96673 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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What subject was Pasteur's 1842 Bachelor of Science degree in?
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Mathematics
Which laboratory role did Pasteur hold at the École Normale in 1857?
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Director of scientific studies
Which chemical acid did Pasteur study in crystals from wine barrels?
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Tartaric acid
What was the title of Pasteur's 1866 book about wine diseases?
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Études sur le Vin
Who completed blood and urine tests with Pasteur on 20 April 1862?
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Claude Bernard
Which scientist's lectures did Pasteur attend at the Sorbonne?
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Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Which chemist brought Pasteur back to the École Normale as a laboratory assistant?
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Antoine Jérôme Balard
Which Paris lycée did Pasteur attend while preparing for the École Normale entrance exam?
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Lycée Saint-Louis
Which named principle rewrites Newton's second law using inertial forces?
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D'Alembert's principle
What named machine uses two masses over a pulley to study Newtonian acceleration?
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Atwood machine
Which astronomer financed the first publication of Newton's Principia?
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Edmond Halley
What type of force is weight in Newtonian mechanics?
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Gravitational force
What force from a stretched spring is often modeled by Hooke's law?
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Restoring force
What theorem says impulse equals the change in momentum?
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Impulse-momentum theorem
Tesla's AC motor patents became a cornerstone of which Westinghouse-marketed AC system?
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Polyphase system
Which Czechoslovak order did Tesla receive in 1937?
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Order of the White Lion
Which learned society elected Tesla a member in 1896?
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American Philosophical Society
Which medal did the Franklin Institute award Tesla in 1894?
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Elliott Cresson Medal
What Manhattan address housed Tesla's 1887 laboratory?
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89 Liberty Street
In what month and year was the Tesla Electric Company formed?
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April 1887
In which Paris suburb did Tesla work for Société Electrique Edison?
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Ivry-sur-Seine
What job did Tesla receive when the Budapest Telephone Exchange became functional?
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Chief electrician
Which IEEE award is named in honor of Nikola Tesla?
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IEEE Nikola Tesla Award
Which financier funded Tesla's Wardenclyffe project with $150,000?
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J. P. Morgan
Which company built the generators for the first Niagara Falls AC power plant?
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Westinghouse Electric
Which inventor's company hired Tesla in Paris before his move to America?
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Thomas Edison
Which British general led the campaign that captured Montreal in 1760?
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Jeffery Amherst
Which French fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto surrendered to Robert Monckton in 1755?
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Fort Beauséjour
Which military road did Braddock's troops build toward Fort Duquesne in 1755?
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Braddock Road
Which 1755 British expedition was sent to capture Fort Duquesne?
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Braddock Expedition
What large clearing was Fort Necessity built at in 1754?
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Great Meadows
Which 1755 battle near Lake George was a British colonial victory led by William Johnson?
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Battle of Lake George
Which British officer led the 1758 expedition against Fort Frontenac?
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John Bradstreet
Which French fort on Lake Ontario did Bradstreet's expedition capture in 1758?
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Fort Frontenac
Which British officer led the 1759 expedition that captured Fort Niagara?
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John Prideaux
Which French fort at the mouth of the Niagara River fell to the British in 1759?
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Fort Niagara
Which fort was attacked in the Battle of the Thousand Islands in 1760?
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Fort Lévis
Who commanded Pennsylvania troops in the Kittanning Expedition?
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John Armstrong Sr.
Which Lenape village was destroyed in the 1756 Kittanning Expedition?
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Kittanning