Physicists & Astronomers

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.