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100
Who won the Nobel prize for medicine?
Peyton Rous and Charles Brenton 
100
Who died on July 7,1966?
George de Hevesy, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
100

TRUE or FALSE?

Jeff introduced Mumford-Tate groups.
False... David Mumford did :) 
100
Who were the men who had the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface?
The Soviets 
100
Who did Georgia’s House of Representatives refuse to seat?
Julian Bond
200
Who won the Nobel prize for chemistry? 
Robert S. Mulliken
200
Who died on March 1st? 
Fritz Houtermans, a Dutch physicist.
200

TRUE or FALSE?

Marie Van Britten Brown originated the home security system for France.
FALSE. It was for the United States 
200
Who launched Luna 10? 
The Soviet Union
200
Which member of the National Basketball Association’s club officially founded ?
The Chicago Bulls 
300
Who won the Nobel prize for physics?
Alfred Kastler 
300
Who died on March 12? 
Sydney Camm, an English aircraft designer.
300
TRUE or FALSE?

The Fabius Fuction was published in 1966.


TRUE
300
On which date did the Venera 3 Soviet space probe crash on Venus? 
March 1, 1966
300
On which date did the first SR-71 Blackbird sky plane go into service ?
January 11, 1966
400
Who won the turning award?
Alan Perlis
400
Who died on August 9, 1966? 
TRICK QUESTION: NO ONE
400

TRUE or FALSE?

Human Sexual Response is published by Masters and Johnson
True 
400
Mullard Space Science Laboratory was established where? 
In England 
400
Who became the first African-American Cabinet member?
Robert C. Weaver
500
Who won the field prizes in mathematics?
Michael Atiyah, Paul Joseph Cohen, Alexander Grothendieck, and Stephen Smale
500
1.Who died on October 1,1966


2.What was their occupation ? 

•Mary Logan Reddick

•African American neuroembryologist

500

TRUE or FALSE?

Walter C. Pitman was the only man who presented a marine magnetic anomaly profile that confirms the hypothesis of sea floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges.

False, he and James Heirtzler presented this information.


500
What are Leonids and where was the first notable display?

Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle. Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo. They were first seen in the Americas.

500
How many U.S. soldiers landed in South Vietnam on January 18, 1966?
About 8,000
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