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