Science Quiz 82: Charles Darwin Quiz

Science Quiz 82: Charles Darwin Quiz (Personalities Quiz)

24 November is celebrated as Evolution Day, highlighting Darwin's contributions to science, the day's events are used to educate about evolutionary biology. Here is a quiz on Charles Darwin

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1. Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship named:

The Enterprise
HMS Beagle
The Santa Maria
The Endeavour

2. In which year Charles Darwin was born?

1809
1908
1899
1709

3. What hobby did Darwin pick up while at Edinburgh?

Hunting
Bird watching
Beettle collecting
Philately

4. Which one of the following alternative therapies did Darwin try to improve his chronic ill health?

Music therapy
Biblio therapy
Acupressure
Hydrotherapy

5. Thea article by this British naturalist, known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection, pro

Alfred Russel Wallace
Thomas Henry Huxley
Asa Gray
Samuel Haughton

6. Charles Darwin's father, Robert Darwin, was a

Teacher
Botanist
Doctor
Poet

7. In which book Charles Darwin first used the word evolution?

The Origin of Species
The Voyage of the Beagle
The Power of Movement in
The Descent of Man

8. Darwin's guide in his early study of geology was an opponent to Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Who wa

Adam Sedgwick
Robert Grant
Richard Thomas Lowe
Charles Lyell

9. Darwin Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Charles Darwin. When is it celebrated?

19 April
12 February
24 November
12 November

10. Evolution Day is a celebration to commemorate

Birth anniversary of Darwin
Death anniversary of Darwin
Initial publication of On the Origin of Species
Royal Medal awarded to Darwin

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