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Physics Trivia Quiz
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A physics trivia quiz.
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1
What is the name given by physicist to a "shortcut" through space and time?
a wormhole
a black hole
a nebula
a super nova
2
The Physics of Basketball: Who is the highest vertical leaper in NBA history?
Shawn Kemp
Julius Erving
Michael Jordan
Lebron James
3
If you drilled a hole straight through the earth and jumped in, how long would your fall last?
3 minute 27 seconds
42 minutes and 12 seconds
24 minutes 48 seconds
10 minutes 45 seconds
4
What is the name of the award winning astrophysicist who hosts the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey?
Carl Sagan
Bill Nye
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Brian Greene
5
What is the name of the mission that recently landed a satellite on a comet?
the Rosetta Mission
the Philae Mission
the Apollo Mission
the Gemini Mission
6
Classic mechanics accurately describes the motion of objects, provided they are...
much less than the speed of light
moving
quantum particles
much larger than atoms
7
All the matter that makes up the human race can fit inside a(n)...
Olympic swimming pool
The Empire State Building
Basketball
Sugar cube
8
Which famous theoretical physicist communicated through a speech-generating device?
Carl Sagan
Steven Hawking
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Bill Nye
9
How long would it take light to travel around the earth?
0 seconds, it is instant
0.13 seconds
1.6 seconds
1 minute 24 seconds
10
Which artist forgot to make the correct projectile motion calculations before leaping in 2013?
Frank Ocean
Miguel
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
11
Which of the following is a branch of classical mechanics?
Dynamics
Acoustics
Thermodynamics
Optics
12
Which is a direction, an airline and Kimye's kid?
Blue East
South West
North West
Jet Blue
13
Physics is the study of what?
Matter, its motion, forces and energy
The way living things interact
The way the universe behaves
The way the human body moves.
14
This popular footwear can be worn all year round because it is made of Sheepskin which is...
an airtight material
alive
a naturally thermostatic material
A heat generating material
15
How much tackling force can an average NFL defensive back produce?
2200 lbs-force
1200 lbs-force
1600 lbs-force
500 lbs-force
16
What is this a picture of?
a galaxy being born
the earth's core
a cupcake
a hurricane on saturn
17
What is the name of the famous particle discovered in the Hadron Collider in 2013?
the tau nuetrino
the higgs boson
the down quark
the gluon
18
Which Nobel Prize winning physicist developed the general theory of relativity?
Stephen Hawking
Richard Feynman
Albert Einstein
Marie Curies
19
Which of the following is NOT an effect of zero gravity on astronauts in space?
Puffed up face due to more blood in the head.
Muscle atrophy due to lack of use.
Increased height through spine lengthening.
Delirium due to lack of smartphone.
20
Study of which Physics topic would help us better understand how our cellphones work?
Magentism
Waves
Forces
Motion
21
How much would a person who weighs 200 lbs on earth weigh on Mars?
115 lbs
272 lbs
76 lbs
200 lbs
22
Which of the quantities below is an example of a vector quantity?
7 ft to the right
62 mph
North/Northwest
13.6 meters
23
Physicists are currently working on creating...
robots with senses of humor
invisibility cloaks
teleportation devices
contact lenses with computer chips in them
24
Approximately what percentage of physicists are women?
20%
5%
50%
35%
25
How long would you have to yell to produce enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee?
10 hours
4 years, 5 months, 10 days
6 months, 12 days
8 years, 7 months and 6 days
26
What is the name of the star closest to earth?
the sun
Wolf 359
Barnard's Star
Alpha Centauri
27
Who discovered the laws of motion?
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
28
The average person walks the equivalent of how many times around the earth in a lifetime?
4.2 times
1.5 times
3 times
0.8 times
29
When did Neil Armstrong first step foot on the moon?
June 14, 1972
July 20, 1969
August 10, 1978
About a week ago
30
What law of physics does Storm seemingly defy each time she generates a lightning bolt at will?
force is equal to mass times accelration
the law of gravity
energy is neither created nor destroyed
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
