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For how many years did Einstein work in the Swiss Patent Office?
3
3
17
17
7
7
12
12
An honorary doctorate in which subject was awarded to Einstein by Glasgow University?
Law
Law
Medicine
Medicine
English
English
Physics
Physics
The design for which famous chocolate was approved during Einstein’s time at the Swiss Patent Office?
Dairy Milk
Dairy Milk
Toblerone
Toblerone
Creme Egg
Creme Egg
Ferrero Rocher
Ferrero Rocher
Einstein realised that Maxwell’s Theory of Light and which other theory were contradictory?
Bell’s Theorem
Bell’s Theorem
Plato’s Theory Of Forms
Plato’s Theory Of Forms
Newton’s Laws Of Motion
Newton’s Laws Of Motion
Fourier’s Law
Fourier’s Law
What was Einstein’s role while working at the Swiss Patent Office?
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Secretary
Secretary
Assistant Examiner
Assistant Examiner
Accounts Assistant
Accounts Assistant
In which year did Albert Einstein pass the Zurich Polytechnic teaching diploma?
1905
1905
1910
1910
1900
1900
1915
1915
In Einstein’s most famous equation E=mc2, what does M stand for?
Motion
Motion
Medicine
Medicine
Mass
Mass
Mercury
Mercury
A book about what branch of Maths is said to have fascinated Einstein aged 12?
Algebra
Algebra
Calculus
Calculus
Trigonometry
Trigonometry
Geometry
Geometry
in 1914, Einstein moved to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in which German city?
Munich
Munich
Hamburg
Hamburg
Berlin
Berlin
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
The United Nations named 2005 the World Year of what, to mark the centenary of Einstein’s annus mirabilis?
Physics
Physics
Switzerland
Switzerland
Einstein
Einstein
Mathematics
Mathematics
The experimental branch of the Albert Einstein Institute is in which German city?
Hannover
Hannover
Berlin
Berlin
Cologne
Cologne
Hamburg
Hamburg
In Einstein’s E=mc2 equation, what does the C stand for?
Gravity
Gravity
Energy
Energy
Time
Time
Speed Of Light
Speed Of Light
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is in which American city?
Kansas City
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago
New York
New York
Providence
Providence
Einstein’s father wrote to a professor at which German University, begging him to give young Albert a teaching job?
Leipzig
Leipzig
Bonn
Bonn
Konstanz
Konstanz
Mannheim
Mannheim
Which British newspaper had the headline ‘Revolution in Science’ about Einstein’s theories in 1919?
Times
Times
Telegraph
Telegraph
Mirror
Mirror
Einstein spent how many years at senior school before leaving for University?
9
9
10
10
4
4
7
7
Which astronomer found in 1929 that the universe was constantly expanding, confirming Einstein’s theories?
Herschel
Herschel
Galileo
Galileo
Hubble
Hubble
Kepler
Kepler
Einstein landed a job as an inspector in what sort of office in 1903?
Post Office
Post Office
Patent Office
Patent Office
Military Office
Military Office
Tax Office
Tax Office
A course called The Einstein Revolution was offered online in February 2015 by which eminent University?
Oxford
Oxford
Cambridge
Cambridge
Yale
Yale
Harvard
Harvard
A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions’ was Einstein’s work for what?
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
His Phd
His Phd
Undergraduate Degree
Undergraduate Degree
High School Graduation
High School Graduation
Who got the money awarded to Einstein as part of his Nobel Prize?
The Government
The Government
His Ex-Wife
His Ex-Wife
The University
The University
His Mother
His Mother
How many years did Einstein spend at Princeton after fleeing Nazi Germany until his death?
44
44
33
33
22
22
11
11
Einstein’s 1925 paper on relativity was how many pages long?
59
59
32
32
40
40
46
46
Who is often wrongly given credit for helping develop the theory of relativity?
Hans Einstein
Hans Einstein
Hermann Einstein
Hermann Einstein
Mileva Einstein
Mileva Einstein
Maja Einstein
Maja Einstein
After leaving the University in Prague, Einstein went to work at a University in which Swiss city?
Basel
Basel
Zurich
Zurich
Geneva
Geneva
Bern
Bern
In which year was Einstein’s theory of general relativity first published?
1936
1936
1896
1896
1916
1916
1906
1906
Einstein was still working on which theory up to his death?
Gravitational Pull
Gravitational Pull
Cosmic Plane
Cosmic Plane
Unified Field
Unified Field
Universal Simplicity
Universal Simplicity
What is the name for the Swiss High School leaving diploma, which Einstein passed aged 17?
Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate
Final
Final
Certifikat
Certifikat
Matura
Matura
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