Q 01/05
A) Chemistry
B) Physics
C) Medicine
D) Peace
Answer · why
The citation covered 'the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances'.
Q 02/05
A) Modern chemistry
B) Radio astronomy
C) Nuclear physics
D) Quantum theory
Answer · why
His own work and that done under him established the nuclear structure of the atom and the nature of radioactive decay.
Q 03/05
A) Ernst
B) Earnest
C) Ernie
D) Ernesto
Answer · why
His family simply called him Ern.
Q 04/05
A) Thirteen
B) Fourteen
C) Fifteen
D) Twelve
Answer · why
His father James was a farmer and mechanic from Perth, Scotland; his mother a schoolteacher from Essex.
Q 05/05
A) A sawmill
B) A gold mine
C) A dairy
D) A flax mill
Answer · why
Ernest was eleven and attended Havelock School.
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