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Marie Curie was the first woman to receive a doctorate in which country?
A
Germany
B
England
C
France
D
Poland
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Marie Curie was the first woman to receive a doctorate in which country?
Germany
England
France
Poland
What was Marie Curie's husband's name?
Ernest Rutherford
Alexander Fleming
Henri Becquerel
Pierre Curie
Marie Curie's work laid the foundation for advancements in which field?
Both 1 and 2
Environmental science
Medicine
Nuclear energy
What mobile X-ray units did Marie Curie help develop during World War I?
Radium Cars
Polonium Units
Curie Mobiles
Little Curies
Which war did Marie Curie contribute to through her research?
Crimean War
Franco-Prussian War
World War I
World War II
What was the title of Marie Curie's autobiography?
"My Life with Radium"
"Radioactive Discoveries"
"The Story of My Life"
"The Discovery of Radium"
Marie Curie was awarded her second Nobel Prize for isolating which element?
Uranium
Radium
Polonium
Actinium
Which of Marie Curie's daughters also won a Nobel Prize?
Irène Joliot-Curie
Eve Curie
Both daughters
Neither daughter
What was Marie Curie's birth name?
Marie Sklodowska
Marie Poincaré
Marie Einstein
Marie Becquerel
How many Nobel Prizes did Marie Curie's family win in total?
2
3
4
5
Marie Curie is known as the founder of which branch of science?
Quantum mechanics
Nuclear physics
Theoretical physics
Radiochemistry
What did Marie Curie name the element Polonium after?
Her hometown
Her mother
Poland
Her mentor
Marie Curie was the first woman to teach at which institution?
University of Paris
University of Oxford
Harvard University
University of Warsaw
Where is Marie Curie buried?
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Panthéon in Paris
Montparnasse Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery
What was the cause of Marie Curie's death?
Cancer
Tuberculosis
Radiation exposure
Heart attack
Which university did Marie Curie attend?
University of Warsaw
Sorbonne University
University of Berlin
Cambridge University
Marie Curie was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in how many fields?
One
Two
Three
Four
What was the primary focus of Marie Curie's research?
Radioactivity
Magnetism
Optics
Thermodynamics
In which year did Marie Curie win her second Nobel Prize?
1911
1912
1915
1920
In which year was Marie Curie born?
1865
1867
1870
1875