A Beautiful Mind Trivia Questions! Quiz
A book that received the National Book Critics Award for biography and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this biography by Sylvia Nasar is about codes, patterns, games and a protagonist who is most times lost in thought. Answer the below quiz to test your knowledge of the book, A Beautiful Mind.
- 1.In which state is the main character of the book John, born?
- A.
California
- B.
West Virginia
- C.
New York
- D.
Florida
- 2.In the book a beautiful mind, John initially wanted to become _____ like his father?
- A.
An Engineer
- B.
A Lawyer
- C.
A Doctor
- D.
An Astronaut
- 3.John received a scholarship to study at _____
- A.
Harvard
- B.
Yale
- C.
MIT
- D.
Carnegie Institute of Technology
- 4.What course did John initially study for one year?
- A.
Medicine
- B.
Biochemistry
- C.
Statistics
- D.
Engineering
- 5.What course did John eventually leave engineering to study after one year?
- A.
Mathematics
- B.
Computer Science
- C.
Chemistry
- D.
Physics
- 6.At Princeton, John began conducting research in _____
- A.
Relativity
- B.
Game Theory
- C.
Photon Energy
- D.
Space
- 7.Nash's early work, which ended in him winning a Nobel Prize was called _____
- A.
Nash's Law
- B.
Nash's Game Theory
- C.
Nash's Theorem
- D.
Nash's Space Theory
- 8.Which of the following is NOT true about the protagonist?
- A.
He eventually won a Nobel Prize
- B.
He was seen as an erratic scholar
- C.
He was popular with his fellows
- D.
He was arrogant and odd
- 9.Nash took up a position as a lecturer at _____
- A.
MIT
- B.
Yale
- C.
Harvard
- D.
Princeton
- 10.Nash also worked at _____
- A.
Microsoft
- B.
RAND Corporation
- C.
NASA
- D.
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