Biographical Info. about Isaac Newton taken from Duckster's

Where was Isaac Newton born?

• United States

• Canada

• England

• France

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

• Blacksmith

• Farmer

• Coal Miner

• Priest

Isaac Newton spent much of his life at what university?

• MIT

• Stanford

• Oxford

• Cambridge

• Harvard

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 a military draft

• He was hiding from the English government

• He had no where else to go and people did not like him

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

• The Double Helix

• De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium

• Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

• Relativity: The Special and General Theory

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?

• Geometry

• Calculus

• Number Theory

• Statistics

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

• Law of Special Relativity

• First Law of Motion

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Second Law of Motion

What type of telescope did Isaac Newton invent?

• Refracting

• Electronic

• Reflecting

• Gravitational

Which Isaac Newton discovery helped lay the foundation for classical mechanics?

• Quantum Theory

• First Law of Dynamics

• Three Laws of Motion

• Theory of General Relativity

Which of the following is TRUE about Isaac Newton?

• He was appointed warden of the Royal Mint

• He was elected the President of the Royal Society

• He was elected to Parliament

• ALL OF THESE

• NONE OF THESE