Milestones in Medical History

Medicine

A collection of medium-difficulty multiple-choice questions focusing on specific dates, names, and numbers in the history of medicine.

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10 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Apr 9, 2026

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1 In what year did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?

A 1918
B 1928
C 1938
D 1948

2 Who is credited with developing the first successful polio vaccine, licensed in 1955?

A Jonas Salk
B Albert Sabin
C Louis Pasteur
D Edward Jenner

3 The discovery of DNA's double helix structure, a cornerstone of modern genetics, was published by Watson and Crick in which year?

A 1943
B 1953
C 1963
D 1973

4 Which medical procedure, first successfully performed by Christiaan Barnard in 1967, involves transplanting the heart from one person to another?

A Kidney transplant
B Liver transplant
C Heart transplant
D Lung transplant

5 Ignaz Semmelweis advocated for handwashing in obstetrics to prevent puerperal fever. In what decade did he make his influential recommendations?

A 1840s
B 1850s
C 1860s
D 1870s

6 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global eradication of smallpox in which year?

A 1975
B 1979
C 1980
D 1985

7 Hippocrates, often called the 'Father of Medicine,' lived approximately during which century BCE?

A 8th century BCE
B 6th century BCE
C 5th century BCE
D 3rd century BCE

8 Robert Koch, a pioneer in microbiology, is known for identifying the specific causative agents of which three diseases, often referred to as 'Koch's postulates'?

A Cholera, Typhoid, Influenza
B Tuberculosis, Cholera, Anthrax
C Malaria, Plague, Diphtheria
D Syphilis, Rabies, Measles

9 The first successful human-to-human lung transplant was performed in 1983 by Dr. Leonard Parker. In which city did this groundbreaking surgery take place?

A London
B New York
C Toronto
D Paris

10 The human genome project, aiming to map and sequence the entire human genome, was officially completed in what year?

A 2000
B 2003
C 2005
D 2007

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