Discovering Marie Curie's Radioactive Legacy
Published Jul 12, 2026 · Updated Jul 31, 2026 · Editorial Team
Test your knowledge about the life and achievements of Marie Curie, a pioneering physicist and chemist.
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QUESTION 1
What was Marie Curie's maiden name?
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What was Marie Curie's maiden name?
- A. Curie
- B. Skłodowska
- C. Rutherford
- D. Becquerel
Which elements did Marie and Pierre Curie discover?
- A. Polonium and Radium
- B. Uranium and Thorium
- C. Radon and Actinium
- D. Francium and Astatine
What was the name of Marie Curie's husband?
- A. Pierre Curie
- B. Ernest Rutherford
- C. Henri Becquerel
- D. Paul Langevin
What was the main focus of Marie Curie's research?
- A. Radioactivity
- B. Relativity
- C. Quantum mechanics
- D. Genetics
What award did Marie Curie share in 1903?
- A. Nobel Prize in Physics
- B. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- C. Copley Medal
- D. Fields Medal
What was the name of the research institute Marie Curie helped found in Warsaw in 1932?
- A. The Radium Institute
- B. The Rutherford Institute
- C. The Becquerel Institute
- D. The Pasteur Institute
What caused Marie Curie's death in 1934?
- A. Old age
- B. Tuberculosis
- C. Aplastic anemia linked to radiation exposure
- D. A laboratory fire
The SI unit of radioactivity, the becquerel (Bq), is named after which scientist?
- A. Marie Curie
- B. Henri Becquerel
- C. Pierre Curie
- D. Ernest Rutherford
In what year did Marie Curie become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- A. 1901
- B. 1903
- C. 1911
- D. 1921
What was the subject of Marie Curie's 1903 doctoral thesis?
- A. Researches on radioactive substances
- B. The theory of relativity
- C. The structure of the atom
- D. The magnetic properties of steel
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