Famous People Quiz for 1 June 2010
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Question 1: Which 19th century French physicist erected a pendulum 200 feet high in the Pantheon in Paris to demonstrate the earth's rotation?
A
B
Jean Foucault
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
C
René Descartes
D
Nicholas Mercator