Richard Feynman — Questions and answers
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What did Richard Feynman do when he was young to understand how things worked?
Choices
- A. He built new radios.
- B. He wrote funny stories.
- C. He took radios apart. ✓
- D. He asked his parents.
Answer: C. He took radios apart.
From page 2
Besides calculating, what unusual things did Feynman do while working on the Manhattan Project?
Choices
- A. He wrote a book.
- B. He played the piano.
- C. He picked locks and cracked safes. ✓
- D. He painted pictures.
Answer: C. He picked locks and cracked safes.
From page 3
What special award did Richard Feynman receive in 1965?
Choices
- A. An award for defying gravity
- B. The Nobel Prize in Physics ✓
- C. An award for explaining how liquids flow
- D. The Quantum Mechanics Prize
Answer: B. The Nobel Prize in Physics
From page 6
Which disaster did Richard Feynman help investigate using a simple experiment?
Choices
- A. A rocket launch
- B. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ✓
- C. An O-ring losing elasticity
- D. A glass of ice water
Answer: B. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
From page 8
Besides his scientific work, what fun activity did Richard Feynman enjoy, as mentioned on this page?
Choices
- A. Playing the guitar.
- B. Writing poems.
- C. Playing the bongos. ✓
- D. Painting landscapes.
Answer: C. Playing the bongos.
From page 9
What did Richard Feynman remind us that science is truly about?
Choices
- A. Just memorizing facts.
- B. Finding joy in the process of discovery. ✓
- C. Only reading lectures.
- D. Using Feynman diagrams.
Answer: B. Finding joy in the process of discovery.
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