English V 1669 Second Quiz

What was Madame Curie's maiden name?

• Marie DuPont

• Maria Sklodowska

• Mary Smith

• Margarete Mueller

How did Madame Curie meet her future husband Pierre?

• She moved into the flat above Pierre

• She was looking for some lab space and someone suggested Pierre Curie might be able to help her

• She met him at a dinner party organized by her sister

• She was absent-minded and walked into the wrong lab, where Pierre Curie was working

What discovery is Marie Curie known for?

• The X - Ray

• Petroleum

• Radioactivity

• Neurology

Henri Becquerel was the French physicist which Curie based her research off of.

• True

• False

What was the name of the mineral in which Marie and her husband found "radioactivity"?

• Paragonite

• Pitchblende

• Phosgenite

Marie and Pierre Curie's daughter, Irène, was born in 1897. What was her profession?

• Writer

• Lawyer

• Physicist

• Actress

Radioactivity is

• A state of matter

• A type of sound wave emitted by certain elements

• A natural property of certain elements

With her husband Pierre, Marie created the term...

• Radioactivity

• X-rays

• Stereoactivity

Marie Curie died on 4th July 1934. What caused her death?

• She was run over by a carriage

• Leukemia, caused by the accumulation of radiation

• Old age

• She was assassinated by a religious fanatic who was against women in science

For which subjects did Marie Curie receive degrees?

• Physics and French Literature

• Physics and Mathematics

• Physics and Chemistry

• Physics and Mechanical Engineering