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    Which genius wrote the best seller "A Brief History of Time"?

    • Albert Einstein
    • Stephen Hawking
    • Richard Feynman
    • Nicolaus Copernicus
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  • 2. 

    Which genius coined the term "Survival of the fittest" relating to natural selection?

    • Charles Darwin

    • Gregor Mendel

    • Antoine Lavoisier

    • Lamarck

    Correct Answer
    A. Charles Darwin
  • 3. 

    Which genius scientist is often referred as "the father of modern physics"?

    • Boris Podolsky

    • Max Planck

    • Albert Einstein

    • Niels Bohr

    Correct Answer
    A. Albert Einstein
  • 4. 

    Which genius wrote the cult book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" in 1687?

    • Sir Isaac Newton

    • Johannes Kepler

    • John Stuart Mill

    • Edmund Spenser

    Correct Answer
    A. Sir Isaac Newton
  • 5. 

    In which Italian hilly town was the genius Leonardo da Vinci born?

    • Vinci

    • Florence

    • Rome

    • Milan

    Correct Answer
    A. Vinci
  • 6. 

    Which US chess player played the "The Game of the Century" at the age of 13?

    • Donald Byrne

    • Edmar Mednis

    • Bobby Fischer

    • Boris Spassky

    Correct Answer
    A. Bobby Fischer
  • 7. 

    Which Hungarian female chess legend won her GM norm at 15 years 5 months?

    • Elena Tairova

    • Anna Zatonskih

    • Judith Polgar

    • Tania Sachdev

    Correct Answer
    A. Judith Polgar
  • 8. 

    Which famous painter's autobiography is titled "Diary of a genius"?

    • Rembrandt

    • Vincent Van Gogh

    • Pablo Picasso

    • Salvador Dali

    Correct Answer
    A. Salvador Dali
  • 9. 

    The the Pieta and David are to well known creation of which genius?

    • Rembrandt

    • Leonardo da Vinci

    • Pablo Picasso

    • Buonarroti Michelangelo

    Correct Answer
    A. Buonarroti Michelangelo
  • 10. 

    Which polymath genius authored the novel "The Name of the Rose"?

    • Guy de Maupassant

    • Dan Brown

    • Victor Hugo

    • Umberto Eco

    Correct Answer
    A. Umberto Eco
  • 11. 

    Which renowned Indian Oscar winner was a celebrated children author and a painter as well?

    • A R Rehman

    • Satyajit Ray

    • Bhanu Athaiya

    • Mrinal Sen

    Correct Answer
    A. Satyajit Ray
  • 12. 

    Whick genius' philosophical essay "On Denoting" is considered a "paradigm of philosophy"?

    • A. N. Whitehead

    • Bertrand Russell

    • Lionel Rogosin

    • Ernest Gellner

    Correct Answer
    A. Bertrand Russell
  • 13. 

    Which genius was offered the position of President of Israel in 1952?

    • Benjamin Netanyahu

    • Bertrand Russell

    • Isaac Asimov

    • Albert Einstein

    Correct Answer
    A. Albert Einstein
  • 14. 

    Which inventing genius was called ""The Wizard of Menlo Park"?

    • Leonardo da Vinci

    • Bertrand Russell

    • Thomas Edison

    • Albert Einstein

    Correct Answer
    A. Thomas Edison
  • 15. 

    Which historical personality, with an IQ of 145, spent his last days at Saint Helena?

    • Sir Isaac Newton

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

    • Napoleon Bonaparte

    • Nicolaus Copernicus

    Correct Answer
    A. Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 16. 

    Which Mensa member actress had an IQ of 154?

    • Natalie Portman

    • Sharon Stone

    • Heather Graham

    • Halle Berry

    Correct Answer
    A. Sharon Stone
  • 17. 

    What "P" was the middle name of the extremely talented US physicist Richard Feynman?

    • Paul

    • Peter

    • Phillips

    • Pope

    Correct Answer
    A. Phillips

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