Trivia question of the day — Feb 14, 2026
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DIFFICULTY 19 · EASYSCIENCE
Which Scottish physician discovered penicillin in 1928?
- Howard Florey
- Joseph Lister
- Ernst Chain
- Alexander Fleming
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D. Alexander Fleming
He only coined the word 'penicillin' in March 1929 to avoid repeating 'mould broth filtrate'; the purified drug did not arrive until 1940.
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