Famous People Quiz - Scientists & Inventors

Testez-vous et apprenez quelque chose de ces esprits scientifiques inspirants!

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - quote by the famous scientist ________?

Discover who said this, and a load of other quotes and facts of a selection of the world's most inspiring scientific contemporary and historical.

'Famous People Quiz - Scientists & Inventors - contains profiles and wiki-links of each of our featured figures.

After a little reading you can test yourself in the muti-choice 'Quick 10' Quizzes:

- Match the name to a face

- Who said it?

- Country?

If feeling really confident, you could summon the courage to take on 'THE BIG QUIZ' matching a brief profile to each & every scientist!

Some are easy.

Some not so much.

How many can you get?

Featured Scientists include:

Ada Lovelace – Founder of scientific computing

Alan Turing – Pioneer in computer science & artificial intelligence

Albert Einstein – Physicist, Theory of relativity

Alexander Graham Bell – Inventor, Patented 1st telephone

Betty Holberton – Pioneer in computer programming

Bill Gates – Founder of Microsoft

Charles Darwin – Pioneer in evolutionary science

Copernicus - Renaissance astronomer

Galileo – Father of modern physics & astronomy

Garrett Morgan – Inventor, modern traffic signal

George Washington Carver – Botanist, developed peanut products

Isaac Newton – Physicist, developed laws of motion

Louis Pasteur – Chemist, discovered principles of vaccination

Margaret Hamilton – Computer Scientist, member of NASA Apollo tean

Marie Curie – Chemist, pioneer in radioactivity research

Mario Molina – Chemist, Ozone researcher

Nikola Tesla – Inventor, electrical power pioneer

Samuel Morse – Developed Morse code telegraph system

Stephen Hawking – Theoretical physicist

Steve Jobs – Founder of Apple

Thomas Edison – Electrical power pioneer

The Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) – Developed 1st successful airplane

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