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1. The Italian physicist, Enrico Fermi, thinking a superior race of extraterrestrials should have already arrived on Earth, demanded, "Where are they?"
Leó Szilárd declared, "They are among us, but they call themselves _____________."
What did they call themselves?
2. An elite cadre of Hungarian scientists was facetiously called "The Martians". There were several reasons for this. Which of the following was NOT one?
3. Besides being born in Budapest in the early 1900s, what other circumstance of birth did the Martians share?
4. Leó Szilárd, with help from two other Martians, got Albert Einstein to sign a letter he wrote to the American president about developing a nuclear bomb. To whom was it sent?
5. The result of the Einstein-Szilárd letter was a project on which a number of the Martians worked. What was it called?
6. Crippled and cantankerous, the brilliant Edward Teller was dubbed "the father of the hydrogen bomb." He was a likely inspiration for the mad scientist in a 1960s black comedy. Which creepy doctor?
7. Theodore von Kármán wasn't involved with building the bomb; instead he helped start Caltech's JPL. What is the JPL?
8. Which of the Martians not only pioneered computer architecture, but advanced the theory that machines can self-replicate?
Hint: He never graced the cover of "MAD" magazine.
9. Many of the Martians were involved in the development of weaponry. Who just happened to be the Roman god of war?
10. It may help, but you don't have to be from Hungary to be a Martian! Who was my favorite Martian, the co-star of that 60s sitcom where a reporter comes to the rescue of a Martian who--whoops!--crash-landed his flying saucer?
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