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100
When was Newton born?
What happened at January 4, 1643? (Although he was known to be born in December 25, 1642 in the Julian Calendar)
100
What two subjects did Newton study under in Cambridge?
What is optics and mathematics?
100
What did the apple incident lead to?
What is Newton's theory of gravity?
100
Who is Newton's mother?
Who is Hannah Ayscough?
100
Why did Newton build the refracting telescopes?
What is to get a more clear view on the color of the object seen through this telescope?
200
When did Newton die?
What happened at 31 March, 1727? (Although if you infer to the Julian calendar, it would be in 20 March 1726)
200
What did Newton and Leibiz work independently on?
What is infinitesimal calculus?
200
Why did the Trinity College shut down in 1665?
What is the outbreak of the plague?
200
Who is Robert Hooke?
Who is Newton's rival in the Royal Society?
200
Did Newton's father have the same name as him?
What is yes?
300
Why did his mother pull him out of school?
What is farming?
300
What does the first law of motion state?
What is, "An object at a kind of motion, be it rest or moving, will remain in that motion unless acted upon an unbalanced force"
300
Whose death caused Newton to be elected president of the Royal Society?
Who is Hooke?
300
Who is the astronomer that thought the world and other planets orbited around the sun, and made Newton extend this theory?
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
300
What is the bubonic plague?
What is the outbreak of plague in England in 1665?
400
When did he get elected to be in the Royal Society?
What happened in January 11, 1672?
400
What book did Newton publish in 1686?
What is Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica?
400
When was Newton appointed the position of Warden in the Royal Mint?
What happened in 1696?
400
Who encouraged Newton to publish his famous "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica"?
Who is Edmond Halley?
400
Who made the portrait of Newton?
Who is Godfrey Kneller?
500
When did Newton's mother die?
What happened at June 4, 1679
500
What did Newton find out about white light?
What is that it is composed of the color spectrum?
500
What event led to James II's downfall?
What is the Glorious Revolution?
500
Whose reign was England under when Newton was knighted?
Who is Queen Anne?
500
What was the return of Charles II in Newton's childhood called?
What is the Restoration?