Jack Kilby Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When did Jack Kilby win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1976 b) 1988 c) 2000 d) 2004 2. When was Jack Kilby born? a) 8 March 1928 b) 30 June 1926 c) 1 August 1924 d) 8 November 1923 3. Where was Jack Kilby born? a)…
Category: Discoveries and Inventions
Ferdinand Magellan Quiz
1. Where was Ferdinand Magellan born?
a) Venice
b) Saborosa
c) Lisboa
d) Goa
2. Whose expedition to India in 1505 did Ferdinand Magellan join?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Alphonoso Albuquerque
c) Francis d’Almeida
d) Bartholomew Dias
3. Ferdinand Magellan began his voyage around the world with five ships. Which ship did he command?
a) Conception
b) Santiago
c) Trinidad
d) Victoria
Nikola Tesla Quiz
Nikola Tesla Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When was Nikola Tesla born? a) 9 March 1964 b) 4 April 1860 c) 10 July 1856 d) 3 October 1852 2. Where was Nikola Tesla born? a) Smiljan b) Belgrade c) Skopje d) Turin 3. Where did Nikola Tesla first see the Gramme dynamo? a)…
Blaise Pascal Quiz
1. When was Blaise Pascal born?
a) 2 February 1626
b) 19 June 1623
c) 9 September 1619
d) 18 October 1624
2. Where was Blaise Pascal born?
a) Clermont-Ferrand
b) Rouen
c) Chevreuse
d) Le Havre
3. When did Blaise Pascal write Essai pour les coniques?
a) 1636
b) 1638
c) 1635
d) 1640
Fridtjof Nansen Quiz
1. When did Fridtjof Nansen get Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1916
b) 1927
c) 1922
d) 1934
2. When was Fridtjof Nansen born?
a) 5 February 1856
b) 23 May 1867
c) 26 July 1865
d) 10 October 1861
3. Where was Fridtjof Nansen born?
a) Store-Froen
b) Nordfold
c) Tromsa
d) Svolver
Albert Abraham Michelson Quiz
Albert Abraham Michelson Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When did Albert Abraham Michelson win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1912 b) 1907 c) 1904 d) 1916 2. When was Albert Abraham Michelson born? a) 14 February 1856 b) 2 May 1864 c) 19 September 1848 d) 19 December 1852 3. Where was Albert…
Alexander Graham Bell Quiz
1. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
a) Radio
b) Telegraph
c) Telephone
d) Television
2. When was Alexander Graham Bell born?
a) 3 March 1847
b) 4 May 1840
c) 22 December 1878
d) 27 July 1862
3. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
a) Boston
b) Edinburgh
c) Montreal
d) New York
Alessandro Volta Quiz
Alessandro Volta Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. What was Alessandro Volta’s full name? a) Alessandro Benito Carlo Volta b) Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta c) Alessandro Giovanni Battista Enrico Maria Volta d) Alessandro Eugenio Ambrogio Damiano Volta 2. When was Alessandro Volta born? a) 18 February 1745 b) 9 April 1740 c) 2…
Jagdish Chandra Bose Quiz
1) When was Jagdish Chandra Bose born?
a) 5 May 1855
b) 30 November 1858
c) 23 January 1897
d) 14 August 1900
2) Where was Jagdish Chandra Bose born?
a) Mymensingh
b) Dacca
c) Darjeeling
d) Kalimpong
3) From which college in Calcutta did Jagdish Chandra Bose pass B.A.?
a) Elphinstone College
b) Presidency College
c) St. Albert’s College
d) St. Xavier’s College
Michael Faraday Quiz
1. When was Michael Faraday born?
a) 5 July 1794
b) 4 March 1792
c) 22 September 1791
d) 10 December 1788
2. Where was Michael Faraday born?
a) Lexington
b) Newington
c) Bristol
d) Coventry
3. Who offered Michael Faraday the job of laboratory assistant?
a) Humphry Davy
b) John Dalton
c) Sarah Barnard
d) William Whewell