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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When We Cease to Understand the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the mathematician who noticed the proof Shinichi Mochizuki posted on his blog?
(a) Heisuke Hironaka.
(b) Akio Tamagawa.
(c) Goro Shimura.
(d) Mitshuhiro Shishikura.

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

3. When Heisenberg tried to wite an article about his epiphany in 1925, how long did Niels Bohr leave the paper unread on his desk?
(a) Weeks.
(b) 11 days.
(c) Months.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

5. What color liquid did a stranger drug Heisenberg with in a bar?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Colorless.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Niels Bohr receive the Nobel Prize?

2. When did Heisenberg received the Nobel Prize for the creation of quantum mechanics?

3. What type of dog did Hitler have that he had killed with a cyanide capsule?

4. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?

5. When Schwarzschild was doing his internship, in what constellation did a binary star go nova?

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