What subject was Pasteur's 1842 Bachelor of Science degree in?
Answer
Mathematics
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which laboratory role did Pasteur hold at the École Normale in 1857?
Answer
Director of scientific studies
Which chemical acid did Pasteur study in crystals from wine barrels?
Answer
Tartaric acid
What was the title of Pasteur's 1866 book about wine diseases?
Answer
Études sur le Vin
Who completed blood and urine tests with Pasteur on 20 April 1862?
Answer
Claude Bernard
Which scientist's lectures did Pasteur attend at the Sorbonne?
Answer
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Which chemist brought Pasteur back to the École Normale as a laboratory assistant?
Answer
Antoine Jérôme Balard
Which Paris lycée did Pasteur attend while preparing for the École Normale entrance exam?
Answer
Lycée Saint-Louis
Which named principle rewrites Newton's second law using inertial forces?
Answer
D'Alembert's principle
What named machine uses two masses over a pulley to study Newtonian acceleration?
Answer
Atwood machine
Which astronomer financed the first publication of Newton's Principia?
Answer
Edmond Halley
What type of force is weight in Newtonian mechanics?
Answer
Gravitational force
What force from a stretched spring is often modeled by Hooke's law?
Answer
Restoring force
What theorem says impulse equals the change in momentum?
Answer
Impulse-momentum theorem
Tesla's AC motor patents became a cornerstone of which Westinghouse-marketed AC system?
Answer
Polyphase system
Which Czechoslovak order did Tesla receive in 1937?
Answer
Order of the White Lion
Which learned society elected Tesla a member in 1896?
Answer
American Philosophical Society
Which medal did the Franklin Institute award Tesla in 1894?
Answer
Elliott Cresson Medal
What Manhattan address housed Tesla's 1887 laboratory?
Answer
89 Liberty Street
In what month and year was the Tesla Electric Company formed?
Answer
April 1887
In which Paris suburb did Tesla work for Société Electrique Edison?
Answer
Ivry-sur-Seine
What job did Tesla receive when the Budapest Telephone Exchange became functional?
Answer
Chief electrician
Which IEEE award is named in honor of Nikola Tesla?
Answer
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
Which financier funded Tesla's Wardenclyffe project with $150,000?
Answer
J. P. Morgan
Which company built the generators for the first Niagara Falls AC power plant?
Answer
Westinghouse Electric
Which inventor's company hired Tesla in Paris before his move to America?
Answer
Thomas Edison
Which British general led the campaign that captured Montreal in 1760?
Answer
Jeffery Amherst
Which French fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto surrendered to Robert Monckton in 1755?
Answer
Fort Beauséjour
Which military road did Braddock's troops build toward Fort Duquesne in 1755?
Answer
Braddock Road
Which 1755 British expedition was sent to capture Fort Duquesne?
Answer
Braddock Expedition
What large clearing was Fort Necessity built at in 1754?
Answer
Great Meadows
Which 1755 battle near Lake George was a British colonial victory led by William Johnson?
Answer
Battle of Lake George
Which British officer led the 1758 expedition against Fort Frontenac?
Answer
John Bradstreet
Which French fort on Lake Ontario did Bradstreet's expedition capture in 1758?
Answer
Fort Frontenac
Which British officer led the 1759 expedition that captured Fort Niagara?
Answer
John Prideaux
Which French fort at the mouth of the Niagara River fell to the British in 1759?
Answer
Fort Niagara
Which fort was attacked in the Battle of the Thousand Islands in 1760?
Answer
Fort Lévis
Who commanded Pennsylvania troops in the Kittanning Expedition?
Answer
John Armstrong Sr.
Which Lenape village was destroyed in the 1756 Kittanning Expedition?
Answer
Kittanning
Which officer led the French attack on Fort Bull in 1756?
Answer
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry