Isaac Newton Trivia Quiz: English mathematician

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Isaac Newton Trivia Quiz: English mathematician

Sir Isaac Newton PRS was born in December 1642. Known as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists in history and among the most influential scientists, he was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica established classical mechanics and played an essential role in the Enlightenment. Furthermore, Newton was responsible for developing infinitesimal calculus along with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

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When did Isaac Newton die?

  • 20 March 1727

  • 24 May 1734

  • 12 August 1742

  • 30 November 1710

Where did Isaac Newton die?

  • Cambridge

  • Nottingham

  • London

  • Coventry

When did Isaac Newton publish Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica?

  • 1680

  • 1685

  • 1687

  • 1660

What is Isaac Newton’s third law of motion?

  • To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

  • A body remains in its state unless compelled to change that state by force impressed on it.

  • The change of motion is proportional to the force impressed.

  • All planets move about the Sun in elliptical orbits.

Where was Isaac Newton born?

  • Plymouth

  • Belmont

  • Woolsthorpe

  • Grantham

Who wrote a condescending critique of Isaac Newton’s paper on light and colors?

  • Henry More

  • Robert Hooke

  • Pierre Gassendi

  • Robert Boyle

With whom did Isaac Newton have a legal dispute about printing a catalogue of stars?

  • John Collins

  • Edmond Halley

  • John Flamsteed

  • John Locke

What does Newton measure?

  • Electric charge

  • Length

  • Power

  • Force

When was Isaac Newton appointed warden of the mint?

  • 1654

  • 1696

  • 1700

  • 1690

When was Isaac Newton born?

  • 7 January 1635

  • 11 June 1648

  • 29 July 1622

  • 25 December 1642

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