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Famous Scientists

Discover the curious minds and big ideas of history's most famous scientists and their discoveries.

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Sample Famous Scientists questions

Three questions from this pack. Guess first, then reveal the answer — in the game, everyone answers on their phone and the TV shows who got it right.

  1. Q1 Thomas Edison is well known for helping to develop which everyday invention?

    • The practical light bulb
    • The wheel
    • The umbrella
    • The bicycle
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    The practical light bulb — Thomas Edison helped develop the practical light bulb in 1879, one that could glow for many hours.

  2. Q2 Which scientist and inventor was also a famous American thinker who experimented with electricity using a kite during a storm?

    • Benjamin Franklin
    • Charles Darwin
    • Galileo Galilei
    • Gregor Mendel
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    Benjamin Franklin — Benjamin Franklin did his famous kite experiment in 1752 to show that lightning is a form of electricity.

  3. Q3 Scientists often test their ideas by doing experiments and observing what happens.

    • True
    • False
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    True — True: scientists test ideas with experiments and careful observation, then check whether the results back up the idea.

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