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John Couch Adams Quiz
The Astronomical Achievements of John Couch Adams: A Quiz on the British Mathematician and Astronomer
Updated: Feb 27, 2024
Embark on a celestial journey with our quiz about John Couch Adams, the brilliant British mathematician and astronomer who discovered Neptune. Test your knowledge and reach for the stars!
Get ready to test your John Couch Adams knowledge to the max with this tricky quiz! Featuring 31 questions on a wide range of John Couch Adams topics, it's not for the casual fan. Only the most dedicated enthusiasts will be able to answer them all correctly. Test your skills and improve.
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Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
John Couch Adams
Carl Sagan
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1 September 1815
6 May 1829
23 January 1852
5 June 1819
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London
Laneast, Near Launceston, Cornwall
Manchester
Cambridge
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Hawking's Laws
Galileo's Laws
Kepler And Newton's Laws
Einstein's Laws
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Urbain Le Verrier
Louis Poisson
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Joseph Louis Lagrange
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Berlin Observatory
Hale Observatories
Palomar Observatory
Greenwich Observatory
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19 July 1853
1 January 1850
23 September 1846
14 November 1845
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Tycho Brahe
Johann Gottfried Galle
Johannes Kepler
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
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Lucasian Professor
Plumian Professor
Lowndean Professor
Sadleirian Professor
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1860
1866
1855
1870
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1880
1884
1859
1890
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Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Walter Sydney Adams And Charles Hitchcock Adams
Johannes Kepler
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Adams' Ring
Le Verrier's Ring
Halley's Ring
Arche's Ring
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John Couch Adams
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
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Stanford University
University Of Cambridge
University Of Oxford
Harvard University
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British Library
Cambridge University Library
Smithsonian Libraries
New York Public Library
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Biology
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
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Cambridge
Manchester
London
Cornwall
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Full Credit
Half Credit
Third Credit
No Credit
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2 Degrees
1 Degree
5 Degrees
10 Degrees
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Coch
Couch
Cooch
Cotch
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Discovery Of Jupiter's Ring
Naming Of Neptune's Outermost Known Ring
Naming Of Uranus's Ring
Discovery Of Saturn's Ring
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Headmaster Of A School
Mayor Of Cambridge
Director Of Greenwich Observatory
Lowndean Professor In The University Of Cambridge
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Johann Gottfried Galle
Urbain Le Verrier
John Couch Adams
None Of The Above
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1850-1880
1874-1892
1845-1885
1859 Until His Death
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Lifetime Achievement Award
He Won The Gold Medal
A Plaque In His Honor
A Star Named After Him
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Albert Einstein And Stephen Hawking
Walter Sydney Adams And Charles Hitchcock Adams
Urbain Le Verrier And Johann Gottfried Galle
Isaac Newton And Carl Sagan
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Germany
Britain
France
USA
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1993 Adams
1989 Adams
1996 Adams
1999 Adams
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The Challenge Cup
The Neptune Award
The Cambridge Prize
The Adams Prize
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Apr 18, 1756
Jan 26, 1895
Oct 20, 1896
Jan 21, 1892
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