Who is known for developing the theory of black holes and the concept of Hawking radiation?
a) David Suzuki
b) Roberta Bondar
c) Stephen Hawking
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: c) Stephen Hawking
Which Canadian scientist is credited with inventing the cardiac pacemaker?
a) Michael Smith
b) Harold Johns
c) Wilfred Bigelow
d) John Hopps
Answer: d) John Hopps
This Canadian physicist is known for his work on the development of the electron microscope.
a) Arthur McDonald
b) Ernest Rutherford
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Eli Sutter
Answer: c) Brockhouse Bertram
Who discovered insulin and its use in treating diabetes?
a) Frederick Banting
b) Roberta Bondar
c) Francis Collins
d) Alexander Fleming
Answer: a) Frederick Banting
Which Canadian scientist is known for his work on the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology?
a) Jack Szostak
b) Jennifer Doudna
c) Roger Penrose
d) John Polanyi
Answer: b) Jennifer Doudna
This Canadian astronomer is famous for discovering the first pulsar.
a) Roberta Bondar
b) John Polanyi
c) Donna Strickland
d) Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Answer: d) Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Who is known for pioneering the use of radiocarbon dating in archaeology and geology?
a) Patrick McGeer
b) Willard Libby
c) Arthur McDonald
d) Michael Smith
Answer: b) Willard Libby
This Canadian scientist is famous for his contributions to the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.
a) Jack Szostak
b) John Polanyi
c) Frederick Banting
d) Patrick McGeer
Answer: d) Patrick McGeer
Who developed the concept of “Black Body Radiation” and made significant contributions to quantum theory?
a) Donna Strickland
b) Erwin Schrödinger
c) Max Planck
d) Michael Smith
Answer: c) Max Planck
This Canadian mathematician is known for his work in number theory and the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
a) Roger Penrose
b) Roberta Bondar
c) John Polanyi
d) Andrew Wiles
Answer: d) Andrew Wiles
Who is the Canadian scientist known for his pioneering work in the field of radiotherapy for cancer treatment?
a) Patrick McGeer
b) Roberta Bondar
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Harold Johns
Answer: d) Harold Johns
This Canadian physicist is known for his research in superconductivity and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics.
a) Michael Smith
b) John Polanyi
c) Willard Libby
d) Jack Szostak
Answer: b) John Polanyi
Who discovered the “photoelectric effect,” which laid the foundation for quantum theory?
a) Max Planck
b) Donna Strickland
c) Arthur McDonald
d) Albert Einstein
Answer: d) Albert Einstein
This Canadian scientist is known for his research on neuropsychology and brain development in children.
a) Patrick McGeer
b) Brockhouse Bertram
c) John Polanyi
d) John C. Polanyi
Answer: a) Patrick McGeer
Who is the Canadian chemist known for his work on the discovery of the element radon?
a) Michael Smith
b) Arthur McDonald
c) Ernest Rutherford
d) Frederick Soddy
Answer: c) Ernest Rutherford
This Canadian geneticist is known for his research on the regulation of gene expression.
a) Donna Strickland
b) Michael Smith
c) John Polanyi
d) Roberta Bondar
Answer: b) Michael Smith
Who is known for his contributions to the field of cosmology and the Big Bang theory?
a) Roger Penrose
b) John Polanyi
c) Donna Strickland
d) Stephen Hawking
Answer: a) Roger Penrose
This Canadian biologist is known for her work on the discovery of the structure of DNA.
a) Rosalind Franklin
b) Jennifer Doudna
c) Donna Strickland
d) Maria Klawe
Answer: a) Rosalind Franklin
Who is the Canadian physicist known for his research on particle physics and the discovery of neutrino oscillations?
a) Arthur McDonald
b) John Polanyi
c) Donna Strickland
d) Wilfred Bigelow
Answer: a) Arthur McDonald
This Canadian immunologist is known for his research on the immune system’s response to infection.
a) Donna Strickland
b) Patrick McGeer
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Charles Janeway
Answer: b) Patrick McGeer
Who is known for developing the first successful treatment for childhood leukemia?
a) Janet Rossant
b) David Suzuki
c) Roberta Bondar
d) James Till and Ernest McCulloch
Answer: d) James Till and Ernest McCulloch
This Canadian physician and geneticist is known for his research on the genetics of mental disorders.
a) Michael Smith
b) Patrick McGeer
c) Arthur McDonald
d) Rudolf Uher
Answer: d) Rudolf Uher
Who is the Canadian neuroscientist known for his research on brain plasticity and stroke recovery?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Michael Merzenich
c) John Polanyi
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: b) Michael Merzenich
This Canadian mathematician and computer scientist is known for his contributions to artificial intelligence and robotics.
a) Geoffrey Hinton
b) Michael Smith
c) Arthur McDonald
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: a) Geoffrey Hinton
Who is the Canadian ecologist known for his work on the theory of island biogeography and conservation biology?
a) Roberta Bondar
b) David Schindler
c) Patrick McGeer
d) Robert May
Answer: d) Robert May
This Canadian physicist is known for his contributions to the understanding of superfluidity in liquid helium.
a) Arthur McDonald
b) John Polanyi
c) Donna Strickland
d) Robert Richardson
Answer: d) Robert Richardson
Who is the Canadian psychologist known for his research on cognitive development in children and the theory of mind?
a) Donald O. Hebb
b) Michael Smith
c) Jean Piaget
d) John Polanyi
Answer: c) Jean Piaget
This Canadian botanist is known for his work on the discovery of the anti-cancer drug taxol.
a) Michael Smith
b) Charles Best
c) Willard Libby
d) Calvin Souther Fuller
Answer: a) Michael Smith
Who is known for his research on molecular biology and the discovery of telomerase?
a) James Till
b) Jennifer Doudna
c) Elizabeth Blackburn
d) Michael Smith
Answer: c) Elizabeth Blackburn
This Canadian physicist is known for his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics and quantum computing.
a) Michael Smith
b) Donna Strickland
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) John Polanyi
Answer: b) Donna Strickland
Who is the Canadian geologist known for his work on the theory of plate tectonics?
a) Roberta Bondar
b) John Tuzo Wilson
c) Arthur McDonald
d) Patrick McGeer
Answer: b) John Tuzo Wilson
This Canadian paleontologist is known for his discovery of the first feathered dinosaur fossil.
a) John Polanyi
b) Donna Strickland
c) Roberta Bondar
d) Philip J. Currie
Answer: d) Philip J. Currie
Who is the Canadian microbiologist known for his discovery of bacteriophages and their role in genetics?
a) Frederick Banting
b) Felix d’Herelle
c) Michael Smith
d) Charles Best
Answer: b) Felix d’Herelle
This Canadian physicist is known for his research on the behavior of materials at extremely low temperatures.
a) Arthur McDonald
b) John Polanyi
c) Donna Strickland
d) Robert Richardson
Answer: d) Robert Richardson
Who is known for his contributions to the development of radar technology during World War II?
a) John Polanyi
b) Edward A. Horton
c) Donna Strickland
d) Brockhouse Bertram
Answer: b) Edward A. Horton
This Canadian physicist is known for his research on atomic and molecular collisions.
a) Michael Smith
b) Willard Libby
c) John Polanyi
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: c) John Polanyi
Who is the Canadian geophysicist known for his research on the Earth’s magnetic field and its reversals?
a) Michael Smith
b) J. Tuzo Wilson
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: b) J. Tuzo Wilson
This Canadian physicist is known for his research on the behavior of fluids near absolute zero.
a) Arthur McDonald
b) John Polanyi
c) Donna Strickland
d) Brockhouse Bertram
Answer: d) Brockhouse Bertram
Who is known for his contributions to the understanding of the Earth’s mantle and the theory of mantle convection?
a) Patrick McGeer
b) Roberta Bondar
c) Keith Runcorn
d) John Polanyi
Answer: c) Keith Runcorn
This Canadian biologist is known for his research on the cellular mechanisms of aging and longevity.
a) Michael Smith
b) Leonard Hayflick
c) Arthur McDonald
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: b) Leonard Hayflick
Who is the Canadian climatologist known for his research on the impacts of human activity on the Earth’s climate?
a) David Suzuki
b) Patrick McGeer
c) John Houghton
d) Donna Strickland
Answer: c) John Houghton
This Canadian physician and microbiologist is known for his work on the development of the polio vaccine.
a) Michael Smith
b) Roberta Bondar
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Albert Sabin
Answer: d) Albert Sabin
Who is known for his contributions to the understanding of the greenhouse effect and climate change?
a) Michael Smith
b) James Hansen
c) Donna Strickland
d) Willard Libby
Answer: b) James Hansen
This Canadian biologist is known for his research on the genetics of human evolution and migration.
a) Donna Strickland
b) Michael Smith
c) Willard Libby
d) Spencer Wells
Answer: d) Spencer Wells
Who is the Canadian geneticist known for his research on DNA repair and its implications for cancer?
a) Michael Smith
b) Donna Strickland
c) Alan Bernstein
d) David Baltimore
Answer: c) Alan Bernstein
This Canadian physician and researcher is known for his contributions to the understanding of HIV/AIDS.
a) David Suzuki
b) Patrick McGeer
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Julio Montaner
Answer: d) Julio Montaner
Who is known for his research on the genetics and epidemiology of cancer, particularly breast cancer?
a) Michael Smith
b) Donna Strickland
c) Willard Libby
d) Steven Narod
Answer: d) Steven Narod
This Canadian physicist is known for his contributions to the understanding of nuclear reactions in stars.
a) Michael Smith
b) John Polanyi
c) Brockhouse Bertram
d) Hans Bethe
Answer: d) Hans Bethe
Who is known for his research on the mechanism of action of enzymes and their role in metabolism?
a) Donna Strickland
b) Patrick McGeer
c) Arthur McDonald
d) John West
Answer: d) John West
This Canadian chemist is known for his contributions to the field of organic chemistry and the study of natural products.
a) Michael Smith
b) Arthur McDonald
c) Willard Libby
d) Gilbert Stork
Answer: d) Gilbert Stork
