The 10 quiz questions
Question 1 : "Imagination is more important than knowledge.", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Einstein
- Feynman
- Tesla
- Newton
Explanation: A quote by Albert Einstein: knowledge is limited, but imagination can explore everything.
Question 2 : "Eureka!", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Pythagoras
- Archimedes
- Thales
- Euclid
Explanation: Exclamation by Archimedes of Syracuse upon discovering the principle of buoyancy in his bath (3rd century BC).
Question 3 : "And yet it moves.", Who allegedly said this?
Possible answers:
- Kepler
- Copernicus
- Galileo
- Newton
Explanation: A phrase attributed to Galileo after his trial before the Inquisition in 1633, reaffirming heliocentrism.
Question 4 : "It is not the strongest that survives, but the one most adaptable to change.", Who is the author?
Possible answers:
- Pasteur
- Einstein
- Darwin
- Marie Curie
Explanation: This idea summarizes the theory of evolution developed by Darwin in "On the Origin of Species" (1859). The exact wording isn't his, but it captures his thinking perfectly.
Question 5 : "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Thomas Edison
- Nikola Tesla
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Henry Ford
Explanation: Phrase illustrating Thomas Edison's perseverance during the invention of the electric light bulb. Note: the exact wording is apocryphal (no primary source confirms it), but it accurately reflects Edison's documented iterative philosophy.
Question 6 : "Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed.", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Newton
- Lavoisier
- Descartes
- Pascal
Explanation: The principle of conservation of matter by Antoine de Lavoisier, father of modern chemistry (18th century).
Question 7 : "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Descartes
- Leibniz
- Newton
- Galileo
Explanation: A humble phrase by Isaac Newton (1675), acknowledging his debt to the scholars who preceded him.
Question 8 : "Chance favors only the prepared mind.", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Koch
- Curie
- Fleming
- Pasteur
Explanation: Louis Pasteur during his inaugural lecture in Lille in 1854, summarizing his scientific method.
Question 9 : "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.", Who said this?
Possible answers:
- Robert Oppenheimer
- Enrico Fermi
- Edward Teller
- Albert Einstein
Explanation: A quote from the Bhagavad Gita, cited by Oppenheimer after the first nuclear test (Trinity, 1945).
Question 10 : « The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. », Who is the author of this visionary quote?
Possible answers:
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Nikola Tesla
- Alexander Graham Bell
- George Westinghouse
Explanation: Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian-American inventor, is the pioneer of alternating current and electromagnetism. Overshadowed in his lifetime by Edison, his inventions (radio, AC motor, transformers) are now everywhere. The Tesla car brand bears his name in tribute.
