Historical Women
First African American woman to go to space
Mae Jemison
How much percentage of the human brain is made of fat
60%
What was designed to keep typewriters from jamming
The QWERTY keyboard
What is the name of the first ever engineer who came from ancient egypt
Imhotep
Most mathematical symbols weren’t invented until
The 16th century
Inventor of a radio communications device and an electric device that minimized the jamming of radio signals. She was also a film star.
Hedy Lamarr
How many bones does the human body have?
206
What was the first computer mouse made of
Wood
Engineers created this iconic carnival ride
The Ferris wheel
What are the only prime numbers ending in 2 or 5
2 and 5
Calculated the trajectory of the space race, and is who the Hidden Figures main character is based on.
Katherine Johnson
What in your body is capable of dissolving razor blades
Stomach Acid
When does the oldest form of technology date back to
3.3 million years ago
What is the iron ring
Engineers receive an iron ring upon graduation to wear on their pinky finger.
What is the one number not represented in Roman Numerals
0
The first woman to win the Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
Scientists estimate that the earth is how old
4.5 billion years old
The term computer bug was named after
An actual bug stuck inside of the relays
Who was the first ever female engineer
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
A jiffy is an actual measurement, what is it
1/100th of a second
The founder of scientific computing and the first computer programmer.
Ada Lovelace
How long does it take the earth to rotate once
23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds
What type of fruit does the weigh as much as
A strawberry
When was the term civil engineering first used
1770
What is the Fibonacci Sequence?
Each number is made by adding the two numbers before it.
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13…