Marie Curie

What was Marie Curie's birth name?

• Marie Salomea Curie

• Maria Salomea Skłodowska

• Marie Skłodowska Curie

• Maria Curie Skłodowska

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Why couldn't Marie Curie attend university in her homeland?

• Because of her gender

• Due to her family's financial situation

• She was too young to enroll

• Because she was not interested in local universities

What did Marie and her sister Bronisława do to avoid the restrictions on women's education?

• Moved to Paris immediately

• Enrolled in the Flying University

• Started their own school

• Gave up on higher education

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Who did Marie Curie marry?

• Pierre Curie

• Paul Langevin

• Albert Einstein

• Henri Becquerel

What was the first element Marie Curie discovered?

• Radium

• Thorium

• Polonium

• Uranium

For what research did Marie Curie receive her first Nobel Prize?

• The isolation of radium

• Her work on magnetism

• The discovery of polonium

• Research in radioactivity

How did Pierre Curie die?

• Run over by a horse-drawn carriage

• Natural causes

• In a laboratory accident

• Radiation poisoning

What scandal affected Marie Curie's reputation?

• Plagiarism

• Falsifying research data

• An affair with a married man

• Financial fraud

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What innovative contribution did Marie Curie make during World War I?

• Developed a new weapon

• Invented mobile x-ray units

• Created a cure for gas poisoning

• Designed protective gear for soldiers

What ultimately caused Marie Curie's death?

• Aplastic anaemia

• Cancer

• Tuberculosis

• Heart attack

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