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General Physics Trivia

From Newton's falling apple to Einstein’s spooky action, prove you’re smart enough to understand the universe without having an existential crisis.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Defined as the rate at which an object covers distance, what term describes how fast something is moving regardless of its direction?

Speed

Even when the Sun is shining brightly, what color does the sky appear from the surface of the Moon due to its lack of atmosphere?

Black

Which of Newton's laws of motion, often called the law of inertia, explains why your body continues to move forward when a car suddenly brakes?

Newton's First Law

What fundamental principle of quantum mechanics allows a qubit to exist in a combination of zero and one states simultaneously?

Superposition

Standing nearly three times the height of Mount Everest, what shield volcano on Mars is the largest in the solar system?

Olympus Mons