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Albert Einstein's life

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Albert Einsteins life game quiz
"The most spectacular and extraordinary scientist in world history. You'll find here some easy questions about him and his life."

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1. Where was Albert Einstein born?
    Kaiserslautern, Germany
    Princeton, New Jersey, USA
    Munich, Germany
    Ulm, Germany


2. Albert Einstein had a religious education at home, where he practised ___ .
    Catholicism
    Protestantism
    Islam
    Judaism


3. Einstein moved with his family to Milan in 1894.
    True
    False


4. Einstein's Swiss citizenship was granted in 1901. What other very important event in Einstein's life occurred in 1903?
    He joined the military service
    He accepted the Chair of Physics at Prague
    He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society
    He married Mileva Maric


5. In 1908 Einstein became a lecturer at the University of ____ .
    Bern
    Munich
    Zurich
    Kiel


6. Einstein made his first visit to the United States in ___
    1923
    1919
    1925
    1921


7. Why wasn't Einstein present in December 1922 to receive the Nobel prize in physics?
    He had family problems
    He thought that he didn't deserve to be rewarded
    He was on a voyage to Japan
    He was too busy working over his theory of relativity


8. In 1940 Einstein became a citizen of the United States. Did he retain his Swiss citizenship?
    Yes
    No


9. Which of these is NOT one of Einstein's honors?
    Nobel Prize
    Fellow of the Royal Society
    Royal Society Murphy Medal
    Royal Society Copley Medal


10. In which year did Einstein make a contribution to the war effort by hand-writing his 1905 paper on special relativity and putting it up for auction?
    1939
    1942
    1941
    1944


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