What ancient writing system did Richard Feynman study?
Answer
Mayan hieroglyphs
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
At which university did Richard Feynman teach before joining Caltech?
Answer
Cornell University
Who was Alan Turing's older brother?
Answer
John Turing
What was the name of the manual written by Alan Turing for the Manchester Mark I?
Answer
Programmers' Handbook for Manchester Electronic Computer
Where is the bronze statue of Alan Turing located?
Answer
Sackville Park, Manchester
Which association awards the Turing Award?
Answer
Association for Computing Machinery
What term did Alan Turing originally use for a Turing machine?
Answer
Automatic machine
What is the alternative name for the Turing test?
Answer
Imitation Game
Which element is the densest naturally occurring metal?
Answer
Osmium
Which element has the highest melting point of all metals?
Answer
Tungsten
What was the title of the Inquisition's prosecutor?
Answer
Fiscal
What were the Inquisition's secret jails called?
Answer
Cárceles secretas
Which Spanish poet and theologian was imprisoned by the Inquisition in 1572?
Answer
Luis de León
Which Spanish king restored the Inquisition in 1814?
Answer
Ferdinand VII
What was the periodic proclamation calling for denunciations of heresy called?
Answer
Edict of Faith
What phrase is attributed to Galileo after his abjuration?
Answer
E pur si muove
What spacecraft sent to Jupiter was named after Galileo?
Answer
Galileo
Who was Galileo's student and correspondent on heliocentrism?
Answer
Benedetto Castelli
What is the title of Galileo's 1623 work on comets?
Answer
The Assayer
What was the name of Galileo's long-term mistress?
Answer
Marina Gamba
What was the name of Galileo's daughter who became a nun?
Answer
Maria Celeste
Which German scientist was a rival of Louis Pasteur in germ theory?
Answer
Robert Koch
What was the name of the ship on which Marie Curie sailed to the US in 1921?
Answer
RMS Olympic
What was the profession of Marie Curie's father?
Answer
Physics teacher
At which Cambridge college was Stephen Hawking a fellow?
Answer
Gonville and Caius College
Which enzyme introduces negative supercoils into bacterial DNA?
Answer
DNA gyrase
What is the name of the Maya god of death?
Answer
Ah Puch
Which modern country holds the Maya site of Altun Ha?
Answer
Belize
What is the name of the Maya ruler who reigned at Tikal during its greatest power?
Answer
Jasaw Chan K'awiil I
What was the emblem glyph for the city of Tikal?
Answer
Mutul
What is the name of Leonardo's design for a self-propelled cart?
Answer
Self-propelled cart
In which painting by Verrocchio did Leonardo paint an angel?
Answer
The Baptism of Christ
What is the name of Leonardo's codex dedicated to the flight of birds?
Answer
Codex on the Flight of Birds
What cape did Columbus name 'Gracias a Dios' on his fourth voyage?
Answer
Cape Gracias a Dios
What was the name of the monastery where Gregor Mendel conducted his pea plant experiments?
Answer
St. Thomas Monastery in Brno
What was the name of the first university where Einstein became a professor?
Answer
University of Zurich
What was the name of the hospital where Albert Einstein died?
Answer
Princeton Hospital
What was the name of Francis Drake's ship during his circumnavigation?
Answer
Golden Hind