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Wilhelm Röntgen

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays. He was

a)

French

b)

Dutch

c)

German

d)

Hungarian

2.

World Radiography Day is November 8

This is the day Wilhelm Röntgen

a)

Was born

b)

Was awarded his Nobel Prize

c)

Discovered x-rays

d)

Died

3.

Röntgen's x-ray discovery, and the patent on it

a)

Is owned by the Röntgen family.

They are now very rich

b)

Is owned by Siemens

c)

Can be yours for about $100 billion

d)

Was never taken out, so society could benefit

4.

Röntgen's first anatomical x-ray was of

a)

His hand

b)

His wife's hand

c)

A cadaver

d)

The Intern

5.

You can visit the lab where Röntgen first produced x-rays. It is in

a)

Wurzburg, Germany

b)

Munich, Germany

c)

Bern, Switzerland

d)

An exclusion zone, contaminated by radiation

6.

Röntgen discovered x-rays in

a)

1924

b)

1913

c)

1895

d)

1845

7.

There is an element named in Röntgen's honour. Number 111. It is:

a)

Wilhelmercury

b)

Roentgenium

c)

Wilhelium

d)

Roentgenainium

e)

X-radium

8.

There is a mountain peak named in Röntgen's honour. Röntgen Peak is in:

a)

The Artic

b)

Antartica

c)

Africa

d)

America

e)

Australia

9.

Röntgen's journal article on his discovery was titled

a)

On A New Kind Of Rays

b)

The Dawn of Skeletal Images

c)

Cathode Ray Tube Produces Invisible Energy

d)

Hand mit Ringen

e)

Mein Kampf

10.

In his later years, Röntgen:

a)

Was a successful business man

b)

Declared bankruptcy

c)

Moved to America

d)

Was killed in WWI