What was the financial agreement that Bronya and Marie had regarding attending colleges?
Bronya and Marie would take turns working whilst each other were in college in order to pay off the college loans.
100
What was the name of Marie's husband?
Pierre Curie
100
In what two cities did Marie implement Institutes?
Paris and Warsaw
100
In what year did Marie die on and why? (both parts must be correct for credit)
July 4, 1934 due to extensive exposure to radium throughout her career
200
What was her father's profession
Ladislas was a math and physics tutor.
200
What University in France did Marie Curie attend?
Paris-Sorbonne University
200
What were the name of Marie's children
Irene and Eve
200
Why did President Hoover give Marie $50,000 in 1929?
To purchase radium
200
In what city in France was Marie buried in?
Pantheon, France
300
What year was Marie Curie born in?
1867 (November 7)
300
Marie Curie earned a master's degree in which two subjects?
Mathematics (1894) and Physics (1893)
300
What substance was discovered in 1898?
Polonium (Radium)
300
Who was another significant member that was part of the Solvay Congress?
Albert Einstein and Max Plank
300
What award did Marie refuse in 1921 by France?
The Legion of Honour award
400
Why was Marie's family poor?
Ladislas made a poor financial investment
400
What did Marie Curie have to do during college that was detrimental to her health since due to her financial situation?
She had to go on a diet in which she would eat minimal food since she did not have enough money.
400
What were the types of Nobel Prizes that Marie received in 1903 and in 1911
1903 - physics due to her studies in radiation
1911 - chemistry due to discovery of radium and polonium
400
What did Marie do as part of the French Academy of Medicine?
Marie traveled around the world giving speeches about her discoveries.
400
What two medals did Pierre and Marie receive in 1903 and 1904 (both responses must be correct to receive credit)
Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1903 and the Matteucci Medal in 1904
500
What was Marie Curie's full name (first, middle, and last)
Marie Salomea Sklodowska
500
What is the name of the University that Marie was not able to attend since she was a woman?
University of Warsaw
500
What were the names of the X-ray machines Marie used to help people in WWI?
Little Curies
500
What was the last group Marie was part of before she died?
International Atomic Weights Committee
500
Name two books that Marie wrote throughout her career?
Recherches sur les Substances Radioactive in 1904
L’lsotope et les Elements Isotopes in 1910
Traite’ de Radioactivite in 1910
Radiology in War in 1919
Pierre Curie in 1923
Radioactivity in 1935