- 1. When was Christiaan Huygens born?
A) 1629
B) 1682
C) 1596
D) 1749
- 2. Huygens discovered the first known what within the rings of Saturn?
A) Comet
B) Planet
C) Asteroid
D) Moon
- 3. In what year did Christiaan Huygens discover the rings of Saturn?
A) 1802
B) 1655
C) 1750
D) 1700
- 4. What apparatus did Huygens invent in 1656 to improve timekeeping accuracy?
A) Pendulum clock
B) Hourglass
C) Candle clock
D) Sundial
- 5. In what year did Huygens publish his work on the pendulum clock?
A) 1673
B) 1802
C) 1700
D) 1756
- 6. Huygens was the first to discover the nature of what feature on Mars?
A) Valleys
B) Volcanoes
C) Canals
D) Polar ice caps
- 7. Christiaan Huygens made significant contributions to the understanding of what celestial object?
A) Saturn
B) Jupiter
C) Mars
D) Venus
- 8. Christiaan Huygens was a member of which scientific organization?
A) Royal Society
B) UNESCO
C) NASA
D) CERN
- 9. Huygens' wave theory of light was later supported and confirmed by whom?
A) Michael Faraday
B) Max Planck
C) Thomas Young
D) Niels Bohr
- 10. What is the name of the book in which Huygens first published his findings on Saturn's rings?
A) Starry Night
B) Celestial Mechanics
C) The Galilean Moons
D) Systema Saturnium
- 11. In what country was Christiaan Huygens born?
A) England
B) Netherlands
C) Germany
D) France
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