80 Dmitri Mendeleev Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What type of smokeless powder did Mendeleev invent?
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Pyrocollodion
What was the title of Mendeleev's doctoral dissertation?
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On the Combinations of Water with Alcohol
Which element did Mendeleev predict as eka-boron?
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Scandium
What is Dmitri Mendeleev's patronymic?
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Ivanovich
What is the name of the lunar crater named after Mendeleev?
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Mendeleev
What system of measurement did Mendeleev help introduce to Russia?
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Metric system
What educational institution did Mendeleev attend?
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Main Pedagogical Institute
What was the name of Mendeleev's most famous textbook?
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Principles of Chemistry
What Russian government agency did Mendeleev direct later in his career?
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Bureau of Weights and Measures
What was the name of Mendeleev's second wife?
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Anna Popova
At which university was Mendeleev a professor of chemistry?
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Saint Petersburg University
What property did Mendeleev use to order elements in his original periodic table?
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atomic weight
What element has the chemical symbol Md?
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mendelevium
What is the name of the arrangement of chemical elements that Mendeleev systematized?
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periodic table
In what year was Dmitri Mendeleev born?
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1834
Who is the Russian chemist credited with creating the periodic table?
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Dmitri Mendeleev