THE GREATEST MINDS OF ALL TIMES (SLTEP ALUMNI MEETING - FUN GAMES NIGHT)

Question 1

Nikola Tesla was a ________-American inventor, electrical engineer and physicist.

Accepted Answer

Serbian

Question 2

In perhaps the best foreshadowing in history, Tesla was born around midnight during __________________ in Serbia.

Accepted Answer

a fierce lightning storm

Question 3

Vincent Van Gogh's diet consisted mainly of _______ and ________ and he drank alcohol excessively.

Accepted Answer

bread-coffee

Question 4

Before writing such high school reading list classics as Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, George Orwell __________.

Accepted Answer

taught at a boys’ school himself

Question 5

Despite his brilliant mind and seemingly limitless innovation, Tesla died ______ and ____.

Accepted Answer

penniless - alone

Question 6

Rowling was rejected _____________ times before a publisher finally picked up Harry Potter.

Accepted Answer

12

Question 7

“Have no fear of ________, you'll never _________ it.” Salvador Dali

Accepted Answer

perfection - reach

Question 8

Galileo has been called the ________________.

Accepted Answer

"the father of modern science", "father of modern observational astronomy", "father of modern physics", "father of science"

Question 9

Kahlo was the first Mexican artist to be displayed at the ________, and had many successful exhibitions.

Accepted Answer

Louvre in Paris

Question 10

Vincent Van Gogh sold only ____________ painting(s) during his lifetime.

Accepted Answer

one

Question 11

Steve Jobs was offered an internship at ________ in 8th grade.

Accepted Answer

Hewlett-Packard

Question 12

Harry Potter fantasy series have sold more than ________________ million copies.

Accepted Answer

400

Question 13

Sir Isaac Newton was an English ___ and ___.

Accepted Answer

physicist - mathematician

Question 14

Albert Einstein was a(n) ______-born theoretical physicist.

Accepted Answer

German

Question 15

Aristotle, whose name means _______ in Ancient Greek, was the father of Western philosophy.

Accepted Answer

"the best purpose"

Question 16

Frida is viewed as an important figure in art history as well as an icon for Chicanos, and the ____ and _____ movements.

Accepted Answer

LGBT - feminist

Question 17

Einstein wrote: "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a __________."

Accepted Answer

musician

Question 18

The midwife thought it was a bad omen and he would be a child of darkness, but Tesla’s mother prophetically said, “___".

Accepted Answer

“No, he will be a child of light.”

Question 19

According to some counts, Agatha Christie is the most widely published author in the world, second only to ___________.

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare and the Bible

Question 20

During her life, Frida created _____ self-portraits. Kahlo said, “I paint myself because I am so often _____."

Accepted Answer

55 - alone

Question 21

Vincent Van Gogh only started painting at the age of _______.

Accepted Answer

27

Question 22

Einstein received the _____ Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics"

Accepted Answer

1921

Question 23

What do the initials J. D. stand for in author J. D. Salinger's name?

Accepted Answer

Jerome David

Question 24

Marie Curie became the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields: _______ and _________.

Accepted Answer

physics and chemistry

Question 25

Considered by some to have been the first ever ______, Ada Lovelace grew up fascinated with mathematics and science.

Accepted Answer

computer programmer

Question 26

Archimedes is most famous for discovering the law of _______________.

Accepted Answer

hydrostatics

Question 27

The Four Seasons is the best known of Vivaldi’s works. You are now listening to...

Accepted Answer

Summer

Question 28

Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, became the teacher of _____.

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 29

Mozart composed his first music at age ____.

Accepted Answer

five

Question 30

Which is not one of the movies MARTIN SCORSESE directed?

Accepted Answer

Fight Club

THE GREATEST MINDS OF ALL TIMES (SLTEP ALUMNI MEETING - FUN GAMES NIGHT)

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