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Physics Trivia

Physics – Dorky Round

1

Who conceived the basic theory of gravity when he was "graced by the falling of an apple"?
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Isaac Newton

2

What is the highest attainable speed in the universe?
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The speed of light
Approximately 300 Million meters per second

3

What effect causes southbound moving objects to deflect to the right in the Northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern hemisphere?
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The Coriolis effect

4

Who created the Theory of Relativity?
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Albert Einstein

5

The cosmic microwave background radiation is evidence of what event?
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The Big Bang

6

The first ever image of a black hole's event horizon was published on April 10, 2019. Where is that particular black hole?
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The core of galaxy M87

7

What molecule is abundant in foods that can be efficiently heated by a microwave oven?
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Water

8

In the geocentric model of the Universe, what was at the center of existence?
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Earth

9

Take two spheres with identical volume and different masses. In the absence of air resistance, which fall faster?
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In the absence of air resistance, they will both fall at identical rates.

10

To a physicist, which way is "down"?
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The direction of the net gravitational pull.

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