Quiz  /  Marie Curie MCQ Quiz Questions with Answers

  • 1. 
    Where was Marie Curie born?

  • Spain
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • France

  • 2. 
    Where did Marie Curie attend university?

  • University of Strasbourg
  • University of Paris
  • University of Warsaw
  • Sorbonne in France

  • 3. 
    What was Marie Curie's major at university?

  • Physics
  • Electrical engineering
  • Political science
  • Economics

  • 4. 
    What was the name of Marie Curie's husband?

  • Antoine
  • Isaac
  • Matthew
  • Pierre

  • 5. 
    What element did Marie Curie name after her homeland?

  • Copernicum
  • Nihonium
  • Moscovium
  • Polonium

  • 6. 
    What term did Marie Curie and her husband use to describe elements that gave off strong rays?

  • Resistance
  • Capacitance
  • Radioactivity
  • X-rays

  • 7. 
    How many elements of the periodic table did Marie Curie help to discover?

  • 2
  • 1
  • 3
  • 4

  • 8. 
    True or False: Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 9. 
    What were 'little Curies' during World War I?

  • A nickname for women doctors
  • Small guns used by spies
  • A nickname for nurses
  • Trucks with X-ray machines

  • 10. 
    How did Marie Curie die?

  • From overexposure to radiation
  • She was run over by a horse carriage
  • She died of old age in Paris
  • When her laboratory exploded
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