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