Official questionExamen Civique
Qui était Marie Curie ?
Who was Marie Curie?
Correct answer
Une physicienne et chimiste, deux fois prix Nobel pour ses travaux sur la radioactivité
A physicist and chemist who won two Nobel Prizes for her work on radioactivity
Why
Born in Poland, Marie Curie (1867-1934) became French by marriage and won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and in Chemistry (1911); she was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. She rests in the Panthéon. From the official naturalisation knowledge-question list.
Answer choices
- AUne physicienne et chimiste, deux fois prix Nobel pour ses travaux sur la radioactivitéA physicist and chemist who won two Nobel Prizes for her work on radioactivity
- BLa première femme présidente de la RépubliqueThe first woman President of the Republic
- CUne reine de FranceA queen of France
- DUne chanteuse célèbre des années 1950A famous singer of the 1950s