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Philipp Lenard Quiz

Awards, Nobel Prize Winners, Science

Philipp Lenard Quiz Questions

German physicist Phillipp Lenard

German physicist Phillipp Lenard (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When did Philipp Lenard win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1903
b) 1905
c) 1904
d) 1907

2. When was Philipp Lenard born?
a) 7 November 1857
b) 7 June 1862
c) 15 May 1859
d) 9 January 1852

3. Where was Philipp Lenard born?
a) Nantes
b) La Rochelle
c) Pressburg
d) Amiens

4. To whom was Philipp Lenard assistant at Bonn University?
a) Pierre Curie
b) Maria Sklodowska
c) Niels Bohr
d) Heinrich Hertz

5. For what did Philipp Lenard win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Discovery of cadmium
b) Research on cathode rays
c) Discovery of X Rays
d) Research on gravity

6. At which university did Philipp Lenard teach in 1907-1931?
a) Heidelberg
b) Berlin
c) Frankfurt
d) Dusseldorf

7. When was Uber Kathodenstrahlen published?
a) 1901
b) 1896
c) 1906
d) 1904

8. Which theory did Philipp Lenard publicly denounce?
a) Theory of evolution
b) Theory of relativity
c) Theory of resonance
d) Theory of contiguity

9. When did Philipp Lenard die?
a) 4 July 1948
b) 20 May 1947
c) 22 March 1942
d) 29 December 1940

10. Where did Philipp Lenard die?
a) Aachen
b) Breslau
c) Kiel
d) Messelhausen

Philipp Lenard Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did Philipp Lenard win Nobel Prize for Physics?
b) 1905

2. When was Philipp Lenard born?
b) 7 June 1862

3. Where was Philipp Lenard born?
c) Pressburg

4. To whom was Philipp Lenard assistant at Bonn University?
d) Heinrich Hertz

5. For what did Philipp Lenard win Nobel Prize for Physics?
b) Research on cathode rays

6. At which university did Philipp Lenard teach in 1907-1931?
a) Heidelberg

7. When was Uber Kathodenstrahlen published?
c) 1906

8. Which theory did Philipp Lenard publicly denounce?
b) Theory of relativity

9. When did Philipp Lenard die?
b) 20 May 1947

10. Where did Philipp Lenard die?
d) Messelhausen

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Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:34:39.

Pearl Buck Quiz

Awards, Literature, Nobel Prize Winners

1. What was Pearl Buck’s original name?
a) Gina Harrison
b) Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
c) Jane Seymour
d) Victoria Crawford

2. When was Pearl Buck born?
a) 10 February 1889
b) 26 June 1892
c) 11 July 1894
d) 17 November 1896

3. Where was Pearl Buck born?
a) Peking
b) Hillsboro
c) Canton
d) Tokyo

4. Which college did Pearl Buck attend?
a) William and Mary College
b) Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
c) Rhodes College
d) Trinity College

5. Which University did Pearl Buck attend?
a) Cornell
b) Harvard
c) Shanghai
d) Yale

6. Which novel won Pearl Buck Pulitzer Prize in 1932?
a) The House of Earth
b) The Good Earth
c) Dragon Seed
d) The Imperial Woman

7. When did Pearl Buck get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1921
b) 1927
c) 1935
d) 1938

8. What pen name did Pearl Buck use to write The Townsman?
a) James Hadley Chase
b) Barbara Cartland
c) John Sedges
d) Agatha Christie

9. When did Pearl Buck die?
a) 6 March 1973
b) 3 April 1975
c) 28 September 1977
d) 29 December 1968

10. Where did Pearl Buck die?
a) Danby
b) New York
c) Reno
d) Lynchburg


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Pearl Buck Quiz Questions with Answers

1. What was Pearl Buck’s original name?
b) Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker

2. When was Pearl Buck born?
b) 26 June 1892

3. Where was Pearl Buck born?
b) Hillsboro

4. Which college did Pearl Buck attend?
b) Randolph-Macon Woman’s College

5. Which University did Pearl Buck attend?
a) Cornell

6. Which novel won Pearl Buck Pulitzer Prize in 1932?
b) The Good Earth

7. When did Pearl Buck get Nobel Prize for Literature?
d) 1938

8. What pen name did Pearl Buck use to write The Townsman?
c) John Sedges

9. When did Pearl Buck die?
a) 6 March 1973

10. Where did Pearl Buck die?
a) Danby

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:34:14.

John Bardeen Quiz

Nobel Prize Winners, Science, USA
John Bardeen

John Bardeen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice. First time he shared the prize with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor. Second time he shared the prize with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory.

John Bardeen Quiz Questions

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1. When did John Bardeen first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1956
b) 1950
c) 1945
d) 1962

2. When did John Bardeen win Nobel Prize for Physics for the second time?
a) 1966
b) 1964
c) 1972
d) 1976

3. When was John Bardeen born?
a) 29 February 1904
b) 23 May 1908
c) 11 July 1898
d) 5 December 1896

4. Where was John Bardeen born?
a) Portland
b) Detroit
c) Albany
d) Madison

5. When did John Bardeen join Bell Telephone Laboratories?
a) 1936
b) 1945
c) 1952
d) 1954

6. Where was John Bardeen a professor of electrical engineering and physics?
a) Caltech
b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
c) University of Illinois at Springfield
d) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

7. For what did John Bardeen first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Invention of transistor
b) Development of bubble chamber
c) Discovery of Cherenkov Effect
d) Work in quantum electronics

8. For what did John Bardeen win Nobel Prize for Physics for the second time?
a) Invention of holography
b) Theory of superconductivity
c) Work in radio astronomy
d) Applications of lasers in spectroscopy

9. When did John Bardeen die?
a) 30 January 1991
b) 6 April 1998
c) 5 August 2004
d) 7 November 2000

10. Where did John Bardeen die?
a) Chicago
b) Boston
c) Austin
d) Sacramento

John Bardeen Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did John Bardeen first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1956

2. When did John Bardeen win Nobel Prize for Physics for the second time?
c) 1972

3. When was John Bardeen born?
b) 23 May 1908

4. Where was John Bardeen born?
d) Madison

5. When did John Bardeen join Bell Telephone Laboratories?
b) 1945

6. Where was John Bardeen a professor of electrical engineering and physics?
d) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

7. For what did John Bardeen first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Invention of transistor

8. For what did John Bardeen win Nobel Prize for Physics for the second time?
b) Theory of superconductivity

9. When did John Bardeen die?
a) 30 January 1991

10. Where did John Bardeen die?
b) Boston

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:34:11.