A) 1801 B) 1901 C) 1831 D) 1861
A) Quantum Mechanics B) Electromagnetism C) Astrophysics D) Thermodynamics
A) University of Cambridge B) University of Oxford C) University of Edinburgh D) University of Glasgow
A) Green, Yellow, Blue B) Red, Purple, Green C) Red, Green, Blue D) Red, Yellow, Blue
A) Weber B) Ohm C) Farad D) Hertz
A) 1909 B) 1889 C) 1879 D) 1899
A) Royal Society B) American Physical Society C) National Academy of Sciences D) European Academy of Sciences
A) Weak Nuclear Force and Electromagnetism B) Gravity and Weak Nuclear Force C) Electricity and Magnetism D) Gravity and Strong Nuclear Force
A) Internet B) Television C) Telegraph D) Radio
A) Maxwell's Equations B) Schrodinger's Equation C) Ohm's Law D) Newton's Laws
A) Welsh B) Irish C) English D) Scottish
A) 1860 B) 1865 C) 1859 D) 1854
A) Smith’s Prize B) Cavendish Medal C) Adams Prize D) Nobel Prize
A) The first great unification in physics B) The discovery of radio waves C) The invention of the steam engine D) The second great unification in physics
A) Niels Bohr B) James Watt C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) King’s College London B) Marischal College C) Oxford University D) Trinity College, Cambridge
A) Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution B) Normal distribution C) Poisson distribution D) Binomial distribution
A) The first digital photograph B) The first durable colour photograph C) The first black and white photograph D) The first panoramic photograph
A) The quantum model B) The theory of evolution C) The Maxwell model for viscoelastic materials D) The theory of relativity
A) As a historian B) As a student C) As a critic D) As a founder
A) Medieval physics B) Classical physics C) Ancient physics D) Modern physics
A) Quantum B) Chaos C) Entropy D) Relativity
A) Artist B) Civil engineer C) Advocate D) Farmer
A) Cousin B) Son C) Nephew D) Brother
A) Cay B) Dyce C) Clerk D) Blackburn
A) 25 B) 30 C) 45 D) Nearly 40
A) Jane B) Jemima C) Elizabeth D) Frances
A) Edinburgh B) Glenlair, Kirkcudbrightshire C) Middlebie D) Penicuik
A) 750 acres B) 2,000 acres C) 500 acres D) 1,500 acres (610 ha)
A) "How does it work?" B) "Tell me more" C) "Show me how it doos" D) "What's the go o' that?"
A) Jemima Blackburn B) William Dyce Cay C) John Clerk Maxwell D) Robert Hodshon Cay
A) A hired tutor B) His mother, Frances C) His aunt Isabella D) His father
A) 20 years old B) 18 years old C) 22 years old D) 16 years old
A) Lewis Campbell B) James Forbes C) Peter Guthrie Tait D) Robert Davidson
A) 1842 B) 1840 C) 1843 D) 1841
A) His older cousin Jemima B) His mother, Frances C) His father D) His aunt Isabella
A) Einstein B) Heaviside C) Tate D) Maxwell
A) Professor Lewis Campbell B) William Garnett C) Colin Mackenzie D) George Edward Paget
A) Peter Guthrie Tait B) Robert Davidson C) Lewis Campbell D) James Forbes
A) At the Cavendish Laboratory B) In Cambridge University Chapel C) Near the choir screen at Westminster Abbey D) In Parton Kirk
A) Isaac Newton B) Niels Bohr C) Thomas Sutton D) Albert Einstein
A) 1861 B) 1881 C) 1865 D) 1873
A) Bookworm B) Daftie C) Smartie D) Genius
A) The luminiferous aether B) Maxwell's equations C) Vector analysis D) The concept of force fields
A) Josiah Willard Gibbs B) Daniel Bernoulli C) John Herapath D) Rudolf Clausius
A) £130 B) £200 C) £50 D) £100
A) Thermodynamic equilibrium B) The 'butterfly effect' C) Quantum entanglement D) The theory of relativity
A) Peter Guthrie Tate B) James Clerk Maxwell C) Oliver Heaviside D) Albert Einstein
A) 50 B) 55 C) 48 D) 60
A) 15 hours B) 25 hours C) 10 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) Ludwig Boltzmann B) Rudolf Clausius C) Peter Guthrie Tait D) Josiah Willard Gibbs
A) 1863 B) 1861 C) 1865 D) early 1862
A) God's grace B) His own willpower C) Scientific discovery D) Social interactions
A) Lung cancer B) Skin cancer C) Brain cancer D) Abdominal cancer
A) A medium called the luminiferous aether B) A vacuum C) Electric fields D) Magnetic fields
A) Heat transport B) Phase transitions C) Steam engine regulation D) Viscoelastic materials
A) 1862 B) 1865 C) 1860 D) 1861
A) thermodynamics B) quantum mechanics C) calculus D) dimensional analysis
A) 1882 B) 1875 C) 1890 D) 1865
A) Quaternions B) Partial differential equations C) Vector analysis D) Scalar potentials
A) Albert Einstein B) Isaac Newton C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Michael Faraday
A) They are commonly supposed to be 'Tabooed' by the orthodox B) They are irrelevant to modern science 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) Nature B) Science Magazine C) PhysicsWeb D) Scientific American
A) Isaac Newton B) Carl Friedrich Gauss C) Leonhard Euler D) René Descartes
A) 1862 B) 1860 C) 1865 D) 1861
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15
A) Trinity College Society B) Cambridge Apostles C) Cambridge Philosophical Society D) Royal Society
A) 2 June 1860 B) 2 June 1857 C) 2 June 1859 D) 2 June 1858
A) Mathematical mentor B) Senior wrangler-maker C) Math prodigy D) Math genius
A) Third B) Equal with Edward Routh C) Second D) First
A) London B) Edinburgh C) Aberdeen D) Glenlair
A) 10 October 1855 B) 15 August 1855 C) 1 January 1855 D) 25 December 1855
A) A plaster thermodynamic visualisation B) A paper on governors C) A treatise on electricity and magnetism D) A model for viscoelastic materials
A) The Maxwell-Cattaneo equation B) Maxwell's thermodynamic relations C) Maxwell's thermodynamic visualisation D) Maxwell's demon
A) Positivist B) Empiricist C) Rationalist D) Antipositivist
A) Quantum mechanics B) Electromagnetism C) Photoelasticity D) Thermodynamics
A) Violin B) Flute C) Guitar D) Piano
A) Niels Bohr B) Albert Einstein C) Isaac Newton D) George Biddell Airy
A) 1859 B) 1867-1868 C) 1871 D) 1874
A) The Copley Medal B) The Faraday Medal C) The Rumford Medal D) The Nobel Prize
A) Thomas Young B) Albert Einstein C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Isaac Newton
A) The Maxwell experiment B) The Einstein experiment C) The Michelson–Morley experiment D) The Faraday experiment
A) December 1855 B) June 1850 C) March 1852 D) April 1853
A) Social awkwardness B) Charisma C) Public speaking skills D) Outgoing personality
A) Albert Einstein B) Richard Feynman C) Erwin Schrödinger D) Niels Bohr
A) 1879 B) 1876 C) 1871 D) 1865
A) Theological questions B) Scientific doubts C) Mathematical errors D) Holy spots
A) Single refraction B) Temporary double refraction produced by shear stress C) No refraction D) Permanent double refraction |