Origin of the Universe Quiz

Who completed the general theory of relativity in 1916?

• Albert Einstein

• Alexander Friedmann

• Edwin Hubble

• Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître

Who suggested that the universe should be expanding based on Einstein's equations?

• Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître

• Edwin Hubble

• Alexander Friedmann

• Albert Einstein

Who proposed that the universe expanded from a single infinitely dense point?

• Albert Einstein

• Alexander Friedmann

• Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître

• Edwin Hubble

Who discovered that galaxies are moving away from us and that the farther galaxies are moving faster?

• Edwin Hubble

• Albert Einstein

• Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître

• Alexander Friedmann

Who accidentally discovered the cosmic microwave background in 1964?

• Robert Dicke

• Robert Wilson

• Edwin Hubble

• Arno Penzias

What is the cosmic microwave background?

• The oldest light in our cosmos

• The formation of galaxies

• The sound of the big bang

• The expansion of the universe

Who interpreted the cosmic microwave background as the whisper of the big bang?

• Edwin Hubble

• Robert Dicke

• Arno Penzias

• Robert Wilson

What evidence supports the Big Bang theory?

• All of the above

• Presence of the cosmic background radiation

• Redshifted galaxies and universe expansion

• Percentage of light and heavy elements in the universe

Who measured the radial velocities of spiral nebulae and found that they are rapidly receding from us?

• Albert Einstein

• Alexander Friedmann

• Vesto Slipher

• Edwin Hubble

What does the second law of thermodynamics contradict in the Oscillating Theory?

• The collapse of the universe

• The presence of cosmic background radiation

• The expansion of the universe

• The formation of galaxies