal (#15) - n
ANS✔
He served as professor of descriptive anatomy at the University of Valencia (1884-
87) and professor of histology and pathological anatomy at the universities of
Barcelona.
Qs
Rachel Carson (#16) - n
