A) London, England B) Paris, France C) Berlin, Germany D) New York, USA
A) 1791 B) 1805 C) 1769 D) 1823
A) Telescope B) Microscope C) Electric Generator D) Thermometer
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Marie Curie C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) Sandemanians B) Hindus C) Buddhists D) Quakers
A) Nobel Prize B) Pulitzer Prize C) Knighthood D) Oscar Award
A) Mary Watson B) Jane Smith C) Sarah Barnard D) Anna Johnson
A) 8 B) 7 C) 5 D) 6
A) The joule, the unit of energy. B) The newton, the unit of force. C) The coulomb, the unit of electric charge. D) The farad, the unit of capacitance.
A) He formulated the periodic table. B) He discovered penicillin. C) He discovered benzene and carbon tetrachloride. D) He invented the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
A) The steam turbine. B) The hydraulic press. C) The internal combustion engine. D) Electromagnetic rotary devices.
A) "Nucleus", "electron", "proton", and "neutron". B) "Molecule", "atom", "compound", and "element". C) "Isotope", "allotrope", "valence", and "covalent bond". D) "Anode", "cathode", "electrode", and "ion".
A) The Dean of Engineering. B) The Fullerian Professor of Chemistry. C) The Head of Physics Department. D) The Chancellor of Science.
A) By distributing recorded audio tapes. B) By publishing them in scientific journals. C) By recreating the experiments for themselves. D) By broadcasting them on television.
A) Work on developing chemical weapons. B) Develop new artillery technology. C) Serve as a military advisor. D) Create medical supplies for soldiers.
A) The laws of thermodynamics. B) The structure of DNA. C) The theory of relativity. D) A colliery explosion at Haswell, County Durham.
A) Ernest Rutherford. B) James Clerk Maxwell. C) Isaac Newton. D) Albert Einstein.
A) Apprentice to a village blacksmith B) Bookbinder C) Scientific lecturer D) Bookseller
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Hans Christian Ørsted C) William Whewell D) Michael Faraday
A) Two B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Anglican B) Sandemanian C) Methodist D) Catholic
A) College diploma B) Advanced university degree C) Basic school education D) High school graduation
A) That they extended into the empty space around a conductor B) That they were non-existent C) That they were limited to solid materials D) That they could only exist in liquids
A) Glasite B) Baptist C) Anglican D) Methodist
A) Davy moved to a different laboratory. B) Davy lost interest in chemistry. C) Davy retired from the Royal Institution. D) Davy damaged his eyesight in an accident with nitrogen trichloride.
A) A very low boiling point B) Low density C) High solubility D) High reactivity
A) Antarctica B) Canada C) Australia D) United States
A) City Philosophical Society B) Royal Society C) British Scientific Association D) London Science Club
A) The library B) The administrative building C) The Faraday Wing, housing electrical engineering departments D) The main science building
A) Electromagnetic induction B) Static electricity C) Capacitance D) Mutual inductance
A) Electricity B) Biology C) Chemistry D) Physics
A) Aldous Huxley B) Michael Faraday C) John Templeton D) Brutalist architect Rodney Gordon
A) London Borough of Southwark B) Newington Butts C) Outhgill in Westmorland D) Blandford Street
A) Brunel University B) Loughborough University C) Swansea University D) Northern Illinois University
A) The John Templeton Foundation B) Margaret Thatcher C) Aldous Huxley D) BBC
A) 1876 B) 2014 C) 2002 D) 1991
A) Paris B) Quebec City C) Berlin-Dahlem D) Carlton, Victoria
A) 1846 B) 1833 C) 1854 D) 1821
A) 1848 B) 1853 C) 1824 D) 1832
A) Charles Lyell. B) Benjamin Abbott. C) Pieter Zeeman. D) John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
A) London B) Blandford Street C) Outhgill in Westmorland D) Newington Butts
A) Barnsbury Grove, Islington B) Highgate Cemetery C) Paul's Alley in the Barbican D) Hampton Court Road
A) William Dance B) Humphry Davy C) Sarah Barnard D) John Tatum
A) 1862 B) 1836 C) 1897 D) 1845
A) The Internet Archive B) LibriVox C) YouTube D) Project Gutenberg
A) 12 B) 18 C) 14 D) 16 |