QUIZ: Can You Name These Historical Figures?

History March 23, 2023

Which English physicist ended up being knighted?

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A mathematician examines light shining through a window.
Retry Correct Incorrect Isaac Newton was the physicist and mathematician who invented calculus, the laws of motion, and the law of universal gravitation. Oddly, Queen Anne knighted him for his political work, not his mathematic achievements.
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Which English physicist ended up being knighted?

  • Isaac Newton
  • Richard Dawkins
  • Charles Darwin
  • Ada Lovelace
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