Great Minds

Question 1

Famous for?

Answer 1

Coming up with the original Table of Periodic Elements

Question 2

Birth?

Answer 2

Born in 1834

Question 3

Studied at?

Answer 3

St Petersburg

Question 4

Conceived when?

Answer 4

1868 to 1870

Question 5

Discovered how long before the electron?

Answer 5

25 years

Question 6

Theorised what about the gaps in the Periodic Table?

Answer 6

Postulated that they were undiscovered elements with extreme accuracy - 7 eventually discovered

Question 7

Threatened suicide because…?

Answer 7

Obsessed with niece’s best friend in the 1880’s… even though he was already married

Question 8

What did Mendeleev do as Director of the Bureau of Weights and Measures?

Answer 8

Decided upon the official stands for the production of vodka (40%) and helped with petroleum and Russia’s first oil refinery

Question 9

Nominated for a Nobel Prize when?

Answer 9

1906 - however the Swedish influence denied him of this. Died the year after.

Question 10

Chemical element named after him?

Answer 10

101 - Mendelevium (highly radioactive)