Eugene Paul Wigner Quiz

Eugene Paul Wigner, Hungarian-born American physicist, joint winner, with J. Hans D. Jensen of West Germany and  of the United States, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1963. He received the prize for his many contributions to nuclear physics, which include his formulation of the law of conservation of parity. – Encyclopaedia Britannica

Eugene Paul Wigner Quiz Questions

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1. When did Eugene Paul Wigner win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1966
b) 1970
c) 1963
d) 1959

2. When was Eugene Paul Wigner born?
a) 22 March 1904
b) 5 June 1908
c) 11 September 1906
d) 17 November 1902

3. Where was Eugene Paul Wigner born?
a) Budapest
b) Gottingen
c) Debrecen
d) Miskolc

4. When did Eugene Paul Wigner become a citizen of USA?
a) 1936
b) 1945
c) 1937
d) 1954

5. Where was Eugene Paul Wigner a professor in 1938-1971?
a) Dartmouth College
b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
c) University of Pennsylvania
d) Princeton University

6. Whom did Eugene Paul Wigner help to construct the first atomic pile?
a) Harold Agnew
b) Enrico Fermi
c) Richard Garwin
d) Jerome Friedman

7. For what did Eugene Paul Wigner win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Discovery of neutrino
b) Principles governing interaction of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
c) Discovery of quarks
d) Development of atomic clock

8. When did Eugene Paul Wigner write Symmetries and Reflections?
a) 1967
b) 1975
c) 1974
d) 1972

9. When did Eugene Paul Wigner die?
a) 1 January 1995
b) 6 April 1998
c) 5 August 1985
d) 7 November 1990

10. Where did Eugene Paul Wigner die?
a) Salem
b) Princeton
c) Milwaukee
d) Portland

Eugene Paul Wigner Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did Eugene Paul Wigner win Nobel Prize for Physics?
c) 1963

2. When was Eugene Paul Wigner born?
d) 17 November 1902

3. Where was Eugene Paul Wigner born?
a) Budapest

4. When did Eugene Paul Wigner become a citizen of USA?
c) 1937

5. Where was Eugene Paul Wigner a professor in 1938-1971?
d) Princeton University

6. Whom did Eugene Paul Wigner help to construct the first atomic pile?
b) Enrico Fermi

7. For what did Eugene Paul Wigner win Nobel Prize for Physics?
b) Principles governing interaction of protons and neutrons in the nucleus

8. When did Eugene Paul Wigner write Symmetries and Reflections?
a) 1967

9. When did Eugene Paul Wigner die?
a) 1 January 1995

10. Where did Eugene Paul Wigner die?
b) Princeton

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