Edwin Powell Hubble Trivia Quiz

Answer: newspaper boy

While young, he was also interested in the writings of Jules Verne including, "From The Earth To The Moon" and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", among others.

Answer: True

Besides his intellect, he was very athletic. He won, in 1906, while in high school in Illinois, seven first place finishes in a single track meet; discus, hammer throw, one mile relay, standing and running high jump, shot put, and pole vault. That same year he set an Illinois state record in the high jump.

Answer: Law

He had not yet decided to dedicate his career to science. Not happy with being a lawyer, however, he later received his astronomy doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1917.

Answer: Yes

He turned down an offer to work at Mt. Wilson Observatory (home of the 100 inch Hooker telescope) to serve in Europe during WW1. He was commissioned a Captain, and served in the 343rd infantry and rose to the rank of Major. After the war, he did take a job at Mt. Wilson.

Answer: galaxies

He divided galaxies into elliptical, spiral, barred spirals and irregular galaxies. For instance, the ellipticals are E0 through E7, with E0 as more spherical up to E7 as more oval or elongated. The spirals as Sa through Sc, with Sa galaxies with a larger core and tightly wound arms to Sc galaxies with very small cores and large loosely wound arms.

The SBa through SBc are barred spirals that have a bar coming out of the core, the arms are then similar to the "normal" galaxies. The irregulars are just galaxies that probably had collisions with other galaxies that tore or altered their shape.

Answer: scientist

He worked at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. He was awarded the Medal of Merit in 1946 for his services.

Answer: the need of a bigger telescope.

Edwin Hubble was involved with the design of the 200 inch telescope, which was to be built at Mt. Palomar.

Answer: He never won any Nobel Prize.

There isn't a Nobel prize for Astronomy, directly. Alfred Nobel established five categories; Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Physics and Peace. A sixth category, in Economics was established in 1968 by the bank of Sweden. Astronomy would fall under Physics.

Answer: Albert Einstein

Einstein's general theory of relativity said the universe was either expanding or contracting. Plenty of astronomers, at the time, were telling Einstein that the universe was doing neither. Hubble proved that the universe was expanding by his studies. Einstein went to the top of Mt. Wilson to thank Edwin Hubble personally in 1931 for proving him correct.

Answer: Cerebral thrombosis

This is when a blood clot forms in a vein or artery and results in a stroke. He died on September 28, 1953.