1. According to the calendar of the time, when was Sir Isaac Newton born?

    November 4, 1642

    December 25, 1642

    October 1, 1642

    July 4, 1642

2. Where was he born?

    Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire

    Kings Lynn, Norfolk

    Wolverhampton, West Midlands

    Southampton, Hampshire

3. Sir Isaac Newton and his father shared the same name. True or false?

    True

    False

4. His mother married a man called Barnabas Smith, when young Isaac was a toddler. What was his step-father's profession?

    A teacher

    A butcher

    A church minister

    A baker

5. After attending a Grantham school, where did Sir Isaac go to continue studying?

    Cambridge University

    London University

    Oxford University

    Kings College, London

6. What was the reason for his return home from Cambridge in 1665?

    His mother died

    He suffered a nervous breakdown

    He ran out of funds

    The University closed because of the Plague

7. In what fields did Newton make revolutionary advances after returning home from Cambridge?

    Astronomy, engineering, genetics and gravitation

    Mathematics, chemistry, languages and art

    Mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy

    Chemistry, physics, astrology and zoology

8. What was the short name given to Newton's treatment of physics and its application to astronomy?

    Quaestiones Quaedam

    Gravitae

    Principia

    Philosophiae Naturalis

9. Who persuaded Newton to publish these papers?

    William of Orange

    King James II

    Sir Edmond Halley

    Oliver Cromwell

10. Which of these was not a post held by Sir Isaac Newton?

    President of the Royal Society

    Astronomer Royal

    Warden of the Royal Mint

    Master of the Royal Mint