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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Galileo Galilei

In Galileo's Dialogue, which character mainly argues for Copernican ideas?

Answer

Salviati

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Galileo Galilei

What scientific society elected Galileo as a member in 1611?

Answer

Accademia dei Lincei

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Galileo Galilei

Which Galilean moon is closest to Jupiter?

Answer

Io

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Galileo Galilei

In which Florence basilica is Galileo buried?

Answer

Santa Croce

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Galileo Galilei

Which Italian region includes Galileo's birthplace, Pisa?

Answer

Tuscany

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Galileo Galilei

In which town near Florence did Galileo Galilei die?

Answer

Arcetri

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Stephen Hawking

Hawking's black hole area theorem says the total area of which boundary can never decrease?

Answer

event horizon

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Stephen Hawking

Which 2015 initiative to search for extraterrestrial intelligence did Stephen Hawking help launch?

Answer

Breakthrough Listen

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Stephen Hawking

In the Thorne-Hawking-Preskill bet, who was on the opposite side from Hawking and Kip Thorne?

Answer

John Preskill

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Stephen Hawking

At which U.S. institute was Hawking a Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Visiting Professor in 1974?

Answer

Caltech

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Stephen Hawking

Which nurse became Stephen Hawking's second wife in 1995?

Answer

Elaine Mason

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Stephen Hawking

At which Cambridge college did Hawking begin graduate work in 1962?

Answer

Trinity Hall

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