Q: Einstein remained ‘Stateless’ from 1896 to 1901 because of two reasons. One was he wanted to be a “citizen of the world.” What was the other reason that had more to do with the law of the land?
A: Avoid conscription as required by the German Kingdom of Württemberg.
Q: After graduating in 1900, Einstein spent almost two years searching for an academic post before securing a job at which institution in Bern?
A: Swiss Patent Office
Q: Name the Serb, the only female among his six students at the Zurich Polytechnic, whom he married and had three children with?
A: Mileva Maric
Q: In which ‘miracle’ year did Einstein publish the famous four ‘annus mirabilis papers’?
A: 1905
Q: Name the German chemist, called ‘father of chemical warfare with whom had Einstein had a close but ‘blow ho-blow cold’ friendship?
A: Fritz Haber
Q: For what did he receive the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?
A: Services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect
Q: To whom and about what did Einstein write: ‘The theory says a lot, but does not bring us any closer to the secrets of the “old one”. I, at any rate, am convinced that He [God] is not playing at dice.’
A: Max Born on the quantum theory
Q: In 1952, whom did Einstein call ‘the greatest political genius of our time’?
A: Mahatma Gandhi
Q: He declined the offer to be the President of which new country/State citing “lack of experience and natural aptitude” to deal with people.
A: Israel
Q: How is a pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey connected to the great man?
A: He kept Einstein’s brain without permission for decades
