Fig Newtons
This pesky little fruit helped Newton discover the laws of gravity
the Apple
It was by the "rules of thumb" that this wonder of the ancient world.
A) The Temple of Artemis
B) Colossus of Rhodes
C) Pyramids of Giza
the Pyramids
Boorstin described this 20th century scientist as the greatest mind since Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein.
What's the name of the surgeon mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 54?
Discorides
How did people first tell time?
With the Sun
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
Isaac Newton went to this College.
A) Trinity College, Cambridge
B) Oxford
C) The University of Edinburgh
A) Trinity College, Cambridge
A width of a finger.
Isaac Newton considered this scientist- who shared his name with a Disney villain- his worse enemy for nearly two decades
Robert Hooke
Dioscorides wrote De Materia Medica. What does that mean in English?
On Medical Material
Name 3 astronomers in the Renaissance period other than Galileo
Kepler, Brahe, and Copernicus.
Which of Newton's discoveries did Boorstin highlight in chapter 52?
The discovery that white light is made up of multiple colors
Before Queen Elizabeth ordered that a mile was to be 5,280 feet, it was previously how long?
5,200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is the name for a large group of scientists that's very hard to get into?
The Royal Society.
The Age of Discovery.
Who was Vasco Balboa?
A spanish explorer who led the expedition of the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean through America
This monarch knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, making him the first in England to have won that award for scientific achievement.
Queen Anne.
Stevin was appointed tutor to Maurice of Nassau who happened to be both a military genius and a prince of this fruit
He was the Prince of Orange
Who was Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz?
Another man of science and math who claimed to have discovered calculus, starting a feud with Isaac Newton.
Boorstin describes many of the German naturalists being this Christian denomination-
A) Catholic
B) Lutheran
C) Presbyterian
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What religious buildings was often the target of Viking raids?
Monasteries
Despite being a man of science, Isaac Newton often practiced this mystic art.
Alchemy
The "hero" who united most of the world in one metric system was-
Simon Stevin.
What does the Royal Society's Motto, Nullius in Verba, mean?
"Take nobody's word for it; see for yourself."
During the Renaissance, a time of discovery and fact, there was also a rebirth of myth and legend, especially with rumors of all kinds of creatures coming out of Americas. This time was often called the-
A) the Renaissance of Myth
B) The Age of Legends
C) the Rebirth of Superstition.
C) the Rebirth of Superstition.
Who was the famous Chinese voyager who led hundreds of boats on seven different expeditions to share the Chinese glory?
A) Cheng Ho
B) Su Sung
C) Yung Lo
A) Cheng Ho