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A quarter of 14-year-olds confuse Marie Curie with Mariah Carey, according to new research by the Royal Institution for the BBC News Magazine.It reveals what six to 15-year-olds do and don't know about science. Can you do any better? | A quarter of 14-year-olds confuse Marie Curie with Mariah Carey, according to new research by the Royal Institution for the BBC News Magazine.It reveals what six to 15-year-olds do and don't know about science. Can you do any better? |
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He invented electromagnetic induction and featured on the back of £20 notes for 10 years, but 64% of children don't know who Michael Faraday is. Can you pick him out? | He invented electromagnetic induction and featured on the back of £20 notes for 10 years, but 64% of children don't know who Michael Faraday is. Can you pick him out? |
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Albert Einstein is one of science's most recognisable faces, with 61% of children able to pick him out. His 1910 paper on "critical opalescence" helped confirm, among other things, what? | |
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But while they could name him, 12% wrongly thought he discovered gravity. That was Isaac Newton. What was the name of his book that explained the three basic laws that govern the way objects move? | But while they could name him, 12% wrongly thought he discovered gravity. That was Isaac Newton. What was the name of his book that explained the three basic laws that govern the way objects move? |
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Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, but 61% of young people do not know what she is famous for. What chemical element did she NOT discover? | Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, but 61% of young people do not know what she is famous for. What chemical element did she NOT discover? |
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When asked to pick out a photo of Marie Curie, 14% of children pointed to a picture of Mariah Carey and 13% to one of Margaret Thatcher. The Royal Institution research is published ahead of Big Bang, the UK's single biggest celebration of science and engineering for young people. | When asked to pick out a photo of Marie Curie, 14% of children pointed to a picture of Mariah Carey and 13% to one of Margaret Thatcher. The Royal Institution research is published ahead of Big Bang, the UK's single biggest celebration of science and engineering for young people. |
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Television is a big part of life today, but only 28% of young people know it was in the 1920s that John Logie Baird made the first TV broadcast in the UK. Where did he give the first public demonstration? | Television is a big part of life today, but only 28% of young people know it was in the 1920s that John Logie Baird made the first TV broadcast in the UK. Where did he give the first public demonstration? |
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Ditto the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell invented it, but what did he first call it? | Ditto the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell invented it, but what did he first call it? |
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One scientist 77% of young people do recognise is Stephen Hawking. He says the best explanation for the existence of the universe is something called M-Theory. What does the "M" stand for? | |
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0 - 3 : Black hole | 0 - 3 : Black hole |
4 - 6 : Dimly lit | 4 - 6 : Dimly lit |
7 - 7 : Bright spark | 7 - 7 : Bright spark |
For more details on some of the world's leading figures in science, go to the scientists page on the BBC's science website. | For more details on some of the world's leading figures in science, go to the scientists page on the BBC's science website. |
For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down). | For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down). |