How well do you know Albert Einstein? - Comments

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The discussion revolves around a quiz related to Albert Einstein, assessing participants' knowledge of his life and contributions. The scope includes personal reflections on quiz scores, trivia about Einstein, and some historical context regarding his presidency offer.

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  • Participants share their quiz scores, with a range from 2 to 12 correct answers.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about specific quiz answers, such as a potential typo in the quiz regarding Einstein's respect for politics.
  • There are comments on the trivia related to Einstein, including his presidency offer and dietary choices, with some participants questioning the public perception of these facts.
  • A few participants mention their guesses and the role of luck in their scores, indicating a lack of confidence in their knowledge.
  • One participant suggests creating a similar quiz for Richard Feynman or Paul Dirac, noting that Dirac is less well-known.
  • Several participants reflect on their knowledge of Einstein's biography, with some mentioning Isaacson's biography as a source of information.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share their quiz results and trivia knowledge, but there is no consensus on specific facts or interpretations of Einstein's life, indicating multiple competing views and unresolved questions.

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Some participants express uncertainty about specific details, such as the context of Einstein's presidency offer and his dietary habits, which may depend on varying interpretations and definitions.

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Readers interested in trivia about Albert Einstein, his life, and contributions, as well as those curious about public perceptions of historical figures.

  • #31
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  • #32
7 Satisfactory

But could he play music?
 
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  • #34
I got a 6, due to some lucky guesses.
 
  • #35
jbunniii said:
I got a 6, due to some lucky guesses.
I'm guessing due to some unlucky ones also. :oldtongue:
 
  • #36
5
 
  • #37
7, and surprised. Thought I'd do much worse.
 
  • #38
3. The 2 important( nobel and \lambda) and something random. :(

Edit: Nice quiz by the way. You should make some more!
 
  • #39
How am I supposed to know what he named his violin ? :s
5/12
 
  • #40
6 lucky, 6 not so lucky..
 
  • #41
7 pretty much guessing. Boo. I didn't know he played violin or was married.
 
  • #42
8. Didn't know his violin was named Beatles...
 
  • #43
3 correct... Honestly, I was not expecting more.
 
  • #44
Missed one so close-_-
 
  • #45
I got a 3.
 
  • #47
9/12.
 
  • #48
7/12
 
  • #49
9! Does he ever give a reason to why he was a vegan? I thought that was really interesting
 
  • #51
Got 6 of 12, 1st time.

After logging in, and attempting to exactly recreate the original errors for archive, I accidentally picked the correct year (1921) that he got his Nobel Prize and got 7 right. I usually remember numbers easier than names, but I had picked 1919.

I wonder after initially waiting all those years, if he might have forgotten exactly which year himself... by the time he was my present age. I've had a heck of a time with precise dates on resumes.

Wes
...
 
  • #52
I thought I knew 4 answers and really only knew 3. I had no answer to the other 9. Surprising as I've read so much of Einstein's scientific role, but picked up so little in personal details.
 
  • #53
votingmachine said:
I thought I knew 4 answers and really only knew 3. I had no answer to the other 9. Surprising as I've read so much of Einstein's scientific role, but picked up so little in personal details.
But at least you could even spit up 3-4 things correctly about him. I can reach up to 2 only.
 
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  • #54
i got 9
 
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JohnPrior3 said:
9! Does he ever give a reason to why he was a vegan? I thought that was really interesting
He wasn't a vegan, he was vegetarian, and only for the last year of his life, although he approved of vegetarianism before that.

http://www.ivu.org/history/northam20a/einstein.html
 
  • #56
I got only 2
 
  • #57
7 out of 12. I am pleased with that score
 
  • #58
2 lol
 
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  • #59
10 points out of 12 points total.
 
  • #60
yippii...I got 12 points out of 2 points...
 

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