Marie Curie Trivia Quiz – How Much Do You Really Know?

This Marie Curie trivia quiz covers her childhood in Warsaw, her work with Pierre Curie, the discovery of polonium and radium, her two Nobel Prizes and her mobile X-ray units in World War I. Ten questions bring names, facts and surprises.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Birth
In which city was Marie Curie born in 1867?
Elements
Which element did the Curies name after Poland?
Radium
Which glowing element did the Curies discover in 1898?
Word
Who coined the word radioactivity?
Nobel
Marie Curie's first Nobel Prize, in 1903, was in which field?
Nobel
Her second Nobel Prize, in 1911, was in which field?
War
What were her mobile X-ray units called in WWI?
Sorbonne
What first did Curie achieve at the Sorbonne?
Family
Which of her daughters also won a Nobel Prize?
Burial
Where were Marie and Pierre Curie reburied in 1995?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which city was Marie Curie born in 1867?
Answer: Warsaw
Her birth name was Maria Skłodowska.
Q2: Which element did the Curies name after Poland?
Answer: Polonium
Poland was then divided among empires.
Q3: Which glowing element did the Curies discover in 1898?
Answer: Radium
Radium was later used in medicine.
Q4: Who coined the word radioactivity?
Answer: Marie Curie
She studied rays from uranium.
Q5: Marie Curie's first Nobel Prize, in 1903, was in which field?
Answer: Physics
She shared it with Pierre and Becquerel.
Q6: Her second Nobel Prize, in 1911, was in which field?
Answer: Chemistry
She is the only person with Nobels in two sciences.
Q7: What were her mobile X-ray units called in WWI?
Answer: Petites Curies
She trained women to operate them.
Q8: What first did Curie achieve at the Sorbonne?
Answer: First female professor
She took over Pierre's chair after his death.
Q9: Which of her daughters also won a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène won the 1935 Chemistry Prize.
Q10: Where were Marie and Pierre Curie reburied in 1995?
Answer: The Panthéon in Paris
She was the first woman honored there for her own merit.

Marie Curie Trivia Quiz – Pioneer of Radioactivity

Marie Curie was born in Warsaw in 1867 and moved to Paris to study physics and mathematics. With her husband Pierre, she investigated mysterious rays from uranium and discovered two new elements, polonium and radium.

Her work earned two Nobel Prizes, in physics and chemistry, making her the first woman to win a Nobel and the only person to win in two different sciences. She became the Sorbonne's first female professor.

During World War I, she organized mobile X-ray units that helped treat over a million soldiers. Her long exposure to radiation damaged her health, and her notebooks remain radioactive today.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is for science fans exploring Marie Curie's life.

Where she was born
Which elements she found
Why she won two Nobels
What her wartime work was
Where she is buried

Did You Know?

Element 96 is named curium.
The Curie Institute continues cancer research.
She and Pierre refused to patent radium.
Her notebooks are stored in lead boxes.
She studied in a secret Flying University.