Question 1
Which physicist developed the theory of relativity and later worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton?
- Albert Einstein
- Isaac Newton
- Galileo Galilei
- Niels Bohr
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Albert Einstein
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Question 2
Which British scientist held Cambridge's Lucasian Chair of Mathematics and wrote A Brief History of Time?
- Brian Cox
- Stephen Hawking
- Carl Sagan
- Edwin Hubble
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Stephen Hawking
Question 3
Which Cornell astronomer hosted the original television series Cosmos?
- Patrick Moore
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Carl Sagan
- Brian Cox
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Carl Sagan
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