Newton Quizz

Where was Isaac Newton born?

• England
• United States
• Narnia
• Canada
• Germany

Isaac Newton's mother tried to take him out of school to pursue what career?

• Farmer
• Blacksmith
• Jedi
• Coal Miner
• Silversmith

Isaac Newton spent much of his life at what university?

• Cambridge
• Howards
• MIT
• Stanford
• Oxford

Why did Isaac Newton spend two years in isolation at his home in Woolsthorpe?

• He was avoiding the Great Plague
• He was recovering from a broken heart
• He was avoiding being drafted into the army
• He was hiding from the government
• He had nowhere else to go and people didn't like him

What was the name of the writings that make up Isaac Newton's most famous work?

• Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
• Relativity: The Special and General Theory
• The Double Helix
• The lord of the rings
• De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium

Isaac Newton is often given credit for inventing a new type of math he called fluxions. What do we call this type of mathematics today?

• Algebra
• Geometry
• Kriptonian
• Calculus

What scientific theory of Isaac Newton's is said to have been inspired by an apple falling from a tree?

• Law of universal gravitation
• Law of special relativity
• First Law of Motion
• Second Law of Motion
• Third Law of Motion

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What type of telescope did Isaac Newton invent?

• Reflecting
• Gravitational
• Electronic
• Refracting
• Magnifying

Which of the following was an Isaac Newton discovery that helped to lay the foundation for classical mechanics?

• Three Laws of Motion
• Theory of General Relativity
• Quantum Theory
• First Law of Dynamics
• Law of Mechanical Ebb and Flow

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Which of the following is true about Isaac Newton?

• He was elected the President of the Royal Society
• He was elected to Parliament
• He was appointed warden of the Royal Mint
• All of the above
• None of the above