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