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Famous Physicists Quiz
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1
Whose work with slow neutrons led to the discovery of nuclear fission?
Pierre Curie
Enrico Fermi
Robert J. Oppenheimer
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Who first proposed an absolute temperature scale?
Sir Celsius
Lord Kelvin
Hans Geiger
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Who is often called "the father of nuclear physics"?
Hans Geiger
Ernest Rutherford
Isaac Newton
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Who discovered X-rays?
Robert Millikan
Joseph Thompson
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
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Who studied projectiles moving at supersonic speeds?
Hans Geiger
Ernst Mach
Ernest Rutherford
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What does the word "quantum," as used in "quantum physics," mean?
microscopic
without rules
a specific amount
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Who first stated the three universal laws of motion?
Isaac Newton
Galileo
Copernicus
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What did Christian Doppler experiment with?
sound waves
jet engines
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