Q 01/05

In which city was Albert Einstein born?

A) Berlin

B) Ulm

C) Munich

D) Frankfurt

Answer · why

B) Ulm

Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, was Albert Einstein's birthplace; the family moved to Munich the following year, where his father and uncle founde...

Q 02/05

Einstein's birthday falls on which annual celebration?

A) Mole Day

B) Pi Day

C) Star Wars Day

D) Earth Day

Answer · why

B) Pi Day

Pi Day is 14 March, written 3/14 in the US after the first digits of pi; Einstein was born on that date in 1879, and Princeton, his home for over twen...

Q 03/05

Einstein's delayed 1921 Nobel Prize was announced alongside which rival's 1922 prize?

A) Max Planck

B) Niels Bohr

C) Werner Heisenberg

D) Max Born

Answer · why

B) Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr took the 1922 physics prize in the year Einstein's held-over 1921 award was finally made; the committee had judged no 1921 nominee to meet ...

Q 04/05

Taking a chair in Prague in 1911 required Einstein to accept citizenship of which empire?

A) Imperial Russian

B) Austro-Hungarian

C) Ottoman

D) Imperial German

Answer · why

B) Austro-Hungarian

Austro-Hungarian: Prague then lay in the Habsburg empire, and the chair at its German university was a state post tied to Austrian citizenship; Einste...

Q 05/05

Which equation of Albert Einstein's says mass and energy are two forms of the same thing?

A) E=mc²

B) E=hf

C) F=ma

D) V=IR

Answer · why

A) E=mc²

E=mc² came out of special relativity in 1905: energy equals mass times the speed of light squared, so a tiny mass holds enormous energy because c² is ...