FUN QUIZ – A Tribute Biswarup Pramanik

1. Stephen Hawking was born on 8th January 4. What was the name of the original computer 1942, on the special occasion of the 300 years program that Stephen Hawking received from death anniversary of which Walter Woltosz, CEO of Words Plus in 1986 which great Italian astronomer, enabled him to communicate better after he lost his philosopher, mathematician ability to speak? and physicist? a) Equalizer b) Vocalise a) Giovanni Battista Donati c) Raven d) Sonobat b) Niccolò Cacciatore c) Galileo Galilei d) Leonardo Ximenes

2. In 1963, at the age of 21 years, Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with a rare motor neuron disease that gradually paralysed him over the decades called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). What is the other name of this disease Source: singularityhub.com which is named after a famous American 5. In a 2013 biographical documentary fi lm, featuring Baseball player who Stephen Hawking himself, described his life from also had the disease? childhood, his struggle with ALS and his later a) Huntington's recognition as a world-famous scientist. What is the disease name of this fi lm? b) Lou Gehrig's a) Hawking disease b) A Beautiful Mind c) Alzheimer's c) The Theory of Everything disease d) The Man Who Knew Infi nity d) Fabry disease

3. Stephen Hawk ing published a book on cosmology for those readers who have no prior knowledge of scientifi c theories in 1988. It was one the bestsellers which sold more than 10 million copies in 20 years. What is the title of the book? a) The Universe in a Nut Shell b) A Brief History of Time c) God Created the Integers d) The Theory of Everything

6. The fi rst Children's fi ction authored by Stephen Hawking and co-written by his daughter was “George's Secret Key to the Universe” published in 2007 which was followed by four sequels. What is the name of the world's most Source:www.abebooks.com

60 | Science Reporter | May 2018 powerful computer depicted in these books? 9. In which American television sitcom created by a) Cerebro b) HAL 9000 Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, Stephen Hawking c) Duotronics d) Cosmos showed off his humorous side on American television by making a guest appearance? a) Friends b) The Big Bang Theory c) Modern Family d) How I Met Your Mother Source: www.amazon.com

7. In which year Stephen Hawking received the ‘The Fundamental Physics Prize’ for his discovery of Source: bigbangtheory.wikia.com from black holes. This prize is also dubbed by the 10. On 14th March 2018, Stephen Hawking died at his media as home in Cambridge, England. He died on a special the “XXI occasion of the 139th birth anniversary of a world Century renowned German-born theoretical physicist known Nobel”? for his theory of relativity. Who is he? a) 2012 a) Werner Karl Heisenberg b) 2013 b) Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck c) 2014 c) Heinrich Hertz Source: alchetron.com d) 2015 d) Albert Einstein

8. The life of Stephen Hawking has been detailed in a 2014 British biographical romantic drama fi lm set at Cambridge University. It was directed by James Marsh casting Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. What is the name of the fi lm? a) Hawking b) A Man for All Seasons c) The Theory of Everything d) A Brief History of Time

ANSWERS: 1.c 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.a 6.d 7b. 8.c 9.b 10.d Source: www.telegraph.co.uk Contributed by Biswarup Pramanik, C/o- Keshab Chandra Pramanik, Village- Mankar at Chowrangee, P.O.-Mankar, Dist.-Burdwan, State- West Bengal, Pin-713144. Email: [email protected]

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