Alessandro Volta Quiz

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Alessandro Volta Quiz Questions

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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 July 1749
d) 1 December 1744

3. Where was Alessandro Volta born?
a) Locarno
b) Geneva
c) Como
d) Venice

4. When did Alessandro Volta invent electrophorus?
a) 1772
b) 1769
c) 1664
d) 1775

5. Which gas did Alessandro Volta discover in 1776 and isolate in 1778?
a) Methane
b) Neon
c) Chlorine
d) Ozone

6. When did Alessandro Volta invent voltaic pile also knows as Volta cell?
a) 1802
b) 1800
c) 1804
d) 1814

7. At which university was Alessandro Volta professor of experimental physics?
a) Naples
b) Florence
c) Pavia
d) Mantua

8. Which unit is named after Alessandro Volta?
a) Joule
b) Watt
c) Coulomb
d) Volt

9. Who made Alessandro Volta a count?
a) George III
b) Louis XVI
c) Napoleon
d) Charles X

10. When did Alessandro Volta die?
a) 5 March 1827
b) 30 June 1828
c) 24 September 1832
d) 16 November 1836

Alessandro Volta Quiz Questions with Answers

1. What was Alessandro Volta’s full name?
b) Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta

2. When was Alessandro Volta born?
a) 18 February 1745

3. Where was Alessandro Volta born?
c) Como

4. When did Alessandro Volta invent electrophorus?
d) 1775

5. Which gas did Alessandro Volta discover in 1776 and isolate in 1778?
a) Methane

6. When did Alessandro Volta invent voltaic pile also knows as Volta cell?
b) 1800

7. At which university was Alessandro Volta professor of experimental physics?
c) Pavia

8. Which unit is named after Alessandro Volta?
d) Volt

9. Who made Alessandro Volta a count?
c) Napoleon

10. When did Alessandro Volta die?
a) 5 March 1827