Paul Dirac Quiz Questions
1. When did Paul Dirac win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1938
b) 1933
c) 1945
d) 1952
2. When was Paul Dirac born?
a) 22 February 1906
b) 16 May 1908
c) 2 August 1902
d) 7 December 1898
3. Where was Paul Dirac born?
a) Berne
b) Geneva
c) Lausanne
d) Bristol
4. When did Paul Dirac predict the existence of positron?
a) 1931
b) 1936
c) 1944
d) 1958
5. Who discovered positron?
a) James Chadwick
b) Carl David Anderson
c) Victor Francis Hess
d) Werner Heisenberg
6. Where was Paul Dirac Lucasian Professor of Mathematics?
a) Oxford
b) Cambridge
c) Harvard
d) Yale
7. For what did Paul Dirac first win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Introduction of wave equations in quantum mechanics
b) Development of wireless telegraphy
c) Discovery of neutron
d) Work in theoretical physics
8. What did Paul Dirac teach at Florida State University?
a) Botany
b) Chemistry
c) Physics
d) Zoology
9. When did Paul Dirac die?
a) 4 January 1992
b) 6 April 1998
c) 5 July 1996
d) 20 October 1984
10. Where did Paul Dirac die?
a) Tallahassee
b) Liverpool
c) Ipswich
d) Atlanta