Question

Celebrities like Beethoven, Mozart, Freud, Wittgenstein, Popper, Schrodinger and Mendel were connected with one of the following cities in one way or other. Identify the city.
1. London
2. Sofia
3. Vienna
4. Paris

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Vienna

The correct answer is Vienna.

• Beethoven, Mozart, Freud, Wittgenstein, Popper, Schrodinger, and Mendel were connected to the city of Vienna.
• All these celebrities at some point in their life resided in Vienna.

1. Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer who is often regarded as the greater composer to ever live.
   1. Beethoven died in Vienna, Austria in 1827
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the most famous musical genius.
   1. Mozart lived in Vienna and worked as an independent Musician.
3. Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of Psychoanalysis.
   1. Freud studied medicine at the University of Vienna.
   2. Also worked at the general hospital in Vienna.
4. Ludwig Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born British philosopher.
   1. He was born in Vienna, Austria on 26^th April 1889.
5. Karl Popper is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of Science.
   1. He was born on 28^th July 1902 in Vienna, Austria
6. Erwin Schrodinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist.
   1. He was born on 12^th August 1887 in Vienna and died on 4^th January 1961 in Vienna.
   2. Studied at the University of Vienna.
   3. Won Nobel prize in Physics in 1933.
7. Gregor Mendel was a Botanist, mathematician, Teacher, and Augustinian prelate.
   • Also known as the Father of modern genetics studied at the University Of Vienna for two years.

• Vienna is the capital city of Austria.
• Vienna has headquarters of many International organizations:
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)