Q 01/05

Nikola Tesla is best known for his contributions to which electricity supply system?

A) Galvanic batteries

B) Alternating current

C) Direct current

D) Static electricity

Answer · why

B) Alternating current

His polyphase AC patents became the cornerstone of the system Westinghouse marketed.

Q 02/05

In which village was Tesla born in 1856?

A) Smiljan

B) Gospic

C) Karlovac

D) Zagreb

Answer · why

A) Smiljan

The village was then in the Military Frontier of the Austrian Empire and is now in Croatia.

Q 03/05

Tesla's birthplace lies in which present-day country?

A) Hungary

B) Croatia

C) Serbia

D) Slovenia

Answer · why

B) Croatia

His family were ethnic Serbs living under the Austrian Empire.

Q 04/05

What was the profession of Tesla's father, Milutin?

A) Orthodox priest

B) Army officer

C) Schoolteacher

D) Blacksmith

Answer · why

A) Orthodox priest

He originally wanted his son to enter the priesthood too.

Q 05/05

To whom did Tesla credit his eidetic memory and creativity?

A) His uncle Josif

B) His physics teacher

C) His mother

D) His father

Answer · why

C) His mother

Duka Mandic had a talent for making home craft tools and could memorise Serbian epic poems.