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The Ultimate Isaac Newton Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 44 times
- The average score is 8 of 28
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What university did he attend? | University of Cambridge | 67%
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| What did Newton famously discover as a force? | gravity | 63%
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| When was he born? | 4 January 1643 | 59%
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| What apparently fell from a tree that inspired him to discover above? | apple | 59%
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| What ancient Greek philosopher were Newton's teachings based on? | Aristotle | 56%
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| What Italian astronomer did Newton read during his time at the university? | Galileo Galilei | 56%
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| What mathematical theory did above become? | calculus | 41%
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| Who was the King of England at the time? | Charles II | 37%
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| Who was Newton's main rival, who is credited alongside Newton as the creators of above? | Gottfried Wilhem Leibniz | 33%
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| What work published on 5 July 1687 did Newton first state his three laws of motion? | Principia | 30%
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| Where was he born? | Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England | 30%
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| What society was Newton elected to in 1672? | Fellow of the Royal Society | 26%
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| What monarch knighted him, in April 1705? | Anne I | 22%
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| Who criticised Newton to the point he withdrew from a public debate with them? | Robert Hooke | 22%
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| What is the United Kingdom's official coin maker, which Newton was put in charge of in 1696? | Royal Mint | 22%
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| Where was he educated? | The King's School, Grantham | 22%
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| What fluid did Newton introduce with his law of viscosity? | Newtonian fluid | 19%
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| What type of telescope did Newton first invent in 1668? | reflecting telescope | 19%
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| Where was he buried? | Westminster Abbey | 19%
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| What title was he given in 1703, regarding the Royal Society? | President of the Royal Society | 15%
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| What theorem did Newton generalise in 1665? | binomial theorem | 11%
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| What is the name of the collection of three books, written by Newton, that changed the way we see reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light, published in 1704? | Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light | 11%
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| When did Newton die? | 20 March 1727 | 7%
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| How old is the Earth, first concluded by experiment by Newton (hint: its wrong)? | 50,000 years old | 7%
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| Who was the king of England in 1796 during the 'Great Coinage of 1796' which Newton was put in charge of? | William III | 7%
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| When did Newton retire from Cambridge duties? | 1701 | 4%
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| What serial counterfeiter did Newton prosecute and was hanged in March 1699? | William Chaloner | 4%
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| What French society did Newton become an associate in the same year? | Académie des Sciences | 0%
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