Question 1

True or false: Brian Greene co-founded the World Science Festival in New York City.

Accepted Answer

True. Greene co-founded the festival with his wife, journalist Tracy Day, in 2008 to make science accessible to the public.

Question 2

True or false: Brian Greene has never appeared in a Hollywood film or TV show.

Accepted Answer

False. Greene has cameoed in 'The Big Bang Theory' and appeared in documentaries like 'The Elegant Universe' and 'NOVA'.

Question 3

True or false: Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University.

Accepted Answer

True. He joined Columbia in 1996 and holds joint appointments in both the physics and mathematics departments.

Question 4

True or false: Greene's book 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' was adapted into a PBS miniseries.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2011, PBS aired a four-part documentary series based on his book, hosted and narrated by Greene himself.

Question 5

True or false: Greene won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superstring theory.

Accepted Answer

False. No Nobel has been awarded for string theory; Greene's recognition includes the Andrew Gemant Award and a special Breakthrough Prize.

Question 6

True or false: Greene's doctoral advisor was Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University.

Accepted Answer

False. Greene earned his PhD at Oxford under Graham Ross, not Hawking. He did later collaborate with Hawking on string theory concepts.

Question 7

True or false: Greene proposed that dark matter is made of tiny black holes from the Big Bang.

Accepted Answer

False. That idea is associated with Stephen Hawking and others, not Greene. Greene focuses on string theory and multiverse hypotheses.

Question 8

True or false: As a child, Brian Greene was a chess prodigy who competed in national tournaments.

Accepted Answer

True. Greene was a highly ranked junior chess player, even competing in the U.S. Junior Chess Championship.

Brian Greene Trivia Questions