Top 1930s Science Trivia Questions

What dwarf planet, now reclassified, was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh?

Which synthetic polymer, famous for its strength and elasticity, was first invented in 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont?

What subatomic particle, with no electrical charge, was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932?

What class of drugs, synthesized by Gerhard Domagk in 1932, were the first commercially available antibacterial agents, predating penicillin?

What revolutionary scientific instrument, capable of magnifying objects far beyond the limits of light microscopes, was invented by Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll in 1931?

The concept of nuclear fission, where an atomic nucleus splits into smaller parts, was experimentally confirmed in late 1938 by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, with theoretical explanation provided by Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch. Which element did they bombard with neutrons to achieve this?

What type of particle accelerator, invented by Ernest Lawrence in 1932, uses a magnetic field to accelerate charged particles in a spiral path?

In 1932, Carl D. Anderson discovered the first antiparticle, which is the antimatter counterpart of the electron, having the same mass but a positive charge. What is this particle called?

Karl Jansky, a Bell Labs engineer, is considered the father of which field of astronomy, after he detected radio waves from the center of the Milky Way in 1932?

What isotope of hydrogen, containing one proton and one neutron in its nucleus, was discovered in 1931 by Harold Urey, for which he received the Nobel Prize?