Famous Geniuses Trivia: Can You Name the Brilliant Minds?

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

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Answer: Albert Einstein
2.

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

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Answer: Phillips
3.

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

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Answer: Thomas Edison
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Which genius wrote the best seller "A Brief History of Time"?

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Answer: Stephen Hawking
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Which genius coined the term "Survival of the fittest" relating to natural selection?

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Answer: Charles Darwin
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Which US chess player played the "The Game of the Century" at the age of 13?

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Answer: Bobby Fischer
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Which Hungarian female chess legend won her GM norm at 15 years 5 months?

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Answer: Judith Polgar
8.

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

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

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Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
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Which genius wrote the cult book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" in 1687?

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Answer: Sir Isaac Newton
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Which polymath genius authored the novel "The Name of the Rose"?

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Answer: Umberto Eco
12.

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

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Answer: Satyajit Ray
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Whick genius' philosophical essay "On Denoting" is considered a "paradigm of philosophy"?

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Answer: Bertrand Russell
14.

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

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Answer: Salvador Dali
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In which Italian hilly town was the genius Leonardo da Vinci born?

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Answer: Vinci
16.

Which Mensa member actress had an IQ of 154?

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Answer: Sharon Stone
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Which genius was offered the position of President of Israel in 1952?

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Answer: Albert Einstein
18.

Which famous scientist studied Maya hieroglyphs and was a bongo drum player?

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Answer: Richard Feynman
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Which Da Vinci painting would you come across at Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan?

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Answer: The Last Supper
20.

The Science Museum in San Salvador, El Salvador is named in honour of which genius?

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Answer: Stephen Hawking
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Which US actress, with an IQ of 140, was a part of the women's Olympics archery team?

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Answer: Geena Davis
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