Famous Scientists
Break out the beakers and fire up the bunsen burners for this trivia game featuring famous scientists.
15 questions · Published August 12, 2024
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What New York City borough shares its name with J. Robert Oppenheimer's top secret 1945 atomic bomb project?
The top secret development of a nuclear weapon in northern New Mexico during World War II was code named the Manhattan Project.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which of these mathematical equations is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity?
E=mc^2, energy is equal to mass multiplied by the speed of light squared, is perhaps one of the most widely-known math equations in the world.
- Fill In The Blank
3. Polish scientist Marie _________ is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields.
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 for her study of spontaneous radiation, and she won for chemistry in 1911 for her work in radioactivity.
- Multiple Choice
4. What is the title of the 2014 biopic chronicling the life of renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking?
Actor Eddie Redmayne won a Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of legendary physicist Stephen Hawking in the 2014 drama "The Theory of Everything."
- Multiple Choice
5. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson published the bestselling popular science book "Astrophysics for People in a __________" in 2017.
Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" (2017) is a collection of a decade's worth of essays Tyson wrote for Natural History magazine.
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