- 1. When was Christiaan Huygens born?
A) 1629
B) 1749
C) 1596
D) 1682
- 2. Huygens discovered the first known what within the rings of Saturn?
A) Planet
B) Asteroid
C) Moon
D) Comet
- 3. In what year did Christiaan Huygens discover the rings of Saturn?
A) 1655
B) 1700
C) 1750
D) 1802
- 4. What apparatus did Huygens invent in 1656 to improve timekeeping accuracy?
A) Sundial
B) Pendulum clock
C) Hourglass
D) Candle clock
- 5. Christiaan Huygens was a member of which scientific organization?
A) Royal Society
B) NASA
C) UNESCO
D) CERN
- 6. What is the name of the book in which Huygens first published his findings on Saturn's rings?
A) Systema Saturnium
B) Celestial Mechanics
C) Starry Night
D) The Galilean Moons
- 7. Huygens' wave theory of light was later supported and confirmed by whom?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Michael Faraday
C) Thomas Young
D) Max Planck
- 8. In what country was Christiaan Huygens born?
A) Germany
B) France
C) England
D) Netherlands
- 9. In what year did Huygens publish his work on the pendulum clock?
A) 1756
B) 1700
C) 1673
D) 1802
- 10. Christiaan Huygens made significant contributions to the understanding of what celestial object?
A) Saturn
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Venus
- 11. Huygens was the first to discover the nature of what feature on Mars?
A) Polar ice caps
B) Volcanoes
C) Valleys
D) Canals
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