Galileo Galilei - Quiz
A) June 23, 1612 B) February 15, 1564 C) March 4, 1590 D) December 7, 1635
A) Cairo, Egypt B) Barcelona, Spain C) Pisa, Italy D) Athens, Greece
A) The Mathematics Wizard B) The Renaissance Man C) The Father of Modern Science D) The King of Astronomy
A) Johannes Kepler B) Isaac Newton C) Aristotle D) Nicolaus Copernicus
A) Letters on Sunspots B) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems C) Sidereus Nuncius D) The Starry Messenger
A) 1645 B) 1632 C) 1599 D) 1678
A) Astronomer, physicist, and engineer B) Musician C) Farmer D) Soldier
A) Master gardener B) Royal jester C) Philosopher and mathematician D) Court musician
A) 1567 B) 1655 C) 1582 D) 1610
A) 1648 B) 1605 C) 1633 D) 1621
A) Six B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Giulia B) Vincenzo C) Michelangelo (or Michelagnolo) D) Borghini
A) Six B) Ten C) Eight D) Twelve
A) University of Pisa B) Vallombrosa Abbey C) Florence Cathedral School D) Duchy of Florence Academy
A) Jacopo Borghini B) Muzio Tedaldi C) Giulia Ammannati D) Vincenzo Galilei
A) Flute B) Violin C) Piano D) Lute
A) Galilei B) Bonaiuti C) Linceo D) Galileo
A) Sestilia Bocchineri B) Marina Gamba C) Tommaso Caccini D) Galileo Bonaiuti
A) San Matteo Convent B) Basilica of Santa Croce C) Dominican Order D) Accademia dei Lincei
A) Marina Gamba B) Tommaso Caccini C) Vincenzo D) Sestilia Bocchineri
A) One B) Four C) Three D) Two
A) Maria Celeste B) Livia C) Sister Arcangela D) Galileo Bonaiuti
A) Ill B) Legitimised C) Healthy D) Married
A) Sestilia Bocchineri B) Livia C) Maria Celeste D) Marina Gamba
A) Their health conditions B) Religious vows C) Their illegitimate birth D) Financial problems with sisters
A) Medical degree B) Theology degree C) Philosophy degree D) Mathematics degree
A) The flight path of birds. B) A swinging chandelier's consistent timing with his heartbeat. C) The flow of water in a river. D) The movement of planets in the night sky.
A) An air pump B) A barometer C) A steam engine D) A hydrostatic balance
A) A horse-powered water pump B) A mechanical clock C) An air conditioning system D) A telescope design
A) They began a lifelong friendship. B) Cigoli was Galileo's mentor. C) Cigoli was Galileo's student. D) They were rivals in scientific research.
A) Tychonic geo-heliocentrism B) Capellan geo-heliocentrism C) Copernican heliocentrism D) The Ptolemaic model
A) A thermoscope B) A steam engine C) A barometer D) An air pump
A) He included personal attacks on Aristotelian scholars B) The character Simplicio, who defended geocentrism, often came across as foolish C) It was dedicated to Pope Urban VIII D) Galileo explicitly stated his support for heliocentrism in the preface
A) Medicean stars B) Cosmian bodies C) Jovian moons D) Galilean satellites
A) Reduced images. B) Magnified, upright images. C) Distorted images. D) Inverted images.
A) On Motion B) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems C) Two New Sciences D) The Assayer
A) Lucretius B) Domingo de Soto C) Nicole Oresme D) John Philoponus
A) Because they confirmed the geoheliocentric model. B) Because they proved the stars were much larger than expected. C) Because they showed stars had no parallax. D) Because the smaller sizes made the argument about undetectable annual parallaxes less absurd.
A) Prinsenhof B) Grote Markt C) Nieuwe Kerk D) Dokkentoren
A) The Assayer B) De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium C) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems D) Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger)
A) Harriot's observatory B) Christopher Clavius's observatory in Rome C) Galileo's own observatory D) The University of Bologna
A) Italian B) English C) French D) Latin
A) The ships were not equipped with telescopes. B) The moons could only be seen during the day. C) Observing the moons proved too difficult. D) The method was too complex for sailors.
A) René Descartes B) Christiaan Huygens C) Galileo Galilei D) Johannes Kepler
A) Discourse on Comets B) Astronomical Disputation C) The Assayer (Il Saggiatore) D) Philosophical Balance
A) Vincenzo Viviani B) Johannes Kepler C) René Descartes D) Christiaan Huygens
A) 500 volumes B) At least 598 volumes C) 600 volumes D) 560 volumes
A) Thermodynamics B) Quantum mechanics C) Galilean invariance D) Newtonian mechanics
A) 1718. B) 1758. C) 1835. D) 1992.
A) Francesco Sizzi B) Jesuit Christoph Scheiner C) Tycho Brahe D) Johannes Fabricius
A) Newton's laws of motion B) Einstein's theory of relativity C) Kepler's laws of planetary motion D) Aristotle's teaching that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones
A) 25 August 1609 B) March 1610 C) 15 January 1605 D) 1608
A) A laboratory experiment B) An astronomical observation C) A thought experiment involving a ship's cabin D) A mathematical proof
A) Moons B) Comets C) Planets D) Auroras
A) From the top of mountains B) Underwater C) In a vacuum chamber D) Using inclined planes
A) René Descartes B) Sir Isaac Newton C) Johannes Kepler D) Vincenzo Viviani
A) 1861 B) Around 1750 C) 1793 D) 1649
A) Albert Einstein B) Robert Hooke C) Isaac Newton D) Stillman Drake
A) Tycho Brahe B) Kepler C) Ottavio Brenzoni D) Hans Lippershey
A) Galileo Galilei B) Tycho Brahe C) Hans Lippershey D) Ottavio Brenzoni
A) William Gilbert B) Thomas Harriot C) Simon Marius D) Aristotle
A) 16th century B) 17th century C) 6th century D) 14th century
A) Planets' orbits did not intersect the spherical shell carrying the Sun. B) Planets orbited the Sun directly. C) Planets orbited Earth in perfect circles. D) Planets had elliptical orbits.
A) 1609 B) 1586 C) 1492 D) 1638
A) Isochronous B) Isotropic C) Inelastic D) Inertial
A) A physical demonstration supporting the Copernican system B) The influence of lunar phases on ocean currents C) The impact of solar flares on Earth's atmosphere D) The inaccuracies of Aristotelian physics
A) Nicole Oresme B) Domingo de Soto C) John Philoponus D) Lucretius
A) By observing it directly in 1604 B) Through a letter from Ottavio Brenzoni C) From Tycho Brahe D) Via Hans Lippershey
A) The rings reappeared after being oriented directly to Earth. B) He thought the planet had disappeared. C) Saturn's moons changed positions. D) The telescope malfunctioned.
A) Pope Paul V B) Francesco Ingoli C) Cardinal Bellarmine D) Benedetto Castelli
A) Galilean Lights. B) Borealis Lights. C) Roman Dawn. D) Aurora Borealis.
A) 1606 B) 1638 C) 1623 D) 1610
A) 2009 B) 1610 C) 1632 D) 1590
A) Nicole Oresme B) Lucretius C) Domingo de Soto D) John Philoponus
A) January B) September C) June D) December |
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