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1
How long does it take the Relativistic baseball to reach the batter?
90 nanoseconds
70 femtoseconds
75 femtoseconds
70 nanoseconds
2
What did Einstein famously say to Niels Bohr about Quantum Mechanics?
Mileva is hotter than your wife
Imagination is more important than knowledge
God does not play dice
I hate Nazis
3
What's the most difficult mixed drink in the history of beverages?
A Roy Rogers
the Neutron Star
A Shirley Temple
V8 Splash
4
Which of the following is not a postulate of the Special Theory of Relativity?
The laws of Physics apply in inertial reference frames..
The speed of light is a constant for all observers
There is no such thing as absolute rest or motion.
There are experiments you can do to prove absolute motion
5
What year was Einstein's Miracle Year?
1908
1905
1912
1939
6
What event confirmed Einstein's General Theory of Relativity?
It was never confirmed
Eddington's Eclipse Expedition of 1919
The Precession of Mercury
The Atomic Bomb
7
For the Neutron Bullet, how close can you get before the point of no return?
one mile
18 inches
10 cm
20 cm
8
What does the General Theory of Relativity Explain?
Why time slows down at high speed
That gravity is the warping of spacetime
How length contracts
Why the Moon wobbles
9
What was Albert Einstein's first wife's name?
Mileva
Elsa
Marie
Ilsa
10
Which of the following papers led to Einstein's Nobel Prize?
Brownian Motion
General Theory of Relativity
Special Theory of Relativity
The Photoelectric Effect
11
What happens to a subatomic particle when it reaches relativistic speeds?
All of these are true
It contracts
Its decay rate slows
It becomes more massive
12
What experiment led to the Special Theory of Relativity?
Gravitation
Michelson-Morley
Time Dilation
Electromagnetic Induction
13
What year did Einstein send a letter to President Roosevelt about nuclear weapons?
1939
1942
1945
1932
14
What happens to the mass of a 1 kg brick accelerated to C?
All of these things
It becomes infinitely massive
Undefined
It can't happen
15
What hits the batter first?
A blast wave
an xray front
Debris
a gamma ray front
16
What rule allows the batter to advance to non existent first base?
MLB Rule 6.08(b)
MLB Rule 6.08(c)
MLB Rule 6.10(c)
MLB Rule 6.08(a)
17
What happens to time around a black hole?
It goes faster due to gravity
Nobody knows
It slows dramatically
Nothing, its too dark to see a clock
18
What two famous physicists convinced Einstein to send the letter to FDR?
Fermi and Oppenheimer
Fermi and Szillard
Sheldon and Amy
Fermi and Craig
19
A 20 yr old twin travels at .95c for 5yrs. How old is the rest twin on return?
16
95
36
112
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What year did Einstein publish The General Theory of Relativity?
1905
1915
1912
1909
