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European Scientific Milestones

European History

Explore major scientific discoveries, proven theories, and breakthrough evidence from European history.

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6 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Oct 24, 2026

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1 Which Renaissance astronomer formulated the mathematical heliocentric model of the solar system in his 1543 treatise 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'?

A Tycho Brahe
B Nicolaus Copernicus
C Johannes Kepler
D Giordano Bruno

2 DNA analysis of 14th-century skeletal remains from European plague mass graves confirmed that the Black Death was caused by which bacterium?

A Yersinia pestis
B Bacillus anthracis
C Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D Vibrio cholerae

3 Which 18th-century French chemist disproved the phlogiston theory by identifying the role of oxygen in combustion and proving the law of conservation of mass?

A Joseph Priestley
B Antoine Lavoisier
C Louis Pasteur
D Claude Louis Berthollet

4 Published in England in 1687, which foundational work by Isaac Newton established classical mechanics and the law of universal gravitation?

A Opticks
B Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
C Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
D Micrographia

5 In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner developed the world's first successful vaccine against smallpox using tissue infected with which virus?

A Cowpox
B Horsepox
C Chickenpox
D Rabies

6 Archaeogenetic analysis conducted at Germany's Max Planck Institute revealed that present-day people of European ancestry carry approximately what percentage of Neanderthal DNA?

A 1% to 2%
B 5% to 7%
C 10% to 12%
D 15% to 18%

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