Question
This scientist spent hours stirring a hot cauldron with an iron rod in a facility she called “a cross between a stable and a potato shed.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this scientist who co-discovered radium with her husband Pierre in 1898.
ANSWER: Marie Curie [or Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie; or Maria Salomea Skłodowska]
[10m] New Jersey’s “Radium Girls” got sick in a factory making these objects, whose signature sound was produced by mechanical escapements.
ANSWER: watches [or clocks; accept answers like clock faces; prompt on radium dials or faces]
[10h] Most of the radium for Vienna’s Radium Institute was sourced from Jáchymov (“yah-HE-mov”), a mine in this region. This region shares its name with a kingdom founded by the Přemyslid (“prem-EH-slid”) dynasty.
ANSWER: Bohemia [or Čechy; or Böhmen; accept Kingdom of Bohemia; prompt on Czech Kingdom or Czechia]
<Michael Bentley, History - Cross, Historiography, and Miscellaneous> ~22873~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 35 | 21.43 | 100% | 91% | 23% |