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Marie Curie Trivia
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A quiz looking at the life and achievements of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie.
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Born on 7 November 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, what was Marie Curie’s birth name?
Mary-Ann Sklodowska
Marie Curie
Maria Sklodowska
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What did Marie Curie study at the Sorbonne University in Paris?
Physics and mathematics
Physics and chemistry
Chemistry and mathematics
3
Marie Curie died of pernicious anaemia in 1966, a condition related to ________?
Exposure to radiation.
Exposure to UV light.
Exposure to toxic smoke.
4
When was Marie Curie born?
1867
1950
1853
1900
5
What did Marie Curie develop during the First World War?
Small, mobile X-ray units.
Antiseptic bandages.
A vaccination for Tetanus.
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Why was Marie awarded her second Nobel Prize, this time The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, in 1911?
For creating the x-ray machine.
For discovering a third element.
For creating a means of measuring radioactivity
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Which Nobel Prize were Marie and Pierre awarded jointly with Henri Becquerel in 1903?
The Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry
The Nobel Prize for Physics
8
Where in Paris were Marie and Pierre Curie reburied in 1995 on the orders of French President?
Père Lachaise Cemetery.
The Pantheon.
An undisclosed location.
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Which chemical elements did Marie Curie and her husband Pierre discover?
Zinc
Radiation
Polonium
Radium
10
Marie Curie was a ....
Pioneering researcher on radioactivity
Famous ballet dancer
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Award-winning journalist for the New York Times
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True or False: Marie Curie invented radioactivity.
False
True
