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