Maria Goeppert Mayer Quiz

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics. She was the second female Nobel laureate in physics, after Marie Curie. – Wikipedia

Maria Goeppert Mayer Quiz Questions

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1. When was Maria Goeppert born?
a) 9 January 1908
b) 28 June 1906
c) 12 August 1904
d) 7 November 1902

2. Where was Maria Goeppert born?
a) Kattowitz
b) Hamburg
c) Danzig
d) Warsaw

3. At which university did Maria Goeppert get doctorate in physics?
a) Berlin
b) Munich
c) Gottingen
d) Heidelberg

4. When did Maria Goeppert marry Joseph Mayer?
a) 19 January 1930
b) 8 May 1926
c) 22 March 1932
d) 1 December 1936

5. When did Maria Goeppert Mayer become a citizen of USA?
a) 1942
b) 1936
c) 1933
d) 1928

6. Where did Maria Goeppert Mayer lecture in 1942-1945?
a) Ferguson College
b) London School of Economics
c) Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies
d) Sarah Lawrence College

7. When did Maria Goeppert Mayer win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1963
b) 1965
c) 1971
d) 1964

8. For what did Maria Goeppert Mayer win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Prediction of the existence of mesons
b) Development of shell nuclear model
c) Discovery of Argon
d) Creation of quantum mechanics

9. When did Maria Goeppert Mayer die?
a) 20 February 1972
b) 8 May 1976
c) 22 September 1982
d) 1 December 1984

10. Where did Maria Goeppert Mayer die?
a) Bogota
b) San Diego
c) New York
d) Birmingham

Maria Goeppert Mayer Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Maria Goeppert born?
b) 28 June 1906

2. Where was Maria Goeppert born?
a) Kattowitz

3. At which university did Maria Goeppert get doctorate in physics?
c) Gottingen

4. When did Maria Goeppert marry Joseph Mayer?
a) 19 January 1930

5. When did Maria Goeppert Mayer become a citizen of USA?
c) 1933

6. Where did Maria Goeppert Mayer lecture in 1942-1945?
d) Sarah Lawrence College

7. When did Maria Goeppert Mayer win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1963

8. For what did Maria Goeppert Mayer win Nobel Prize for Physics?
b) Development of shell nuclear model

9. When did Maria Goeppert Mayer die?
a) 20 February 1972

10. Where did Maria Goeppert Mayer die?
b) San Diego

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