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