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Hideki Yukawa - Quiz
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  • 1. In what year was Hideki Yukawa born?
A) 1905
B) 1909
C) 1911
D) 1907
  • 2. For what scientific work did Hideki Yukawa receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) Theory of general relativity
B) Prediction of the existence of mesons
C) Research on geology
D) Discovery of K-capture
  • 3. What was Hideki Yukawa's birth surname?
A) Kyoto
B) Powell
C) Ogawa
D) Takuji
  • 4. Where did Hideki Yukawa grow up?
A) Columbia
B) Tokyo
C) Kyoto
D) Osaka
  • 5. What was the profession of Hideki Yukawa's father?
A) Theoretical physicist
B) Middle school principal
C) Glassblower
D) Professor of Geology
  • 6. Why did Yukawa decide against becoming a mathematician?
A) His father forbade it
B) He was not good at calculus
C) A teacher marked his correct theorem proof as incorrect for being non-standard
D) He preferred experimental physics
  • 7. Why did Yukawa decide against a career in experimental physics?
A) He disliked spectroscopy
B) He showed clumsiness in glassblowing
C) He failed his physics exams
D) He lacked the necessary equipment
  • 8. In what year did Yukawa publish his theory of mesons?
A) 1939
B) 1947
C) 1935
D) 1933
  • 9. Which university awarded Yukawa his PhD?
A) Osaka Imperial University
B) Institute for Advanced Study
C) Kyoto Imperial University
D) Columbia University
  • 10. Who discovered the pi meson in 1947, supporting Yukawa's theory?
A) Hideki Yukawa
B) G. C. Wick
C) Takuji Ogawa
D) C. F. Powell, Giuseppe Occhialini, and César Lattes
  • 11. What is K-capture?
A) A technique for glassblowing in spectroscopy
B) A method of measuring nuclear forces
C) The discovery of a new elementary particle
D) A process where a low energy electron is absorbed by the nucleus
  • 12. What journal did Yukawa found in 1946?
A) Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
B) Elementary Particle Studies
C) Progress of Theoretical Physics
D) Journal of Geology
  • 13. When did Yukawa retire from the Research Institute for Fundamental Physics?
A) 1953
B) 1970
C) 1981
D) 1949
  • 14. Which ancient Chinese texts did Yukawa read?
A) The Analects of Confucius
B) The Art of War
C) The I Ching
D) Lao-Tzu and Chuang-Tzu
  • 15. Where did Yukawa serve as a visiting professor starting in 1949?
A) Columbia University
B) Kyoto Imperial University
C) Institute for Advanced Study
D) Osaka Imperial University
  • 16. What document did Hideki Yukawa sign in 1955 alongside ten other intellectuals?
A) Russell–Einstein Manifesto
B) Kyoto Declaration
C) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
D) World Peace Treaty
  • 17. What was the primary goal of the Russell–Einstein Manifesto signed by Yukawa?
A) Space exploration
B) Nuclear disarmament
C) Genetic engineering
D) Environmental protection
  • 18. What organization did Yukawa help convene to draft a world constitution?
A) World Constituent Assembly
B) Global Science Council
C) United Nations Assembly
D) International Physicist League
  • 19. Who did Hideki Yukawa marry in 1932?
A) Takaaki Yukawa
B) Harumi Yukawa
C) Sumi Yukawa
D) Diana Yukawa
  • 20. Who was Hideki Yukawa's father-in-law?
A) Takaaki
B) Harumi
C) Genyo
D) John Lighton Synge
  • 21. Where did Takaaki Yukawa earn his Ph.D. in 1965?
A) Trinity College Dublin
B) Kyoto University
C) Tokyo Institute of Technology
D) University of Oxford
  • 22. Who was Takaaki Yukawa's doctoral advisor?
A) Hideki Yukawa
B) John Lighton Synge
C) Genyo Yukawa
D) Albert Einstein
  • 23. At what age did Hideki Yukawa die?
A) 81
B) 74
C) 55
D) 65
  • 24. When did Hideki Yukawa pass away?
A) 8 September 1981
B) 8 September 1971
C) 12 October 1955
D) 20 May 1932
  • 25. Which professional musician is a close relative of Hideki Yukawa?
A) Sumi Yukawa
B) Harumi Yukawa
C) Takaaki Yukawa
D) Diana Yukawa
  • 26. What instrument does Diana Yukawa play?
A) Cello
B) Violin
C) Piano
D) Flute
  • 27. What specific item did Yukawa use in public in his final years due to infirmity?
A) A motorized cart
B) A walking stick
C) Crutches
D) A wheelchair
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