What woman discovered radium and polonium?
Marie Skłodowska Curie, a Polish-French physicist and chemist, was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the only woman to receive two Nobel prizes. While studying uranium's rays, she discovered new elements and named them polonium and radium. She also coined the term “radio-active” to describe them.
On April 20, 1902, Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolate radioactive radium salts from the mineral pitchblende in their laboratory in Paris. In 1898, the Curies discovered the existence of the elements radium and polonium in their research of pitchblende.
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David Roy
The alternative answer options could scarcely have been more insulting if they had been Flipper the dolphin, Champion the Wonder Horse and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
catmom
David Roy, I thought your options were funny.😂
Babita Goyal
There are thousands of women scientists across globe. At least better choices could be made for options.
Jim Sims
Be real with answer options!
✨KRISTA✨
David Roy, not only is this a 🔁 repeat, it is kinda surreal considering the options, i feel like this is a joke and sadly, the joke is on us.
catmom
Marie Curie was ahead of her time to say the least. She was an amazing woman & I think she was incredible.
Marian Spitzig
Phoebe Figalily, why should I pass when the question could be answered by any 6th grade student, and repeated in the same day?
timwhitestevens
This question could also be classified as science.
Sheila Robinson
It should be noted that she died due to exposure to radioactive materials!
Francie Carlson
The answer is in the picture!
Howard Groopman
2.6% said Queen Elizabeth?
earlepg
Dario Gritti, Putting Queen Elizabeth and Madonna in the options served to put the question on the elementary, if not the primary grade, level.
earlepg
✨KRISTA✨, I liked the sentiment. Unfortunately it looks like the Clone King (or Queen) takes no notice of the repetitions that any question undergoes.
Denise Currie
How many more ways can this question be asked, getting a bit boring now
catmom
I knew this but I also knew this from The Big Bang Theory too. I love the show bc it's funny, informative, interesting, you learn a lot about physics, etc & it never insults your intelligence. I never get insulted by any questions that QuizClub offers unlike some of the comments that are given that are negative to say the least.