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• Dmitri Mendeleev

Which prize did Mendeleev receive in 1889?

Answer

Faraday Lectureship Prize

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In what broad Russian region was Mendeleev born?

Answer

Siberia

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What was the first name of Mendeleev's mother, Mendeleeva?

Answer

Maria

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What nationality is Dmitri Mendeleev described as on Wikipedia?

Answer

Russian

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How old was Dmitri Mendeleev when he died in 1907?

Answer

72

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What is the diameter of the lunar crater Mendeleev?

Answer

313 km

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Dmitri Mendeleev

By what margin did the Swedish Academy choose Moissan over Mendeleev in 1906?

Answer

one vote

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• Dmitri Mendeleev

Who proposed Henri Moissan over Mendeleev for the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Answer

Peter Klason

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• Dmitri Mendeleev

What provisional name was used for rhenium before its discovery?

Answer

dvi-manganese

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• Dmitri Mendeleev

What atomic mass did Mendeleev assign to eka-manganese?

Answer

100

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Which U.S. state’s petroleum industry did Mendeleev compare with Russia’s?

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Pennsylvania

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In what year was Mendeleev appointed director of Russia's Bureau of Weights and Measures?

Answer

1893

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