TEDed - the genius of Marie Curie

Where did Marie Curie grow up?

• Paris

• Warsaw

• Poland

• Russia

What was the name of the secret institution that provided clandestine education to Polish youth?

• Sorbonne

• Floating University

• The Curie Institute

• The Marie Sklodowska School

What did Marie Curie study at the Sorbonne?

• Physics and Chemistry

• Mathematics and Biology

• Physics and Mathematics

• Chemistry and Biology

Who did Marie Curie meet in Paris and later marry?

• Henri Becquerel

• Pierre Curie

• Marie Sklodowska

• Madame Curie

What did Marie Curie discover about uranium and thorium?

• They emitted X-rays

• They were highly radioactive

• They were elements of pitchblende

• They were responsible for all radiation

What were the names of the two new elements discovered by Marie Curie?

• Polonium and Radium

• Uranium and Thorium

• Becquerel and Curie

• Pitchblende and X-ray

What did Marie Curie win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for?

• Her research on radiation's effects on tumors

• Her discovery of X-rays

• Her extraction and analysis of pure radium and its compounds

• Her investigation of uranium and thorium

What did Marie Curie die of?

• Radiation exposure

• Bone marrow disease

• Cancer

• Starvation

What fields did Marie Curie's research impact?

• Physics and Chemistry

• Oncology and Technology

• Medicine and Nuclear Physics

• All of the above

What did Marie Curie's discoveries in radiation do?

• Launched a new era in science

• Unearthed some of science's greatest secrets

• Changed the landscape of medical research and treatments

• All of the above