Q 01/05

In 1962 Pauling picketed which building by day, then went inside that evening for a dinner honouring Nobel laureates?

A) The White House

B) The Pentagon

C) The US Capitol

D) The State Department

Answer · why

A) The White House

The White House: days after President Kennedy resumed bomb tests in the atmosphere, Pauling marched in protest outside, then went in to dine. Kennedy ...

Q 02/05

Who is the only person besides Pauling to have won Nobel Prizes in two different fields?

A) Albert Einstein

B) Frederick Sanger

C) Marie Curie

D) John Bardeen

Answer · why

C) Marie Curie

Marie Curie shared the physics prize in 1903 and won a second alone in 1911, in a different science. Frederick Sanger and John Bardeen also won twice,...

Q 03/05

In which city was Pauling born in 1901?

A) Seattle

B) Portland

C) San Francisco

D) Sacramento

Answer · why

B) Portland

Portland, on 28 February 1901. His parents' one-room apartment soon proved too small for a growing family, and they moved out of the city while he was...

Q 04/05

What kind of business did Pauling's father Herman open in the little town of Lake Oswego?

A) A hardware store

B) A hotel

C) A newspaper

D) A drugstore

Answer · why

D) A drugstore

A drugstore: Herman Pauling was a druggist who struggled to make the trade pay and kept moving his family from town to town in search of custom. He di...

Q 05/05

Which pair of scientists beat Pauling to the structure of DNA in 1953?

A) Hershey and Chase

B) Perutz and Kendrew

C) Watson and Crick

D) Banting and Best

Answer · why

C) Watson and Crick

Watson and Crick got there with the model-building approach Pauling himself had pioneered. Tired of hearing him explain the loss, his wife finally ask...