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Georges Leclanché - Quiz
Georges Leclanché
  • 1. What was Georges Leclanché's primary profession?
A) Chemical physicist
B) Mechanical engineer
C) Electrical engineer
D) Civil engineer
  • 2. In what year was Georges Leclanché born?
A) 1839
B) 1882
C) 1866
D) 1860
  • 3. Where was Georges Leclanché born?
A) Brussels, Belgium
B) London, United Kingdom
C) Paris, France
D) Parmain, France
  • 4. At which school did Leclanché complete his engineering education?
A) École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures
B) Oxford University
C) Sorbonne University
D) University of Brussels
  • 5. What was Leclanché's first job as an engineer?
A) Battery manufacturing
B) Telegraph administration
C) French railways company
D) Academic research
  • 6. In which city did Leclanché build a laboratory after emigrating from France?
A) Amsterdam
B) Berlin
C) London
D) Brussels
  • 7. What was the oxidizing agent in Leclanché's electrical cell?
A) Manganese oxide
B) Zinc
C) Ammonium chloride
D) Copper carbonate
  • 8. What was the reducing agent in Leclanché's electrical cell?
A) Zinc
B) Manganese oxide
C) Copper carbonate
D) Ammonium chloride
  • 9. In what year did Leclanché invent his famous cell?
A) 1866
B) 1882
C) 1860
D) 1876
  • 10. What substance did Leclanché use to jellify the electrolyte in 1876?
A) Silica
B) Starch
C) Gelatin
D) Agar
  • 11. What was the cause of Georges Leclanché's death?
A) Throat cancer
B) Tuberculosis
C) Heart failure
D) Pneumonia
  • 12. Who took over the business after Georges Leclanché's death?
A) His son Max
B) His business partner
C) Ernest Barbier
D) His brother Maurice
  • 13. What was the name of the company Leclanché founded with Ernest Barbier?
A) Leclanché Electrical
B) Leclanché-Barbier
C) Leclanché & Co
D) The Paris Battery Factory
  • 14. The Leclanché cell is considered the forerunner of which modern battery?
A) Nickel-cadmium battery
B) Lithium-ion battery
C) Dry cell battery
D) Lead-acid battery
  • 15. Which company eventually bought the original Leclanché factory?
A) Bullith
B) Wonder cells
C) CGE group
D) Fulmen
  • 16. Where is the current company using the name Leclanché based?
A) Paris, France
B) Willstätt, Germany
C) Yverdon, Switzerland
D) Brussels, Belgium
  • 17. Which German society did the modern Leclanché company acquire in 2006?
A) Barbier
B) Bullith
C) Fulmen
D) Wonder
  • 18. What was the electrolyte used in the Leclanché cell?
A) Ammonium chloride
B) Sulfuric acid
C) Sodium hydroxide
D) Potassium carbonate
  • 19. What was the nickname popularly given to the Leclanché cell?
A) Telegraph cell
B) Dry cell
C) Railway cell
D) Wet cell
  • 20. In what year was the Wonder cells company founded?
A) 1906
B) 1909
C) 1882
D) 1914
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