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Physicist and mathematician who discovered gravity and laws of motion. Play Isaac Newton trivia solo to sharpen your knowledge, or challenge a friend head-to-head in Trivia Tango — every question comes with an explanation so you learn as you play. Questions span every level, from easy warm-ups to expert-level stumpers, so there's a real challenge here however much you already know.
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According to legend, what type of fruit fell from a tree and inspired Newton to develop his theory of universal gravitation?
Difficulty: Easy- Apple
- Fig
- Plum
- Pear
This country served as the birthplace and lifelong home of the physicist who revolutionized our understanding of motion and light.
Difficulty: Medium- England
- France
- Netherlands
- Germany
This proposition in the Principia proves that Kepler's equal-areas law follows from any central force, not just inverse-square gravity.
Difficulty: Hard- Proposition III
- Proposition XI
- Proposition VI
- Proposition I
Which close friend and colleague financed the publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica after the Royal Society ran short of funds?
Difficulty: Easy- Christopher Wren
- Edmond Halley
- Robert Boyle
- Isaac Newton
The Principia was written in this ancient scholarly language, limiting its readership but lending it authority among the learned elite.
Difficulty: Medium- Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
Newton's correspondence with this English philosopher influenced his formulation of absolute space and time as containers for material reality.
Difficulty: Hard- Francis Bacon
- John Locke
- Thomas Hobbes
- Henry More
This branch of mathematics, dealing with rates of change and accumulation, was developed independently by both Leibniz and Newton.
Difficulty: Easy- Calculus
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
- Algebra
Newton served on a Royal Commission investigating this institution's notorious practices of coin clipping and currency debasement.
Difficulty: Medium- Bank of England
- East India Company
- South Sea Company
- Tower of London
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