Which element did Marie Curie discover first?
Answer
Polonium
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which U.S. President gave Marie Curie a gram of radium in 1921?
Answer
Warren G. Harding
What was the title of Marie Curie's doctoral thesis?
Answer
Recherches sur les substances radioactives
Who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie?
Answer
Antoine Henri Becquerel
What term did Marie Curie coin to describe the emission of rays by uranium?
Answer
Radioactivity
What is the name of the uranium ore from which Marie Curie extracted radium?
Answer
Pitchblende
What name was given to the mobile X-ray units she organized in WWI?
Answer
Petites Curies
What illness caused Marie Curie's death?
Answer
Aplastic anemia
Which of Marie Curie's daughters became a Nobel laureate?
Answer
Irène Joliot-Curie
Which geological principle, championed by Lyell, influenced Darwin's thinking?
Answer
Uniformitarianism
What theory did Darwin propose to explain coral reef formation?
Answer
Subsidence theory
What was the name of the Chilean volcano that Darwin witnessed erupting in 1835?
Answer
Mount Osorno
Which geologist friend of Darwin helped arrange the joint presentation with Wallace?
Answer
Charles Lyell
What mechanism did Darwin propose in 'The Descent of Man' as key to human evolution?
Answer
Sexual selection
Who co-discovered natural selection with Charles Darwin?
Answer
Alfred Russel Wallace
What was the title of Darwin's 1846 book on the geology of South America?
Answer
Geological Observations on South America
What was the name of Charles Darwin's youngest child who died in infancy?
Answer
Charles Waring Darwin
Which of Charles Darwin's sons became a prominent botanist?
Answer
Francis Darwin
What was the subject of Charles Darwin's last book, published in 1881?
Answer
earthworms
What was the title of Charles Darwin's 1868 book on domesticated plants and animals?
Answer
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
What phrase did Darwin use to describe the process of species change instead of 'evolution'?
Answer
descent with modification
Which of Darwin's daughters died at age 10?
Answer
Anne Darwin
What was the title of Darwin's 1862 book on orchid fertilization?
Answer
Fertilisation of Orchids
Which atoll did Darwin study to support his theory of coral reef formation?
Answer
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
What medal did the Royal Society award Darwin in 1864?
Answer
Copley Medal
What was the title of Darwin's 1842 book on coral reefs?
Answer
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
Which orchid species did Darwin predict would have a pollinator with a long proboscis?
Answer
Angraecum sesquipedale
What was the title of Darwin's 1872 book on emotional expression?
Answer
Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Which of Darwin's sons became a notable astronomer?
Answer
George Darwin
What was the name of Darwin's grandfather, also a naturalist?
Answer
Erasmus Darwin
Which geologist's 'Principles of Geology' greatly influenced Darwin?
Answer
Charles Lyell
Which group of Galápagos birds did Darwin study that showed beak variation?
Answer
Darwin's finches
What was the name of Darwin's home in Kent where he lived for 40 years?
Answer
Down House
Which publisher first published Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'?
Answer
John Murray
Which naturalist independently developed a theory of natural selection in 1858?
Answer
Alfred Russel Wallace
What was the name of Darwin's book on human evolution, published in 1871?
Answer
The Descent of Man
Which accuser was the first old enough to testify under oath?
Answer
Elizabeth Hubbard