Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which TWO statements about British scientific achievements are correct?
Choose two answers.
- AAlan Turing helped to discover insulin
- BDolly the sheep was the first mammal to be clonedRight answer
- CDolly the sheep was cloned in 1978
- DSir Peter Mansfield co-invented the MRI scannerRight answer
Answer: Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned and Sir Peter Mansfield co-invented the MRI scanner
Mansfield co-invented the MRI scanner. Dolly was the first cloned mammal, in 1996. Insulin's co-discoverer was the Scottish physician John MacLeod.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "Britain since 1945". Practice question 271 of 651, written in our own words.