How well do you know Albert Einstein? - Comments

[Greg Bernhardt]

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How Well Do You Know Albert Einstein?

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[Greg Bernhardt]

If I hadn't made the quiz I would have scored a 6 or 7

 

[ShayanJ]

6-satisfactory!

 

[OmCheeto]

5...
And two of those were lucky guesses.

ps. Is that a typo in the answer on #6? "He lack respect for politics".

 

[DennisN]

Also 5... with a lot of guesses. The only things I was sure of were the presidency and the “biggest blunder”.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I got only 2/12.
I think I know him pretty well except several facts being asked in the survey.

 

[StatGuy2000]

12/12. Unbeatable!

 

[Lisa!]

5...

 

[SteamKing]

In Question 12, Einstein's name is spelled wrong.

Ein-Shtein, Ein-Shteen, Vat's the Difference?

 

[Independent]

8/12, having recently read the biography by Isaacson

 

[BiGyElLoWhAt]

4/12 oh yea. That's pro baseball status right there. Only one was a guess, although I didn't know he was in the mustache hall of fame, but what else was it going to be? I mean, look at that mustache.

 

[aleazk]

I got 10/12. My mistakes were in the "Hall of Fame in 2015" and "Einstein became an American citizen in". For a moment I had the correct option in the American citizen question but changed it in the last moment!

 

[PAllen]

8/12 ; when I had to guess, almost all wrong.

 

[jerromyjon]

3/12 I'll be in the corner with the dunce cap crying... LOL!

I was correct with Nobel year, λ blunder, and his big head.

 

[Borg]

8. Not too bad for how many I guessed on.

 

[dipole]

7 correct, no lucky guesses. I'd be interesting to do one on Feynman or Dirac. No one knows anything about Dirac.

 

[DennisN]

No one knows anything about Dirac.

I do! And I read a great article about him a while ago... I will see if I can find it again, IBB...
Edit: It wasn't this article I read, but it is a similar one, a review of the book "The Strangest Man": link.

 

[Monsterboy]

6/12 with five guesses!

 

[Ibix]

Also 6 (definitely the best score). Snickered at the Frozen ref.

 

[Fredrik]

8

 

[DrClaude]

7

 

[martinbn]

9

 

[consciousness]

7
I read his biography by Isaacson last year, forgot a lot of stuff.

 

[nitsuj]

I got five, but that was just for practice lol. Offered a presidency! Wow, we need more Albert life story movies!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Even if you didn't get a great score at least you know a little bit more trivia about the man :)

 

[gmax137]

7 I wasn't happy with the answer to the vegetarian question (remembering a story about him "eating sausages") but on further reflection, I guess a lot of vegetarians are only so "later in life."

 

[nitsuj]

Even if you didn't get a great score at least you know a little bit more trivia about the man :)

One co-worker commented she had just heard me mention the Einstein presidency offer for the third time lol I was telling everyone...most over 55/60 yrs already knew.

Wonder if it was publicized at the time or soon after...was it a "stunt"? Not sure why they would think he would accept. Perhaps it was offered as an honor.

 

[PAllen]

One co-worker commented she had just heard me mention the Einstein presidency offer for the third time lol I was telling everyone...most over 55/60 yrs already knew.

Wonder if it was publicized at the time or soon after...was it a "stunt"? Not sure why they would think he would accept. Perhaps it was offered as an honor.

It was very serious, and they persisted in the offer. Note that in Israel, president is mostly a symbolic post (and this was a lobbying point - he wouldn't have to do much). Yet, in the early days of Israel, anything to add to prestige was highly desired. (Prime Minister is the post with power).

 

[nitsuj]

Thank you for the context and role of their president is

 

[DSM_]

9. All lucky guesses