Q 01/05

With which two scientists did Watson share the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

A) Crick and Wilkins

B) Crick and Franklin

C) Pauling and Bragg

D) Luria and Delbruck

Answer · why

A) Crick and Wilkins

The citation was for the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer.

Q 02/05

In which American city was Watson born in 1928?

A) Boston

B) New York

C) Chicago

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

C) Chicago

He grew up on the South Side and went to public schools before entering the university at 15.

Q 03/05

As a boy Watson appeared on which popular radio show for bright children?

A) Whiz Kids

B) Quiz Kids

C) Brain Trust

D) Twenty Questions

Answer · why

B) Quiz Kids

He was already fascinated by birdwatching, a hobby shared with his father.

Q 04/05

Which field did the young Watson originally consider majoring in?

A) Astronomy

B) Entomology

C) Geology

D) Ornithology

Answer · why

D) Ornithology

Birdwatching was a hobby he shared with his father.

Q 05/05

Reading which 1944 book in 1946 turned Watson from birds to genetics?

A) The Origin of Species

B) The Selfish Gene

C) Microbe Hunters

D) What Is Life?

Answer · why

D) What Is Life?

Schrodinger's little book pointed at a molecule that carried the genetic code.