Quantum Physics: Weirder Than You Think

Without the right answers, so they're still a surprise when you play.

1. Question 1

   In quantum mechanics, what counts as an "observation" that affects a system?

   • Only a conscious human looking at it
   • Any interaction that records information
   • Only an observer who knows its true state
   • Only a measurement by a clumsy instrument

2. Question 2

   What does Heisenberg's uncertainty principle say?

   • Our tools are too crude to measure particles
   • Position and momentum can't both be exactly defined
   • A particle has an exact position we can't learn
   • Measurements always disturb particles by bumping them

3. Question 3

   Two particles are entangled and far apart. What can entanglement NOT do?

   • Give results that are correlated
   • Send a usable message faster than light
   • Help build quantum computers
   • Be used in real secure communication

4. Question 4

   According to quantum mechanics, how is an electron in an atom best described?

   • A tiny ball on a fixed circular orbit
   • A particle sitting still at a hidden spot
   • A cloud of probability called an orbital
   • A pure wave with no particle properties

5. Question 5

   Why did Erwin Schrödinger invent his famous cat thought experiment?

   • To prove cats can truly be alive and dead
   • To show human eyes decide a cat's fate
   • To highlight how absurd quantum rules seem at large scale
   • To design a test later done in real labs

6. Question 6

   In physics, how big is a "quantum leap" of an electron?

   • Enormous, a huge jump in energy
   • A move between two distant orbits in space
   • Tiny, a jump between energy levels
   • As large as the atom's own nucleus

7. Question 7

   How does a quantum computer gain its advantage on certain problems?

   • It runs ordinary code at a faster clock speed
   • It simply tries every answer and reads them all
   • Interference boosts right answers and cancels wrong ones
   • Each qubit secretly holds a hidden 0 or 1

8. Question 8

   In the double-slit experiment, single electrons sent one by one build up what pattern?

   • A random scatter with no pattern at all
   • One bright spot in the middle
   • An interference pattern of many bands
   • Bands only when a person watches

9. Question 9

   Which everyday technology depends on quantum physics?

   • The spring in a ballpoint pen
   • The transistor in your phone
   • The gears in a bicycle
   • The pulley in a flagpole

10. Question 10

    What is quantum tunneling?

    • A particle smashing a barrier with great force
    • A particle gaining energy to leap over a barrier
    • A particle crossing a barrier it lacks energy to climb
    • A particle bent around a barrier by imprecise tools