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