Family
Chemistry Research pt. 1
Childhood/Life
Chemistry Research pt. 2
100

Yes/No: Did Mendeleev have a large family?

Yes (He was the youngest)

100

How old was Mendeleev when he discovered the periodic law & created the periodic table?

a) 12        b) 60        c) 35        d) 47

c) 35

100

When and where was Mendeleev born?

a) Feb. 8, 1834 - Verkhnie Aremzyani, Siberia, Russia   b) March 9, 1827 - Rome, Italy                                 c) Oct. 27, 1835 - Frankfurt, Germany                        d) June 12, 1816 - Brisbane, Australia

a) Feb. 8, 1834- Verkhnie Aremzyani, Siberia, Russia

100

How many books did Mendeleev write? 

a) 0      b) 6      c) 2      d) 13

d) 13

200

How many siblings did Mendeleev have?

a) 16      b) 4      c) 27      d) 0

a) 16 brothers & sisters (exact # uncertain)

200

What event played a key role in Mendeleev's development of the Periodic Table?

a) International Conference on Applied Energy              b) 1st International Chemistry Conference                   c) SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics                       d) DAE Solid State Physics Symposium

b) 1st International Chemistry Conference

200

How old was Mendeleev when his father went blind?

a) 24      b) 6     c) 13     d) 9

c) 13

200

How old was Mendeleev when he wrote his 1st book?

a) 27      b) 15      c) 41      d) 87

a) 27

300

What were Mendeleev's parents names?

a) Bob & Alice     b) John & Linda     c) Ivan & Maria

c) Ivan and Maria
300

Who did Mendeleev work with & where?

a) Robert Bunsen & Gustov Kirchoff, Heidelburg Uni.     b) Alfred Nobel, Tomsk State Uni.                                c) John Dalton & Marie Curie, Perm State Uni.             d) Linus Pauling, Irkutsk State Uni.

a) Robert Bunsen & Gustov Kirchoff, Heidelburg Uni.

300

When, where, and how did Mendeleev die?

a) Feb. 2, 1907, St. Petersburg, Influenza                      b) Jan. 12, 1909, Moscow, Cancer                              c) April 30, 1920, New York, Heart Disease

a) Feb. 2, 1907, St. Petersburg, Influenza

300

What was Dmitri Mendeleev's 1st book called?

a) Chemistry Info    b) Organic Chemistry                      c) The World of Chemistry    d) My Research

b) Organic Chemistry

400

How old was Mendeleev when he and his family moved?

a) 3      b) 24      c) 16      d) 37

c) 16

400

How many elements did Mendeleev predict?

a) 5     b) 12    c) 2    d) 4

d) 4

400

Where is Dmitri Mendeleev from?

a) Knoxville, Tennessee   b) Venice, Italy                      c) Hamburg, Germany    d) St. Petersburg, Russia

d) St. Petersburg, Russia

400

What award did Mendeleev's 1st book win?

a) John Newbery Medal   b) Pulitzer Prize                     c) Edgar Awards            d) Domidov Prize

d) Domidov Prize

500

How many wives did Mendeleev have?

a) 12     b) 0     c) 8     d) 2

d) 2: Feozva (1862 - 1882) & Anna (1882 - 1907)

500

What was Mendeleev's importance to Chemistry? (2)

a) Discovered the atom   b) Discovered electrons          c) Created the periodic table   d) Discovered the                                                           periodic law

c) Created the periodic table & d) Discovered the                                                         periodic law

500

What colleges did Mendeleev attend?  (2)

a) Moscow State Uni.    b) St. Petersburg Pedagogical Institute   c) ITMO Uni.   d) Uni. of St. Petersburg

b) St. Petersburg Pedagogical Institute & d) Uni. of St. Petersburg

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