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