Ch16 - People

Question 1

Who was the Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric view of the universe, which suggested that the planets revolved around the sun?

Answer 1

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 2

Who was the German Lutheran astronomer who discovered the three laws of planetary motion?

Answer 2

Johannes Kepler

Question 3

Who was the Italian philosopher and scientist who discovered the law of uniform acceleration and the laws of pendulum?

Answer 3

Galileo Galilei

Question 4

Who was the English philosopher who discovered the universal law of gravitation and explained the three laws of motion?

Answer 4

Isaac Newton

Question 5

Who is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”?

Answer 5

Isaac Newton

Question 6

Who was the “Father of Anatomy”?

Answer 6

Andreas Vesalius

Question 7

Who published the first complete description of the human body in the 1540s?

Answer 7

Andreas Vesalius

Question 8

Who published De Magneta, the first great English science book?

Answer 8

William Gilbert

Question 9

What Scottish mathematician and Bible scholar who invented logarithms and decimal notation?

Answer 9

John Napier

Question 10

What English philosopher formulated the modern scientific method?

Answer 10

Francis Bacon

Question 11

Which English physician discovered the circulation of blood in the human body?

Answer 11

William Harvey

Question 12

Which French mathematician invented an accurate scale for measuring lines and angles?

Answer 12

Pierre Vernier

Question 13

Who was known as “Father of Modern Philosophy”?

Answer 13

Rene Descartes

Question 14

Who developed analytical geometry?

Answer 14

Rene Descartes

Question 15

Which French mathematician and philosopher invented a calculating device that was the predecessor to the modern calculator?

Answer 15

Blaise Pascal

Question 16

Who invented the barometer and helped develop the science of hydrostatics?

Answer 16

Blaise Pascal

Question 17

What English scientist and Christian formulated several laws of gases?

Answer 17

Robert Boyle

Question 18

Who was called the “Father of Modern Chemistry”?

Answer 18

Robert Boyle

Question 19

What English astronomer, mathematician, and experimental philosopher became the first to observe microscopic cells?

Answer 19

Robert Hooke

Question 20

Which Dutch naturalist is known as the “Father of Microbiology”?

Answer 20

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 21

Who designed and built simple microscopes and observed protozoa and anatomical functions?

Answer 21

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 22

Who was one of the greatest astronomers of his day and correctly predicted the appearance of the comet which bears his name?

Answer 22

Edmund Halley

Question 23

What Puritan clergyman and naturalist pioneered the science of taxonomy and originated the idea of species?

Answer 23

John Ray

Question 24

Which botanist of the 1700s expanded Ray’s work and established the modern system of biological classification?

Answer 24

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 25

Who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the temperature scale that bears his name?

Answer 25

Gabriel Fahrenheit

Question 26

Who led in the formation of the Philosophical College?

Answer 26

John Wilkins

Question 27

What met regularly in London to conduct experiments and discuss scientific theories?

Answer 27

The Philosophical College

Question 28

What group of French Catholics believed in salvation by God's grace and followed several Calvinist teachings?

Answer 28

Jansenists

Question 29

Who was the first musician of modern times and was remembered for his beautiful melodies and expressive harmonies?

Answer 29

Josquin des Pres

Question 30

Who was the most important composer before Bach and wrote a collection of madrigals?

Answer 30

Heinrich Schutz

Question 31

Who was one of history's greatest composers who wrote The Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion, The Well Tempered Clavier, and the Brandenburg Concertos?

Answer 31

Johann Sebastsian Bach

Question 32

Who perfected the oratorio and wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus" in The Messiah.

Answer 32

George Frederic Handel

Question 33

What is the best-known choral piece in the world

Answer 33

"The Hallelujah Chorus"

Question 34

Who is the "Father of the English Hymn"?

Answer 34

Isaac Watts

Question 35

Who wrote more than 600 hymns including "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "Joy to the World," "O God Our Help in Ages Past."

Answer 35

Isaac Watts

Question 36

Who wrote about 100 symphonies including the Surprise Symphony, The Creation, and The Seasons?

Answer 36

Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 37

What child prodigy composed over 600 works including The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro?

Answer 37

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 38

What deaf composer wrote concertos, sonatas and symphonies such as Moonlight Sonota, the Fifth Symphony, and the Ninth Symphony?

Answer 38

Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 39

What 16th-century artist began art in the Modern Age and developed the art of woodcutting.

Answer 39

Albrecht Durer

Question 40

Who was one of the greatest portrait painters of all times?

Answer 40

Hans Holbein the Younger

Question 41

Who was one of the greatest of the Dutch masters and one of the greatest painters of all times?

Answer 41

Rembrandt van Rijn