Vocabulary
What do you call a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy?
photosynthesis
Who established the Nobel Prize award in 1895? (full name)
Alfred Nobel
Which publication by Charles Darwin explains the process of evolution by showing that all species, including humans, have evolved over time from common ancestors?
On the Origin of Species
Who invented the improved steam engine, which was the power behind the Industrial Revolution (1769)?
James Watt
Which universal scholar of Italian origin lent his name to a German popular scientific (populärwissenschaftlich) television programme?
Galileo Galilei
What's the English translation for "Gentechnik"?
genetic engineering
How many categories are Nobel Prizes awarded for each year?
6 (Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, Economics [established in 1969])
"A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes" is a publication by which British cosmologist and physicist?
Stephen Hawking
Who discovered the North American Continent in 1492?
Christoph Columbus
Which German theoretic physicist is best known for his publications on the special and general relativity theory?
Albert Einstein
What do you call the endless black void surrounding our Earth, solar system and galaxy?
the universe
Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?
Marie Curie (Physics Prize 1903 , Chemistry Prize 1911)
Who developed a model of the human psychic structure comprising id, ego and super-ego.
Sigmund Freud
Name the most famous formula in modern physics, which was first used as part of Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity
E=mc2
Who improved the telephone and was the first person to make it accessible to the public?
Alexander Graham Bell
What is a generic term (Oberbegriff) for solar power, hydropower and windpower?
renewable energy
Who won the first ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901?
Wilhelm Röntgen ("in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him")
What does the main publication by Nicolaus Copernicus "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" describe?
the heliocentric system / Earth revolving around the sun (and not vice versa)
Who made the first correct model of the structure of DNA? (must name at least 2 out of 4)
Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, James Watson
Which scientist made appearances on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "The Simpsons," "Futurama" and "The Big Bang Theory"?
Stephen Hawking
What do you call the current process of our Earth's atmosphere warming up?
climate change
Who was the first ever musician to be awarded with a Nobel Prize in Literature?
Bob Dylan (in 2016 "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition")
Which thought experiment illustrates the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects?
Schrödinger's Cat (by Erwin Schrödinger)
Who discovered the intermaxillary bone (Zwischenkieferknochen)?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Which scientist and inventor of Croatian origin who developed the modern two-phase electric power died alone and impoverished in New York in 1943?
Nikola Tesla