Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz
King Features Syndicate
Published Thursday, May 7, 2009
Subject: PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS
(e.g., Physicist called the "Father of Modern Rocketry." Answer: Robert Goddard.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. In 1758, he predicted the appearance of a comet now named after him.
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2. Astronomer who presented the TV series "Cosmos."
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3. His famous formula is e=mc2.
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GRADUATE LEVEL
4. Physicist known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb."
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5. An orbiting space telescope is named after this astronomer.
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6. Although paralyzed, he wrote the best-seller "A Brief History of Time."
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PH.D. LEVEL
7. Who was the first astronomer to view the rings of Saturn?
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8. Who was the first to present a scientifically based heliocentric cosmology?
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9. He discovered the magnetosphere (radiation belts) around Earth.
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ANSWERS:
1. Edmund Halley.
2. Carl Sagan.
3. Albert Einstein.
4. J. Robert Oppenheimer.
5. Edwin Hubble.
6. Stephen Hawking.
7. Galileo.
8. Copernicus.
9. James A. Van Allen.
Friday, May 8, 2009
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