Which place completes this sentence about Vladimir Prelog? From 1919 to 1921 his father got a job in ______, so family moved there, and Prelog spent those two years attending Osijek gymnasium.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Osijek
Vladimir Prelog was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry. His family moved from Zagreb to Osijek when his father found a job there, and from 1919 to 1921 he attended the Osijek gymnasium.
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