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Edwin Powell Hubble

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Edwin Powell Hubble game quiz
"Edwin Powell Hubble was born on November 29, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri. Most people have heard of the Hubble Space Telescope. What do you know about the man it is named after?"

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1. What was Edwin Powell Hubble's first job?
    shoe shiner
    housekeeper at Mt. Wilson Observatory
    cook's helper
    newspaper boy


2. Edwin Hubble excelled athletically as well as intellectually.
    True
    False


3. What did Edwin Hubble study at Oxford?
    Spanish
    Astronomy
    Law
    Physics


4. Did Edwin Hubble serve in the United States military during WW1?
    Yes
    No


5. While at Mt. Wilson Observatory, what did Edwin Hubble developed a classification system for?
    stars
    planets
    galaxies
    law books


6. During World War II, what did Edwin Hubble serve his country as?
    scientist
    infantryman
    lawyer
    interpreter


7. After returning back to Mt. Wilson, what did Edwin Hubble convince his employers of?
    he didn't convince them of anything.
    the need of better eyepieces.
    the need of a bigger telescope.
    the need for more scientists.


8. In what year did Edwin Hubble win the Nobel prize in astronomy?
    1952
    1950
    He never won any Nobel Prize.
    1951


9. Which scientist personally thanked Edwin Hubble when Hubble proved him correct?
    Albert Einstein
    Harlow Shapley
    Issac Newton
    William Pickering


10. What did Edwin Hubble die from?
    Leukemia
    Congestive heart failure
    Car accident
    Cerebral thrombosis

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