What kind of waves are ripples in spacetime predicted by general relativity?
Answer
gravitational waves
83042 Easy Trivia Questions
83042 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which 1887 experiment is famous for failing to detect an aether wind?
Answer
Michelson-Morley experiment
Which crater lake on North Island is New Zealand's largest lake?
Answer
Lake Taupō
Which lake southeast of Metro Manila is the largest lake in the Philippines?
Answer
Laguna de Bay
Which ancient freshwater lake is Japan's largest lake?
Answer
Lake Biwa
Which inland body of water is the world's largest lake by surface area?
Answer
Caspian Sea
Which lake is Hungary's largest lake and a major resort area?
Answer
Lake Balaton
Which soda lake is Turkey's largest lake by area?
Answer
Lake Van
Which Great Lake has the smallest surface area?
Answer
Lake Ontario
Which lake has been Mexico's largest freshwater lake since Lake Texcoco dried?
Answer
Lake Chapala
Which northern Italian lake is Italy's largest lake?
Answer
Lake Garda
Which Great Lake is the largest lake entirely in one country by surface area?
Answer
Lake Michigan
Which lake is the largest of the Great Lakes by volume?
Answer
Lake Superior
Which African Great Lake is the world's longest freshwater lake?
Answer
Lake Tanganyika
Which North American lake is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area?
Answer
Lake Superior
Which cemetery first held Marie Curie's remains beside Pierre?
Answer
Sceaux cemetery
What was the title of Marie Curie's 1923 biography of her husband?
Answer
Pierre Curie
What language did Marie Curie teach her daughters?
Answer
Polish
How old was Marie Curie when she died?
Answer
66
Which daughter of Marie Curie wrote the biography Madame Curie?
Answer
Ève Curie
Which country was Marie Curie a citizen of from 1895?
Answer
France
Which award was Marie Curie the first woman to win?
Answer
Nobel Prize
On what date was Marie Curie born?
Answer
7 November 1867
Which actor portrayed Alan Turing in the 1996 TV film Breaking the Code?
Answer
Derek Jacobi
Which British prime minister apologized publicly for Turing's treatment in 2009?
Answer
Gordon Brown
What nationality was Alan Turing?
Answer
British
In which English county is Bletchley Park located?
Answer
Buckinghamshire
Which university awarded Alan Turing his PhD in 1938?
Answer
Princeton University
In which country did Alan Turing earn his PhD?
Answer
United States
What is the longest and largest river in Pakistan?
Answer
Indus River
Which 425 km river is the longest river in New Zealand?
Answer
Waikato River
Which South American river is the world's largest by discharge volume of water?
Answer
Amazon River
Which river is Europe's longest, at about 3,690 km?
Answer
Volga
Which 6,300 km river is the longest river in Asia?
Answer
Yangtze
Which river is Norway's longest and most voluminous?
Answer
Glomma
Which Chinese river is about 5,464 km long and is also called Huang He?
Answer
Yellow River
Which top-five river system includes the Missouri and Jefferson rivers?
Answer
Mississippi