Dmitri Mendeleev Quiz: questions and answers

1. Where was Mendeleev from?

Germany

Russia

Poland

2. At what age did Mendeleev die?

76

72

74

3. What is Mendeleev best known for?

Inventing the radio

Developing a cure for tuberculosis

Discovering the Periodic Law

4. What is the name of the book that Mendeleev published in 1861?

"Elementary Treatise of Chemistry"

"Organic Chemistry"

"The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry"

5. When did Mendeleev marry Feozva Nikitichna Leshcheva?

1864

1861

1862

6. What is pyrocollodion?

A medicine

A smokeless powder

A type of plastic

7. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906?

Svante Arrhenius

Henri Moissan

Dmitri Mendeleev

8. What is the atomic number of mendelevium?

11

76

101

9. Where did Mendeleev graduate from?

University of Oxford

Imperial Moscow University

Saint Petersburg Imperial Univesity

10. Dimitri Mendeleev was a:

A poet

A scientist

An emperor

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