James Clerk Maxwell - Quiz
A) 1801 B) 1861 C) 1831 D) 1901
A) Quantum Mechanics B) Thermodynamics C) Astrophysics D) Electromagnetism
A) University of Edinburgh B) University of Cambridge C) University of Glasgow D) University of Oxford
A) Green, Yellow, Blue B) Red, Green, Blue C) Red, Purple, Green D) Red, Yellow, Blue
A) Hertz B) Weber C) Farad D) Ohm
A) 1899 B) 1909 C) 1889 D) 1879
A) National Academy of Sciences B) European Academy of Sciences C) American Physical Society D) Royal Society
A) Weak Nuclear Force and Electromagnetism B) Electricity and Magnetism C) Gravity and Strong Nuclear Force D) Gravity and Weak Nuclear Force
A) Telegraph B) Television C) Internet D) Radio
A) Newton's Laws B) Maxwell's Equations C) Schrodinger's Equation D) Ohm's Law
A) English B) Irish C) Welsh D) Scottish
A) 1854 B) 1859 C) 1865 D) 1860
A) Adams Prize B) Smith’s Prize C) Nobel Prize D) Cavendish Medal
A) The invention of the steam engine B) The first great unification in physics C) The second great unification in physics D) The discovery of radio waves
A) Albert Einstein B) Isaac Newton C) Niels Bohr D) James Watt
A) Oxford University B) Marischal College C) Trinity College, Cambridge D) King’s College London
A) Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution B) Normal distribution C) Poisson distribution D) Binomial distribution
A) The first digital photograph B) The first panoramic photograph C) The first black and white photograph D) The first durable colour photograph
A) The theory of evolution B) The theory of relativity C) The Maxwell model for viscoelastic materials D) The quantum model
A) As a student B) As a critic C) As a founder D) As a historian
A) Ancient physics B) Modern physics C) Classical physics D) Medieval physics
A) Quantum B) Entropy C) Relativity D) Chaos
A) Artist B) Civil engineer C) Advocate D) Farmer
A) Cousin B) Nephew C) Son D) Brother
A) Dyce B) Blackburn C) Clerk D) Cay
A) 25 B) Nearly 40 C) 45 D) 30
A) Jemima B) Jane C) Elizabeth D) Frances
A) Edinburgh B) Penicuik C) Glenlair, Kirkcudbrightshire D) Middlebie
A) 500 acres B) 1,500 acres (610 ha) C) 750 acres D) 2,000 acres
A) "How does it work?" B) "What's the go o' that?" C) "Show me how it doos" D) "Tell me more"
A) William Dyce Cay B) Jemima Blackburn C) Robert Hodshon Cay D) John Clerk Maxwell
A) A hired tutor B) His aunt Isabella C) His father D) His mother, Frances
A) 16 years old B) 22 years old C) 18 years old D) 20 years old
A) James Forbes B) Lewis Campbell C) Peter Guthrie Tait D) Robert Davidson
A) 1840 B) 1842 C) 1841 D) 1843
A) His father B) His older cousin Jemima C) His mother, Frances D) His aunt Isabella
A) Tate B) Heaviside C) Maxwell D) Einstein
A) Professor Lewis Campbell B) George Edward Paget C) William Garnett D) Colin Mackenzie
A) Lewis Campbell B) James Forbes C) Robert Davidson D) Peter Guthrie Tait
A) In Parton Kirk B) Near the choir screen at Westminster Abbey C) At the Cavendish Laboratory D) In Cambridge University Chapel
A) Isaac Newton B) Thomas Sutton C) Niels Bohr D) Albert Einstein
A) 1881 B) 1861 C) 1873 D) 1865
A) Smartie B) Bookworm C) Daftie D) Genius
A) The luminiferous aether B) Maxwell's equations C) The concept of force fields D) Vector analysis
A) Josiah Willard Gibbs B) John Herapath C) Daniel Bernoulli D) Rudolf Clausius
A) £130 B) £50 C) £100 D) £200
A) The 'butterfly effect' B) The theory of relativity C) Thermodynamic equilibrium D) Quantum entanglement
A) Albert Einstein B) James Clerk Maxwell C) Peter Guthrie Tate D) Oliver Heaviside
A) 55 B) 60 C) 50 D) 48
A) 10 hours B) 25 hours C) 15 hours D) 20 hours
A) Focusing only on physics B) Focusing only on theology C) Letting nothing be wilfully left unexamined D) Focusing only on mathematics
A) Smallpox B) Malaria C) Cholera D) Tuberculosis
A) Peter Guthrie Tait B) Rudolf Clausius C) Josiah Willard Gibbs D) Ludwig Boltzmann
A) 1863 B) 1865 C) early 1862 D) 1861
A) Social interactions B) Scientific discovery C) God's grace D) His own willpower
A) Skin cancer B) Abdominal cancer C) Brain cancer D) Lung cancer
A) A vacuum B) Magnetic fields C) A medium called the luminiferous aether D) Electric fields
A) Steam engine regulation B) Phase transitions C) Heat transport D) Viscoelastic materials
A) 1861 B) 1862 C) 1860 D) 1865
A) thermodynamics B) quantum mechanics C) calculus D) dimensional analysis
A) 1875 B) 1890 C) 1865 D) 1882
A) Vector analysis B) Scalar potentials C) Partial differential equations D) Quaternions
A) Albert Einstein B) James Clerk Maxwell C) Isaac Newton D) Michael Faraday
A) They are irrelevant to modern science B) They are commonly supposed to be 'Tabooed' by the orthodox C) They are fully understood by all D) They are universally accepted
A) The SI system B) The Imperial system C) The Metric system D) The CGS system
A) Science Magazine B) PhysicsWeb C) Nature D) Scientific American
A) Isaac Newton B) Leonhard Euler C) Carl Friedrich Gauss D) René Descartes
A) 1860 B) 1862 C) 1861 D) 1865
A) 12 B) 15 C) 14 D) 13
A) Cambridge Apostles B) Trinity College Society C) Cambridge Philosophical Society D) Royal Society
A) 2 June 1859 B) 2 June 1858 C) 2 June 1857 D) 2 June 1860
A) Math prodigy B) Math genius C) Mathematical mentor D) Senior wrangler-maker
A) Second B) First C) Equal with Edward Routh D) Third
A) Aberdeen B) Glenlair C) Edinburgh D) London
A) 15 August 1855 B) 25 December 1855 C) 10 October 1855 D) 1 January 1855
A) A paper on governors B) A plaster thermodynamic visualisation C) A treatise on electricity and magnetism D) A model for viscoelastic materials
A) Maxwell's demon B) Maxwell's thermodynamic visualisation C) The Maxwell-Cattaneo equation D) Maxwell's thermodynamic relations
A) Antipositivist B) Empiricist C) Positivist D) Rationalist
A) Electromagnetism B) Quantum mechanics C) Thermodynamics D) Photoelasticity
A) Violin B) Guitar C) Flute D) Piano
A) Albert Einstein B) Niels Bohr C) George Biddell Airy D) Isaac Newton
A) 1874 B) 1859 C) 1867-1868 D) 1871
A) The Faraday Medal B) The Copley Medal C) The Rumford Medal D) The Nobel Prize
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Albert Einstein C) Isaac Newton D) Thomas Young
A) The Maxwell experiment B) The Michelson–Morley experiment C) The Faraday experiment D) The Einstein experiment
A) June 1850 B) December 1855 C) March 1852 D) April 1853
A) Outgoing personality B) Social awkwardness C) Charisma D) Public speaking skills
A) Albert Einstein B) Richard Feynman C) Erwin Schrödinger D) Niels Bohr
A) 1865 B) 1871 C) 1876 D) 1879
A) Theological questions B) Scientific doubts C) Mathematical errors D) Holy spots
A) Single refraction B) Temporary double refraction produced by shear stress C) Permanent double refraction D) No refraction |
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