THE DISCOVERY OF X-RAYS,
DISCOVERY, ADVANCED
EXPERIMENTATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Duetsches Museum - ANSWER-Roentgen willed some of the equipment he used to this
famous museum in Munich.
1895 - ANSWER-In _____, when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the as yet unknown
rays and published his findings.
Thomas Alva Edison - ANSWER-Through newspapers he attempted to explain the
nature of the rays to the citizens in the US.
England - ANSWER-This country passed a law against opera glasses with x-ray vision.
Skeletons - ANSWER-Some wealthy persons purchased x-ray units for their homes to
entertain guests by imaging their _____ with the fluoroscope.
Fluorescent Tube - ANSWER-Thomas Edison, one of the most knowledgeable on the
subject, took notice and questioned the effects of x-rays. He complained that his eyes
were sore and red after working with a ______.
Europe and US, Europe and United States - ANSWER-When these reports began to
emerge in both _____, serious efforts were made to protect those who worked with the
rays and those who would be exposed to them.
Literature - ANSWER-When the discovery of the roentgen rays was announced
throughout the world, several investigators who had also been working with the cathode
rays began to publish _____ on their own experiments.
January 2 1896 - ANSWER-The first known radiograph in the US was made by Michael
Idvorsky Pupin, a professor at Columbia University.
Bavarian Government - ANSWER-Which government asked Roentgen to take the chair
of physics and become director of the Physical Science Institute at Ludwig Maximillians
University of Munich
Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich - ANSWER-The Bavarian government asked
Roentgen to take the chair of physics and become director of the Physical Science
Institute at what university?
DISCOVERY, ADVANCED
EXPERIMENTATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Duetsches Museum - ANSWER-Roentgen willed some of the equipment he used to this
famous museum in Munich.
1895 - ANSWER-In _____, when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the as yet unknown
rays and published his findings.
Thomas Alva Edison - ANSWER-Through newspapers he attempted to explain the
nature of the rays to the citizens in the US.
England - ANSWER-This country passed a law against opera glasses with x-ray vision.
Skeletons - ANSWER-Some wealthy persons purchased x-ray units for their homes to
entertain guests by imaging their _____ with the fluoroscope.
Fluorescent Tube - ANSWER-Thomas Edison, one of the most knowledgeable on the
subject, took notice and questioned the effects of x-rays. He complained that his eyes
were sore and red after working with a ______.
Europe and US, Europe and United States - ANSWER-When these reports began to
emerge in both _____, serious efforts were made to protect those who worked with the
rays and those who would be exposed to them.
Literature - ANSWER-When the discovery of the roentgen rays was announced
throughout the world, several investigators who had also been working with the cathode
rays began to publish _____ on their own experiments.
January 2 1896 - ANSWER-The first known radiograph in the US was made by Michael
Idvorsky Pupin, a professor at Columbia University.
Bavarian Government - ANSWER-Which government asked Roentgen to take the chair
of physics and become director of the Physical Science Institute at Ludwig Maximillians
University of Munich
Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich - ANSWER-The Bavarian government asked
Roentgen to take the chair of physics and become director of the Physical Science
Institute at what university?
