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