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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Quiz

Sylvia Nasar
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1)

With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? (from Chapter 18 - 20)

Warren Ambrose.
Albert Tucker.
Robert Lowell.
John Milnor.
2)

How old was John Stier when Nash became reacquainted with him in Chapter Fifty? (from Chapter 50 and epilogue)

43.
54.
39.
66.
3)

Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men? (from Chapters 21-25)

Three.
Zero.
Two.
Eight.
4)

How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen? (from Chapter 18 - 20)

Seven.
Two.
Eleven.
Three.
5)

John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year? (from Chapters 21-25)

1954.
1957.
1956.
1960.
6)

Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom? (from Chapters 30 - 32)

Reinhard Selten.
Abraham Flexner.
Ervin Thorson.
Harlow Shapley.
7)

Nash and Alicia had their son committed where in Chapter Fifty? (from Chapter 50 and epilogue)

McLean Hospital.
Harvard Medical School.
The Carrier Clinic.
Trenton State Hospital.
8)

Where was author Sylvia Nasar born? (from Chapter 50 and epilogue)

Egypt.
Turkey.
Germany.
Spain.
9)

Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. marry Alicia Larde? (from Chapters 26-29)

Atlanta, Georgia.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Washington, D.C.
10)

Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children? (from Chapters 21-25)

Four.
Three.
One.
Two.
11)

Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight? (from Chapters 38 - 41)

Oslo, Norway.
Rejkavic, Iceland.
London, England.
Geneva, Switzerland.
12)

How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One? (from Chapters 30 - 32)

30.
45.
26.
37.
13)

What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three? (from Chapters 21-25)

Michael Jacob Nash.
John David Stier.
Thomas Abraham Nash.
Robert Lewis Stier.
14)

Where was Nash living with his mother in Chapter Forty-Four? (from Chapters 42-46)

Roanoke, Virginia.
Key West, Florida.
Buffalo, New York.
Columbus, Ohio.
15)

In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what? (from Chapter 18 - 20)

Solomon Lefschetz.
Jack Bricker.
Norman Steenrod.
Warren Ambrose.
16)

When Nash was released from the institution in Chapter Thirty-Seven, he went to MIT and hosted what? (from Chapters 36-37)

A Mad Hatter's Tea.
A Batty Brunch.
A Crazy Carnival.
A Loon's Luncheon.
17)

What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four? (from Chapters 42-46)

1968.
1972.
1965.
1970.
18)

The department chairman relieved Nash of his teaching duties for how long in Chapter Thirty-Five? (from Chapters 33 - 35)

Nine months.
Two weeks.
A semester.
One year.
19)

Nash won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in what area? (from Chapters 47-49)

Riemann's Hypothesis.
Game theory.
The continuum hypothesis.
Manifolds.
20)

When was author Sylvia Nasar born? (from Chapter 50 and epilogue)

1938.
1947.
1952.
1960.
21)

Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine? (from Chapters 26-29)

The Upper East Side.
Brooklyn.
SoHo.
Greenwich Village.
22)

With what was John Forbes Nash, Jr. diagnosed during his first institutionalization in Chapter Thirty-Six? (from Chapters 36-37)

Paranoid schizophrenia.
Epilepsy.
Brain cancer.
Bipolar disorder.
23)

When did Jürgen Moser die? (from Chapters 30 - 32)

1959.
1977.
1999.
1983.
24)

Where in Europe did John Forbes Nash, Jr. decide to go at the end of Chapter Thirty-Seven? (from Chapters 36-37)

Zurich.
London.
Paris.
Oslo.
25)

Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state? (from Chapter 18 - 20)

Wisconsin.
Louisiana.
New Mexico.
Ohio.
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