Charles Glover Barkla Quiz

1. When did Charles Glover Barkla win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1923
b) 1915
c) 1914
d) 1917

2. When was Charles Glover Barkla born?
a) 7 November 1867
b) 7 June 1877
c) 15 May 1869
d) 9 January 1872

3. Where was Charles Glover Barkla born?
a) Widnes
b) Bristol
c) Dartmouth
d) Ipswich

4. When did Charles Glover Barkla join Liverpool University?
a) 1900
b) 1896
c) 1898
d) 1902

5. Which university did Charles Glover Barkla join in 1909?
a) Cambridge
b) London
c) Manchester
d) Oxford

6. What did Charles Glover Barkla teach at Edinburgh University?
a) Astronomy
b) History
c) Natural philosophy
d) Political Science

7. For what did Charles Glover Barkla win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Discovery of tungsten
b) Research on infrared rays
c) Work on X-Ray scattering
d) Research on relativity

8. What did Charles Glover Barkla demonstrate?
a) X-rays are transverse waves.
b) Infrared rays are useful at night.
c) Tungsten is dense.
d) The sum of the matter is constant.

9. When did Charles Glover Barkla die?
a) 4 July 1949
b) 20 May 1948
c) 22 March 1941
d) 23 October 1944

10. Where did Charles Glover Barkla die?
a) Edinburgh
b) Aberdeen
c) Orkney
d) Glasgow

Charles Glover Barkla Quiz Answers

1. When did Charles Glover Barkla win Nobel Prize for Physics?
d) 1917

2. When was Charles Glover Barkla born?
b) 7 June 1877

3. Where was Charles Glover Barkla born?
a) Widnes

4. When did Charles Glover Barkla join Liverpool University?
d) 1902

5. Which university did Charles Glover Barkla join in 1909?
b) London

6. What did Charles Glover Barkla teach at Edinburgh University?
c) Natural philosophy

7. For what did Charles Glover Barkla win Nobel Prize for Physics?
c) Work on X-Ray scattering

8. What did Charles Glover Barkla demonstrate?
a) X-rays are transverse waves.

9. When did Charles Glover Barkla die?
d) 23 October 1944

10. Where did Charles Glover Barkla die?
a) Edinburgh