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