Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Quiz

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Quiz Questions

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1. What did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discover?
a) Radio
b) Telegraph
c) Photocopier
d) X-rays

2. When was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen born?
a) 17 November 1842
b) 16 June 1834
c) 19 July 1848
d) 27 March 1845

3. Where was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen born?
a) Bologna
b) Turin
c) Milan
d) Lennep

4. Where did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen’s family move when he was three years old?
a) Amsterdam
b) Apeldoorn
c) Louvain
d) Geneva

5. From which university did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen get Ph.D.?
a) University of Utretch
b) Strasbourg University
c) University of Zurich
d) University of Munich

6. Where was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen professor in 1875?
a) Academy of Agriculture, Wurttemburg
b) Oxford University
c) University of Giessen
d) University of Wurzburg

7. When was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen’s attention drawn to a glowing fluorescent screen on a nearby table that resulted in his famous discovery?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 5 April 1864
c) 19 August 1900
d) 8 November 1895

8. In which field did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen get Nobel Prize in 1901?
a) Chemistry
b) Medicine
c) Physics
d) Literature

9. When did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen die?
a) 6 April 1925
b) 10 February 1923
c) 10 August 1936
d) 25 December 1945

10. Where did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen die?
a) Munich
b) Wurzburg
c) Giessen
d) Berlin

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Quiz Answers

1. What did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discover?
d) X-rays

2. When was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen born?
d) 27 March 1845

3. Where was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen born?
d) Lennep

4. Where did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen’s family move when he was three years old?
b) Apeldoorn

5. From which university did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen get Ph.D.?
c) University of Zurich

6. Where was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen professor in 1875?
a) Academy of Agriculture, Wurttemburg

7. When was Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen’s attention drawn to a glowing fluorescent screen on a nearby table that resulted in his famous discovery?
d) 8 November 1895

8. In which field did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen get Nobel Prize in 1901?
c) Physics

9. When did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen die?
b) 10 February 1923

10. Where did Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen die?
a) Munich