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Famous Studies

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered Uranium?

a)

Edison

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Einstein

d)

Marie Curie's husband

2.

Gwendolyn Brooks spent a large part of her life reading and creating poetry. She was very passionate about her craft. What award did she earn through all her hard work and dedication on her poetry book "Annie Allen"?

a)

Nobel Prize

b)

Best Poem Prize

c)

Big Apple Prize

d)

Pulitzer Prize

3.

Which city is identified on this state map? (Hint: It might have gotten its name from a chicken or an onion or both!)

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Which city is identified on this state map? (Hint: It was named after a chief!)

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

What is important about "The Island of Hope?"

a)

It is the Statue of Liberty's nickname. People new to America would climb the statue to see out the windows.

b)

It is a dream in the immigrants' minds.

c)

It is an important landmark because this is where the Statue of Liberty is located and where people had to pass through in order to be cleared into America. ("The Island of Hope" article)

d)

It is a place where immigrants would go to see if they qualify for a migration to the United States.

6.

Where is the "Island of Hope" located?

a)

It is located in Seattle, Washington. ("Island of Hope" article)

b)

It is located in Miami, Florida. ("Island of Hope" article)

c)

It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. ("Island of Hope" article)

d)

The "Island of Hope" is the nickname for Ellis Island. It is located on the bay of New York. ("Island of Hope" article)

7.

Which city is identified on this state map? (Hint: It is nicknamed "the Big Apple.")

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Which city is identified on this state map? (Hint: It got its name from the word "Myami" which means "big water.")

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

What does this bird represent to the United States?

a)

flying

b)

independence

c)

freedom

d)

respect

10.

Major cities are usually very culturally diverse. What does the city of Chicago do every year to celebrate their Irish population?

a)

Everyone speaks in an Irish accent all day.

b)

They dye the Chicago River green.

c)

Everyone must pay for all goods and services with Irish money.

d)

They dye the Chicago River purple.

11.

Invented much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, and made important discoveries in calculus, analysis, graph theory, physics, astronomy, and many other topics.

a)

Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642)

b)

Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783)

c)

Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)

d)

Arthur Cayley (1821 – 1895)

12.

Was a French mathematician, lawyer, and advisor to Kings Henry III and IV of France. He made significant advances in Algebra, and first introduced the use of letters to represent variables.

a)

Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 – 1813)

b)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)

c)

Fibonacci (1175 – 1250)

d)

François Viète (1540 – 1603)

13.

Was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for proving Pythagoras’ Theorem, but made many other mathematical and scientific discoveries.

a)

Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BCE)

b)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 – 195 BCE)

c)

Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – 495 BCE)

d)

Heron of Alexandria (c. 10 – 70 CE)

14.

Was an Italian mathematician. He is best known for the number sequence named after him: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …

a)

Leonardo Pisano, Fibonacci (1175 – 1250)

b)

Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783)

c)

Johann Lambert (1728 – 1777)

d)

François Viète (1540 – 1603)

15.

Calculated the circumference of the Earth, measured the tilt of the Earth’s axis of rotation, estimated the distance to the sun, and created some of the first maps of the world.

a)

Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – 495 BCE)

b)

Euclid of Alexandria (300 BCE)

c)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 – 195 BCE)

d)

Democritus (c. 460 – 370 BCE)

16.

Was a Greek mathematician and is often called the father of geometry. He book The Elements first introduced Euclidean geometry, defines its five axioms, and contains many important proofs in geometry and number theory – including that there are infinitely many prime numbers.

a)

Arhimede (c. 287 - 212 î.Hr.)

b)

Euclid of Alexandria (around 300 BCE)

c)

Aristotle (c. 384 – 322 BCE)

d)

Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – 495 BCE)

17.

He discovered many concepts of calculus and worked in geometry, analysis and mechanics.

While taking a bath, discovered a way to determine the volume of irregular objects using the amount of water they displaced when submerged. He was so excited by this discovery that he ran out on the street, still undressed, yelling “Eureka!” (Greek for “I have found it!”).

a)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 – 195 BCE)

b)

Fibonacci (1175 – 1250)

c)

Archimedes (c. 287 – 212 BCE)

d)

Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642)

18.

Was arguably the greatest mathematician in history. According to legend, he corrected a mistake in his father‘s accounting at the age of 3, and found a way to quickly add up all integers from 1 to 100 at the age of 8.

a)

François Viète (1540 – 1603)

b)

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 – 1855)

c)

Fibonacci (1175 – 1250)

d)

Diophantus

19.

was a French mathematician and philosopher, and one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution. He is credited with the first use of superscripts for powers or exponents, and the cartesian coordinate system is named after him.

a)

René Descartes (1596 – 1650)

b)

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 – 1855)

c)

Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789 – 1857)

d)

Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 – 1813)

20.

Was an English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, and one of the most influential scientists of all time. Was one of the inventors of calculus, built the first reflecting telescope, calculated the speed of sound, studied the motion of fluids, and developed a theory of colour based on how prisms split sunlight into a rainbow-coloured spectrum.

a)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 – 1716)

b)

Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 – 1813)

c)

Joseph Fourier (1768 – 1830)

d)

Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1726)

21.

Who is the first person to receive two Nobel prizes?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Sir Alexander Fleming

c)

Mother Theresa

d)

Marie Curie

22.

What invention was Alfred Nobel famous for?

a)

Teddy Bears

b)

Dynamite

c)

Typewriter

d)

Steam Engine

23.

Who among these is credited with inventing the telephone?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Nikola Tesla

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Edison

24.

Which scientist discovered the 4 biggest moons of Jupiter?

a)

Edwin Hubble

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Johannes Kepler

25.

Who are credited to have invented Calculus?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Gottfried Leibniz

c)

Al-Khwarizmi

d)

Bonaventura Cavalieri

e)

Albert Einstein

26.

His life was made into the movie "The Imitation Game" featuring Benedict Cumberbatch.

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

Sherlock Holmes

27.

He was known as the "father of the atomic bomb".

a)

Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Wernher von Braun

d)

Harry Truman

28.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Joseph Pulitzer

b)

Johann Gutenberg

c)

Melvil Dewey

d)

Johann Carolus

29.

What is Archimedes' famous expression?

a)

Eureka!

b)

Cogito, ergo sum

c)

Scientia potentia est

d)

Carpe diem!

30.

Who among these scientists died by Guillotine?

a)

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Galileo Galilei

31.

Who discovered the "uncertainty principle"?


(Clue: He's Walter White's pseudonym in Breaking Bad)

a)

Niels Bohr

b)

Erwin Schrödinger

c)

Werner Heisenberg

d)

Ernest Rutherford

32.

He was a Nobel laureate known for his work on game theory and differential equations. His struggles with paranoid schizophrenia was depicted in the movie "A Beautiful Mind".

a)

John von Neumann

b)

Milton Friedman

c)

Alan Turing

d)

John Nash

33.

Who among these is credited with inventing the light bulb?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Nikola Tesla

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Edison

34.

Who is the first person in space?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Alexei Leonov

d)

Yang Liwei

35.

This English mathematician was born on Christmas Day.

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Jesus Christ

36.

WHO WAS KNOWN AS IRON MAN OF INDIA?

a)

Govind Ballabh Pant

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

37.

THE INDIAN TO BEAT THE COMPUTERS IN MATHEMATICAL WIZARDY IS

a)

Ramanujam

b)

Rina Panigrahi

c)

Raja Ramanna

d)

Shakunthala Devi

38.

THIS FAMOUS PERSONALITY BELONG TO WHICH COUNTRY?

(a)  

39.

WHO IS THE FATHER OF GEOMETRY?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Euclid

c)

Kepler

d)

Pythagoras

40.

THE PERSON IN THE PICTURE PLAY WHICH SPORT?

a)

Basketball

b)

Football

c)

Tennis

d)

Cricket

41.

NAME THE PERSON WHO FOUNDED BRAHMO SAMAJ?

(a)  

42.

WHO INVENTED THE FIRST LIGHT BULB?

a)

Thomas Alva Edison

b)

S. Wheeler

c)

Willis Carrier

d)

Victor Tatin

43.

DO YOU LIKE ONLINE CLASSES?

a)

Yes, a lot

b)

Not at all

c)

Yes, but not much

d)

Indifferent

44.

Who is the first person in space?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Alexei Leonov

d)

Yang Liwei

45.

This English mathematician was born on Christmas Day.

a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Jesus Christ

46.

Who among these is credited with inventing the light bulb?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Nikola Tesla

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Edison

47.

How many National Heroes are there in Jamaica?

a)

5

b)

2

c)

7

48.

Which is the picture of Marcus Garvey?

a)
b)
c)
49.

Find and click on the Jamaican Flag.

a)
b)
c)
50.

Which is the Doctor Bird?

a)
b)
c)
51.

T is for?

a)
b)
c)
52.

How many senses do you have?

a)

3

b)

8

c)

5

53.

Click on all the objects with a triangular shape.

a)
b)
c)
54.

Find the capital T.

a)
b)
c)
55.

Who are you?

a)
b)
56.

What starts with letter N?

a)
b)
c)
57.

Find the capital N.

a)
b)
c)
58.

Click on the object with a circular shape.

a)
b)
c)
59.

Click the ones that are the same.

a)
b)
c)
60.

Which is wet?

a)
b)
61.
 World War I.....
a)
had no effect on Russia
b)
Made Russia a democratic country
c)
Made Russia accept a communist government.
62.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis the United States and the Soviet Union
a)
ran out of fuel for their missiles
b)
practiced shooting missiles at each other
c)
almost went to war
d)
accidentally blew up Chernobyl
63.
Russians love to play and watch ice hockey and soccer.
a)
true
b)
false
64.
Russia's federal republic government is a full democracy with checks and balances just like the United States. 
a)
true
b)
false
65.
The largest inland body of water in the world is the
a)
Caspian Sea
b)
Lake Superior
c)
Lake Baikal
d)
none of the above
66.
What physical feature divides Europe from Asia?
a)
Caspian Sea
b)
Ural Mountains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
all of the above
67.
Vladimir Putin has restricted free speech during his latest term as president.
a)
true
b)
false
68.
Solzhenitsyn was a Russian famous for books
a)
written about Social Studies teachers.
b)
written about the failures of communism.
c)
written about the success of communism.
69.
What is significant about Chernobyl?
a)
site of the Winter Olympics in 2014
b)
site of tallest mountain in Russia
c)
site of an environmental disaster
d)
all of the above
70.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TODAY'S QUIZ QUESTIONS?

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