Trial & Error: Scientific Failures

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Better luck next time!"},"questions":[{"id":"191","question_type":"txtqtxta","question_text":"What was the unexpected result of Alexander Fleming's messy lab conditions in 1928?","question_media_url":null,"question_explanation":"Fleming discovered penicillin, the first true antibiotic, by noticing that a mold had killed a staphylococcus bacteria colony.","question_difficulty":"beginner","answers":[{"id":"763","question_id":"191","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"A failed bacterial culture","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"},{"id":"762","question_id":"191","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"A new type of mold","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"},{"id":"761","question_id":"191","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Discovery of penicillin","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"1"},{"id":"764","question_id":"191","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"An allergic 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dye was discovered while attempting to synthesize quinine in 1856?","question_media_url":null,"question_explanation":"William Henry Perkin accidentally discovered mauveine dye, the first synthetic dye, while attempting to create quinine.","question_difficulty":"intermediate","answers":[{"id":"774","question_id":"194","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Indigo","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"},{"id":"776","question_id":"194","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Cochineal red","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"},{"id":"773","question_id":"194","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Mauveine","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"1"},{"id":"775","question_id":"194","answer_type":"txta","answer_text":"Prussian blue","answer_media_url":null,"answer_is_correct":"0"}]},{"id":"195","question_type":"txtqtxta","question_text":"What technology was created as a side product when attempting to synthesize rubber during 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