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