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Who discovered benzene? | Michael Faraday discovered benzene. |
Where was Michael Faraday born? | Michael Faraday was born in Newington Butts. |
What is the Faraday effect? | The Faraday effect is the phenomenon that the plane of polarisation of linearly polarised light can be rotated by the application of an external magnetic field aligned in the direction the light is moving. |
Did Faraday discover diamagnetism? | Yes, Faraday discovered diamagnetism. |
How many siblings did Faraday have? | Faraday had three siblings. |
Where is Michael Faraday buried? | Michael Faraday is buried in the dissenters' section of Highgate Cemetery. |
who was his mentor? | John 'Mad Jack' Fuller |
Who was Faraday's wife? | Sarah Barnard |
did he advise the british government on the production of chemical weapons for use in the crimean war? | No |
Wasn't Michelangelo abstemious? | Michelangelo was abstemious. |
Wasn't Michelangelo a homosexual? | It is not clear. |
When did Filippo Strozzi sell it to Francis I? | In 1529. |
When was his house demolished? | 1874 |
Give an example of the most renowned works of the Renaissance. | The Statue of David, completed by Michelangelo in 1504 |
Was Nikola Tesla close friends with Mark Twain? | Nikola Tesla was close friends with Mark Twain. |
Did Nikola Tesla use a technique called picture thinking? | Yes |
When did Nikola Tesla appear on the cover of Time Magazine? | On Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931, Time magazine put him on its cover. |
Who became adversaries with Nikola Tesla? | Edison |
Where did Nikola Tesla move to in 1880? | Budapest |
Was Nikola Tesla's mother illiterate? | Nikola Tesla's mother never learned to read. |
How many siblings did Nikola Tesla have? | Nikola Tesla had four siblings. |
Was Tesla on the cover of Time magazine? | Yes |
When did Tesla receive his last patent? | 1928 |
What languages did Tesla speak? | Serbian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Latin |
Did Tesla win the Nobel Prize? | No |
Was Tesla rich at the time of his death? | No |
What music group was named after Tesla? | Tesla |
What happened in 1968 through 1971? | Devoting his full energies to his work, Picasso became more daring, his works more colorful and expressive, and from 1968 through 1971 |
What happened in 1838? | Don Jos� Ruiz y Blasco was born |
Who was not long in finding another lover, Jacqueline Roque? | Picasso. |
When did Picasso make his first trip to Paris? | 1900 |
Give an example of the most comprehensive records extant of any major artists beginnings. | Museu Picasso |
Is the U.S. copyright representative for the Picasso Administration the Artists Rights Society? | yes |
What happened in 1887? | In 1887, a year when Queen Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee, and upon the request of the queen's associate, Phillip Richbourg, he donated several paintings to the "French Impressionist Paintings" catalog as a token of his loyalty. |
Did Pierre-Auguste Renoir die in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, the child of a working class family? | no |
What happened in 1860? | Vincent van Gogh attended the Zundert village school from 1860. |
Who frequented the circle of the British-Australian artist John Peter Russell? | Van Gogh |
Appreciated during his lifetime, did his fame grow in the years after his death? | yes |
Did Lincoln sign the National Banking Act of 1863? | yes |
Did his mother die of pneumonia? | no |
How many long was Lincoln's formal education? | 18 months. |
When did Lincoln begin his political career? | 1832. |
What did The Legal Tender Act of 1862 establish? | The United States Note, the first paper currency in United States history. |
Who suggested Lincoln grow a beard? | 11-year-old Grace Bedell |
When did the Gettysburg address argue that America was born? | 1776 |
Did Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge in the 1860 election? | yes |
Was Abraham Lincoln the first President of the United States? | No |
Which county was Lincoln born in? | Hardin County |
When did Lincoln first serve as President? | March 4, 1861 |
Who assassinated Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
Did Lincoln win the election of 1860? | Yes |
Who was the general in charge at the Battle of Antietam? | General McClellan |
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? | To free slaves |
How old was Lincoln in 1816? | seven |
When was the first photgraph of lincoln taken? | 1846 |
How long was Lincoln's legal Career? | 23 years |
What trail did Lincoln use a Farmers' Almanac in? | he defended William "Duff" Armstrong |
Did Abraham Lincoln live in the Frontier? | Yes |
Did Lincoln's Wife's Family support slavery? | Yes |
Who is most noted for his contributions to the theory of molarity and molecular weight? | Amedeo Avogadro |
Who graduated in ecclesiastical law at the early age of 20 and began to practice? | Amedeo Avogadro |
When did he publish another memoria? | 1821 |
When did he become a professor? | 1820 |
What happened in 1833? | Avogadro had been recalled to Turin university |
Who determined the dependence of the boiling of water with atmospheric pressure? | Anders Celsius |
What is named after him? | The Celsius crater on the Moon |
Who was the first to perform and publish careful experiments aiming at the definition of an international temperature scale on scientific grounds ? | Anders Celsius |
The Celsius crater on the Moon is what? | named after him |
What happened in 1745? | The scale was reversed |
When did he drop John from his name? | upon graduating from college |
When did Coolidge meet and marry Grace Anna Goodhue? | 1905 |
What period of rapid economic growth did the United States experience during Coolidge's presidency? | the Roaring Twenties |
What did Coolidge do after graduating from Amherst? | Coolidge moved to Northampton, MassachuS08_setts |
Of what state was Coolidge governor? | MassachuS08_setts |
Who appointed Harlan Fiske Stone to the Supreme Court? | Coolidge |
Was Calvin Coolidge a governor of MassachuS08_setts? | Yes |
When was Coolidge born? | July 4 1872 |
Where did Coolidge's grandfather had government offices? | Plymouth |
Which state were Coolidge born in? | Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont |
Is Calvin Jr. older than John Coolidge? | No |
Did Coolidge get in Amherst College? | Yes |
What caused Calvin Jr.'s death? | heart attack |
Was Coolidge opposed in the Republican nomination for Governor of MassachuS08_setts in 1918? | Yes |
What year did Coolidge open his own law office? | 1898 |
What fraternity was Coolidge a member of? | Phi Gamma Delta |
In 1905 Coolidge met and married whom? | Grace Anna Goodhue |
Why did Coolidge not attend law school? | It was too expensive |
Have there been other US presidents that have visited Cuba? | No |
What years were Coolidge's two sons born in? | 1906 and 1908 |
For how long was Ford a member of the House of Representatives? | Over eight years. |
Did ford get an award called "Congressman's congressman"? | No |
What positions Ford played in the school football team? | Center and linebacker |
What did Ford say about his biological father? | He was abusive and had a history of hitting his mother. |
Who did Ford nominate for Vice President? | Bob Dole |
Was Ford active about Vietnamese affairs? | Yes |
Had Ford's wife married before? | Yes |
Is Ford related with the assassination of John F. Kennedy? | Yes |
What district was Ford elected from? | Michigan's 5th congressional district |
How many Eagle Scouts were involved in Ford's funeral procession? | 400 |
Which future Heisman Trophy winner did Ford tackle? | Jay Berwanger |
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