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Women in STEM Quiz

Celebrate International Women’s month with a thirty question quiz about Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

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The Dorky Round

One

What famous primatologist had her love of animals inspired by a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee?
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Jane Goodall. She still has Jubilee in her London home.

Two

Who was the first American woman in space?
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Sally Ride

Three

The programming language, Ada is named after who?
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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, the first computer programmer

Four

What woman, known mostly as a movie star of the 1930's and 40's, also invented a remote-controlled communications system for the US military?
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Hedy Lamarr. Her frequency hopping theory is critical to today's bluetooth and wifi.

Five

Who stepped in as field engineer and technical leader of the Brooklyn Bridge's construction when her husband became paralized?
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Emily Roebling

Six

Who was the first woman US Surgeon General?
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Jocelyn Elders.
She was also the first African American to hold the position

Seven

Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo in an airplane?
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Amelia Earhart

Eight

In February 2020, Christina Koch set what record?
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Most days in space of any woman in a single mission. She did it on her first mission to space.

Nine

Who was the NASA 'human computer' that recently passed away at the age 101?
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Katherine Johnson

Ten

What astronaut was the first black woman in space and had a guest appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation?
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Mae Jemison

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The Geeky Round

One

What early mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher was killed in 415 CE?
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Hypatia

Two

Who is the only woman in history to win two Nobel Prizes?
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Marie Curie. She's also the first woman to win the Nobel Prize

Three

What computer scientist has both a Cray computer and a guided-missile destroyer named after her?
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Admiral Grace Hopper

Four

Who was the first woman in space?
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Valentina Tereshkova. She was a Soviet cosmonaut that went into space in 1963. She is the only woman to fly solo in space.

Five

Rosalind Franklin's work led to the discovery of the molecular structure of what?
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DNA

Six

Though ignored by the Nobel Prize committee, Jocelyn Bell Burnell is credited with first observing what astronomical phenomenon?
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Pulsars

Seven

Who is credited with creating the term "Software Engineering" while developing the software for the on-board systems of the Apollo spacecraft?
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Margaret Hamilton

Eight

Albert Einstein's first wife was a physicist and mathematician. What was her name?
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Mileva Marić

Nine

As of 2020, what astronaut has logged the most days in space for any American?
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Peggy Whitson. She accrued 665 days in space. The most for any American and the most of any woman, ever. For context, 665 days is roughly the equivalent of a round trip to Mars.

Ten

What primatologist was played by Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist"?
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Dian Fossey

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The Nerdy Round

One

Who wrote the book, Silent Spring, which led to the banning of DDT?
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Marine Biologist, Rachel Carson

Two

Who was the first woman Space Shuttle commander?
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Eileen Collins. She commanded the Columbia in July 1999.

Three

What Austrian-born physicist fled the Nazis to Sweden and has element 109 named after her?
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Lise Meitner. She and her team discovered nuclear fission.

Four

Who won a Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of Genetic Transposition?
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Barbara McClintock.She's the only woman to win the prize unshared in that category.

Five

What daughter of a Nobel Prize winner helped create France's first nuclear reactor?
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Irene Joliot-Curie, Marie Curie's daughter.

Six

What inventor was known as "The Lady Edison" during the 1920s and 30s?
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Beulah Henry. She invented a doll with movable arms, a vacuum ice cream freezer, and a typewriter that made multiple copies without carbon paper.

Seven

What German Mathematician wrote the paper, "Theory of Ideals in Ring Domains"?
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Emmy Noether

Eight

The French Academy of Sciences has an award for mathematics named after whom?
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Sophie Germain

Nine

What animal scientist wrote about her own experiences with Autism in Emergence: Labeled Autistic?
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Temple Grandin

Ten

Before becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher studied what science?
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Chemistry

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