Yes/No: Did Mendeleev have a large family?
Yes (He was the youngest)
How old was Mendeleev when he discovered the periodic law & created the periodic table?
a) 12 b) 60 c) 35 d) 47
c) 35
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
How many books did Mendeleev write?
a) 0 b) 6 c) 2 d) 13
d) 13
How many siblings did Mendeleev have?
a) 16 b) 4 c) 27 d) 0
a) 16 brothers & sisters (exact # uncertain)
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
How old was Mendeleev when his father went blind?
a) 24 b) 6 c) 13 d) 9
c) 13
How old was Mendeleev when he wrote his 1st book?
a) 27 b) 15 c) 41 d) 87
a) 27
What were Mendeleev's parents names?
a) Bob & Alice b) John & Linda c) Ivan & Maria
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.
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
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
How old was Mendeleev when he and his family moved?
a) 3 b) 24 c) 16 d) 37
c) 16
How many elements did Mendeleev predict?
a) 5 b) 12 c) 2 d) 4
d) 4
Where is Dmitri Mendeleev from?
a) Knoxville, Tennessee b) Venice, Italy c) Hamburg, Germany d) St. Petersburg, Russia
d) St. Petersburg, Russia
What award did Mendeleev's 1st book win?
a) John Newbery Medal b) Pulitzer Prize c) Edgar Awards d) Domidov Prize
d) Domidov Prize
How many wives did Mendeleev have?
a) 12 b) 0 c) 8 d) 2
d) 2: Feozva (1862 - 1882) & Anna (1882 - 1907)
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
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