Richard Errett Smalley Quiz

Nobel laureate Richard Smalley (Rice University) speaking about nanotechnology, nanotubes, and energy at the United States Department of Energy Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRC) Workshop, February 26-28, 2003. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Richard Errett Smalley Quiz Questions

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1. When did Richard Errett Smalley win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1996
b) 1982
c) 1994
d) 2004

2. When was Richard Errett Smalley born?
a) 9 March 1948
b) 6 June 1943
c) 7 July 1944
d) 11 November 1942

3. Where was Richard Errett Smalley born?
a) Olympia
b) San Francisco
c) Akron
d) Boston

4. Which college did Richard Errett Smalley attend?
a) St. Joseph’s College
b) Bright College
c) Faith College
d) Hope College

5. From which university did Richard Errett Smalley receive his Ph.D.?
a) Cornell
b) Harvard
c) Princeton
d) Yale

6. Where did Richard Errett Smalley teach?
a) Cook University
b) Rice University
c) Caltech
d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

7. When did Richard Errett Smalley and his colleagues discover fullerene?
a) 1985
b) 1971
c) 1975
d) 1982

8. With whom did Richard Errett Smalley debate the idea of molecular assemblers?
a) Yuan Liu
b) James Heath
c) Kim Eric Drexler
d) Sean O’Brien

9. When did Richard Errett Smalley die?
a) 8 January 2008
b) 14 April 2014
c) 4 August 2012
d) 28 October 2005

10. Where did Richard Errett Smalley die?
a) Albuquerque
b) Houston
c) Birmingham
d) Charleston

Richard Errett Smalley Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did Richard Errett Smalley win Nobel Prize for Chemistry?
a) 1996

2. When was Richard Errett Smalley born?
b) 6 June 1943

3. Where was Richard Errett Smalley born?
c) Akron

4. Which college did Richard Errett Smalley attend?
d) Hope College

5. From which university did Richard Errett Smalley receive his Ph.D.?
c) Princeton

6. Where did Richard Errett Smalley teach?
b) Rice University

7. When did Richard Errett Smalley and his colleagues discover fullerene?
a) 1985

8. With whom did Richard Errett Smalley debate the idea of molecular assemblers?
c) Kim Eric Drexler

9. When did Richard Errett Smalley die?
d) 28 October 2005

10. Where did Richard Errett Smalley die?
b) Houston

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