Edward Teller Quiz

Edward Teller Quiz Questions

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1. When was Edward Teller born?
a) 15 February 1908
b) 24 May 1906
c) 26 July 1904
d) 23 October 1902

2. Where was Edward Teller born?
a) Amsterdam
b) Budapest
c) Vienna
d) Zagreb

3. At which university did Edward Teller teach in 1931-1933?
a) Munich
b) Leipzig
c) Gottingen
d) Karlsruhe

4. When did Edward Teller become a citizen of USA?
a) 1946
b) 1941
c) 1948
d) 1943

5. When was the first successful test of hydrogen bomb?
a) 18 February 1957
b) 10 April 1946
c) 2 September 1950
d) 1 November 1952

6. Edward Teller came to be known as “the father of the H-bomb.” Whose major role in designing hydrogen bomb was known later?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Niels Bohr
c) George Gamow
d) Stanislaw Marcin Ulam

7. Against whom did Edward Teller testify “I would personally feel more secure if public matters would rest in other hands?
a) Douglas McArthur
b) Enrico Fermi
c) Julius Robert Oppenheimer
d) Klaus Fuchs

8. When was Edward Teller director of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory?
a) 1956-1957
b) 1958-1960
c) 1952-1954
d) 1966-1969

9. When did Edward Teller die?
a) 12 March 1997
b) 10 June 1996
c) 9 September 2003
d) 14 December 2005

10. Where did Edward Teller die?
a) Los Alamos
b) Stanford
c) Atlanta
d) Ottawa

Edward Teller Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Edward Teller born?
a) 15 February 1908

2. Where was Edward Teller born?
b) Budapest

3. At which university did Edward Teller teach in 1931-1933?
c) Gottingen

4. When did Edward Teller become a citizen of USA?
b) 1941

5. When was the first successful test of hydrogen bomb?
d) 1 November 1952

6. Edward Teller came to be known as “the father of the H-bomb.” Whose major role in designing hydrogen bomb was known later?
d) Stanislaw Marcin Ulam

7. Against whom did Edward Teller testify “I would personally feel more secure if public matters would rest in other hands?
c) Julius Robert Oppenheimer

8. When was Edward Teller director of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory?
b) 1958-1960

9. When did Edward Teller die?
c) 9 September 2003

10. Where did Edward Teller die?
b) Stanford

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