MISC.
In 1873, independently of each other Mach and what physician discovered a non-acoustic function of the inner ear which helped control human balance.
a. Josef Breuer
b. Hippocrates
c. Jonas Salk
d. Elizabeth Blackwell
Josef Breuer
To whom was Ernst Mach married to
a. Q. Elizabeth II
b. Elizabeth Blackwell
c. Ludovica Marussig
d. Joseph Stalin
Ludovica Marussig
The Mach Number measurement system that Mach established was defined as a ratio of the speed of _____ in a given medium to the speed of the object.
1. Light
2. Electromagnetic Waves
3. Sound
4. An Airplane
Sound
How many middle names does Ernst Mach have?
1. 5
2. 3
3. 1
4. 0
3
What metal shown below has the highest melting point.
Plus 1000 for the closest team to guess the melting point in terms of Fahrenheit.
Plus 3000 for guessing it exactly
1. Lead
b. Tungsten
c. Magnesium
d. Titanium
Tungsten
6,191
Which are optical illusions caused by contrast perception in the human eye.
a. Mach Bling
b. Mach Glass
c. Mach Bands
d. Mach Lens
Mach Bands
In what area of science was he most notably known for.?
a. astrophysics
b. physics
c. microbiology
d. biochemistry
Physics
The bending of a wave because of a change in wave speed due to a change in medium?
1. Deflection
2. Diffraction
3. Refraction
4. Reflection
Refraction
Mach believed that all knowledge is derived from "what", leading to the position that no statement in natural science is admissible unless it is empirically verifiable.
1. Sensation
2. Time
3. Practice
4. Food
Sensation
During his time at what University discovered the physiological optical illusion that came to be known as “Mach’s bands”.
a. Vienna
b. Graz
c. Jasz
d. Disko
Graz
What was Ernst Mach most important published work.
a. The Science of The World
b. The Science of The Mind
c. The Science of Light
d. The Science of Mechanics
The Science of Mechanics.
What year did he die
a. 1926
b. 1916
c. 1906
d. 1896
Bonus points for day and month+300
1916
Sound waves with frequencies about 2000 Hz
1. Infrasonic
2. Ultrasonic
3. Millisonic
4. Centisonic
Ultrasonic
What was Ernst Mach main contribution to physics
1. Sound Waves
2. Electromagnetic waves
3. Shock Waves
4. Wave
His primary contribution to physics was in the description and photography of shock waves.
Ernst Mach taught what subject at Vienna?
a. Mathematics
b. Acoustics
c. Physics
d. All the above
D. All the above
What effect did Ernst Mach experimentally proved what effect.
a. Aoppler
b. Boppler
c. Coppler
d. Doppler
Doppler
What year was he born
a. 1803
b. 1916
c. 1838
d. 1821
Bonus points for day and month + 800
1838
Ernst Mach experimentally proved which famous physics theory that was still controversial in the scientific community at that time?
Existence of atoms
Idea that the Earth rotated on its axis
The Doppler Effect
The idea that the Earth revolved around the Sun
Existence of Atoms
Up until what age was Ernst Mach educated at home?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. All the above
14
Up until 1901, what University did Ernst Mach work at.
a. Oxford
b. Vienna
c. Yale
d. Harvard
Vienna
a. Psychology and Physiology
b. Apicology and Arachnology
c. Ichthyology and Ichnolithology
d. Zoophysiology and Zoopsychology
Psychology and Physiology
A term of measurement was named after him
Plus 1000 points of you can tell me its speed in m/s
Mach
343 m/s
The sharp crack heard by a listener when the shock wave produced by an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound arrives to their ears.
1. Blue Shift
2. Shock Wave
3. Red Shift
4. Sonic Boom
Sonic Boom
Where was Ernst Mach Born?
A. All of the above
B. Moravia
C. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
D. Hoth
Moravia
In 1897 Mach suffered from a stroke, leaving the which side of his body paralyzed?
a. upper
b. lower
c. left
d. right
Right