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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Schwarzschild's Singularity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Schwarzschild when he published a paper in Astronomische Nachrichten?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

2. From where was Johann Jacob Diesbach from who discovered Prussian Blue?
(a) Bavaria.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

3. When did Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland Snyder demonstrate Schwarzschild's singularity?
(a) September 23, 1939.
(b) September 16, 1939.
(c) September 1, 1939.
(d) September 4, 1939.

4. What color was Johann Jacob Diesbach trying to create when he discovered Prussian Blue?
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. Over the course of three days, in what town did men, women, and children commit suicide when the Germans destroyed the bridges leading west?
(a) Demmin.
(b) Warrenzin.
(c) Jarmen.
(d) Loitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Germany bombed Britain with poison gas, how many civilians did an adviser to the British government estimate an attack of that kind would kill?

2. What color were Hermann Goring's fingers and toes stained when he was examined before the Nuremburg Trials?

3. When did Fritz Haber die?

4. When was cyanide isolated from Prussian Blue?

5. How long did Schwarzchild realize that his singularity would last if it really existed?

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