title: Two Departmental Beauty Contests
tags: maths physics beauty humour

*Tue 19 May 03:04:11 BST 2026*

Physics question: which of the following is Beautiful?
1. GR
2. QM
3. QFT
4. Sooper dooper how long is a piece of string theory?

In a beauty contest, judged by a physicist, who would win, and who wouldn't make the podium?

Astrophysics question: which of the following is Beautiful?
1. GR
2. QM
3. QFT
4. Sooper dooper how long is a piece of string theory?

In a beauty contest, judged by an astro physicist, who would win, and who else would even make the podium?