Family Life
How many kids did he have?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
Three (C)
What unit of energy was named after him?
A) Kilowatts
B) Megajoule
C) Joule
D) SI derived unit of energy
SI derived unit of energy (D)
How many colleges did he go to?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
Three (D)
How many main influencers did he have?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
Four (B)
What family business did his dad run?
A) A brewery
B) A butcher
C) A barber
D) A blacksmith
A brewery (A)
What was the name of his law?
A) Bernoulli's law of fluid dynamics
B) Joules Law
C) Fourier's law of heat conduction
D) Law of gravitation
Joules Law (B)
What was his first college?
A) University of Oxford
B) Trinity College Dublin
C) University of Edinburgh
D) Wesleyan University
Trinity College Dublin (B)
How did he first experiment with energy?
A) Rolling cans with static electricity
B) Playing with a light bulb
C) By giving his family electric shocks
D) Making a circuit with a battery and wires
By giving his family electric shocks (C)
Who was James Joule Married to?
A) Amelia Grimes
B) Alice Grimes
C) Alivia Grimes
D) Abigail Grimes
Amelia Grimes (A)
What group was he named president of?
A) Royal Society
B) British Association
C) Royal Swedish Academy of Science
D) Brazilian Academy of Science
British Association (B)
Who was he tutored by?
A) Eaton Hodgkinson
B) John Dalton
C) Peter Ewart
D) William Henry
John Dalton (B)
Were did he first conduct his investigations on energy?
A) At his College
B) At his house
C) In his bedroom
D) Isolation at his fathers brewery
Isolation at his fathers brewery (D)
Who were his parents?
A) Benjamin Joule and Amelia Prescott
B) Benjamin Joule and Alice Prescott
C) Benjamin Prescott and Alice Joule
D) Benjamin Prescott and Amelia Joule
Benjamin Joule and Alice Prescott (B)
What was the law he made about?
A) Fluid dynamics
B) Gravitation
C) Heat conduction
D) The mechanical theory of heat
The mechanical theory of heat (D)
What was his second college?
A) Trinity College Dublin
B) University of Edinburgh
C) University of Oxford
D) Bates College
University of Oxford (B)
What was his most famous experiment?
A) Measures of the world
B) The paddle wheel
C) Eye optics
D) The precise value of a single electrons charge
The paddle wheel (B)
Who were his siblings?
A) Mary Joule and Bennet St John Baptist Joule
B) Amelia Joule and Benjamin St John Baptist Joule
C) Mary Joule and Benjamin St John Baptist Joule
D) Amelia Joule and Bennet St John Baptist Joule
Mary Joule and Benjamin St John Baptist Joule (C)
Which two medals did he win?
A) Fields Medal and Copley Medal
B) Rumford Medal and Copley Medal
C) Royal Medal and the Copley Medal
D) Rumford Medal and Royal Medal
Royal Medal and the Copley Medal (C)
What was the final college he attended?
A) University of Dayton
B) Bates College
C) Baylor College
D) University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (D)
Who were the influences Joule had?
A) Georges-Louis Leclerc, Erasmus Darwin, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Willian Henry
B) Eaton Hodgkinson, William Henry, John Dalton, and Peter Ewart
C) William Henry, Erasmus Darwin, Peter Ewart, and John Dalton
Eaton Hodgkinson, William Henry, John Dalton, and Peter Ewart (B)