Q 01/05

Bohr's 1922 Nobel citation praised his work on the structure of atoms and on what emanating from them?

A) Radiation

B) Magnetism

C) Gravity

D) Electricity

Answer · why

A) Radiation

Radiation completed the citation, and Einstein's prize for 1921 was handed out in 1922 as well, since the committee had found no 1921 nomination good ...

Q 02/05

Niels Bohr first steered the physicist Max Delbrück toward which science?

A) Biology

B) Chemistry

C) Psychology

D) Geology

Answer · why

A) Biology

Biology became Delbrück's life's work after Bohr sparked his interest in it, and in 1969 he shared a Nobel Prize for discoveries about how viruses rep...

Q 03/05

Bohr's father Christian was a university professor of which subject?

A) Chemistry

B) Physiology

C) Botany

D) Theology

Answer · why

B) Physiology

Physiology was Christian Bohr's subject, and since the university had no physics laboratory, young Niels did the experiments for his first paper in hi...

Q 04/05

Which actor plays Niels Bohr in Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer?

A) Kenneth Branagh

B) Robert Downey Jr.

C) Matt Damon

D) Rami Malek

Answer · why

A) Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh plays him, and the film has Oppenheimer snatch a poisoned apple just before Bohr can bite it, though there is no evidence Bohr was eve...

Q 05/05

In which position did Niels Bohr play for the football club Akademisk Boldklub?

A) Striker

B) Full-back

C) Winger

D) Goalkeeper

Answer · why

D) Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper was his spot in the 1905 season, but despite an oft-repeated claim he never played for Denmark, unlike his brother Harald, who won Olympic ...