Cosmos: Electric Boy

What is the army of invisible servants that is waiting to help us?

• Electrons
• Protons
• Neutrons
• The sun

Who was the child of poverty who helped us gain our understanding of electricity? 

• Isaac Newton
• Albert Einstein 
• Michael Farraday
• Gallileo

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Michael Farraday dropped out of school when he was just a child. 

• True.
• False.

Where did Michael Faraday first learn about electricity?

• His job in the coal mines.
• Science for the public. 
• His book-binding job.

London's Royal Institution still puts on Christmas shows to this day to show children about Science.

• True 
• False
• They did until 2014

Michael Faraday got his job working for Humphrey Davies by doing what:

• Applying for it and getting recommended.
• Transcribing his lectures and binding them.
• Working at the hospital that treated Davies.
• Working as a janitor in the Royal Institute. 

Michael Farraday discovered that electricity could be used to make 

• A motor
• A car
• A lightbulb
• A compass

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Faraday's original motor used what two things:

• Mercury and Cork.
• A wheel and a pulley.
• A gear and a magnet.
• He didn't invent a motor.

What did Davies make Faraday do out of his jealousy?

• Study glassmaking

• Study dynamite

• Go back to binding books

• Calculus

Which founder of the show Cosmos gave Christmas Lectures for the young at the Royal Institute

• Sir Isaac Newton
• Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Michael Faraday
• Carl Sagan