- 1. What was Tycho Brahe's nationality?
A) French
B) German
C) Swedish
D) Danish
- 2. In what century did Tycho Brahe live?
A) 17th century
B) 18th century
C) 15th century
D) 16th century
- 3. What was Tycho Brahe's system called, which combined elements of the geocentric and heliocentric models?
A) Ptolemaic system
B) Copernican system
C) Tychonic system
D) Keplerian system
- 4. In which year did Tycho Brahe die?
A) 1587
B) 1599
C) 1610
D) 1601
- 5. Where was Tycho Brahe born?
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Germany
D) Denmark
- 6. Which island did Tycho Brahe own and operate an observatory on?
A) Sicily
B) Gotland
C) Hven
D) Crete
- 7. Who succeeded Tycho Brahe as Imperial Mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor?
A) Tycho II
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Nicolaus Copernicus
D) Galileo Galilei
- 8. What type of metal was used for Tycho Brahe's prosthetic nose?
A) Copper
B) Silver
C) Gold
D) Iron
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