Famous Women in STEM
This was the first woman (and only person since) to fly nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart.
Deficiency of what nutrient can cause the disease scurvy?
Vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid)
This species is known to be the largest living lizard.
Komodo dragon
The official name for "prove you're not a robot" tests required by some websites
CAPTCHAs
How many Great Lakes are there?
Five
This woman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her contribution to the understanding of radiation.
Marie Curie
The Tdap vaccine protects against this disease along with diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough)
Tetanus
This insect's adult lifespan lasts only a few hours to a day.
Mayfly
This video game is the best-selling of all time.
Tetris
This equation, known as the Pythagorean Theorem, can be used to find an unknown side length on a right triangle.
a2 + b2 = c2
This famous nurse was known as “the Lady with the Lamp” for her work helping sick and injured soldiers during the Crimean War.
Florence Nightingale
This organization was formed after WWII by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to oversee global medical wellbeing.
The World Health Organization (WHO)?
What is a group of porcupines called?
A prickle
Bill Gates matriculated from this undergraduate university.
None - he dropped out of Harvard after three semesters and started Microsoft.
"Let them eat cake" is a famous misquote attributed to this historical figure.
Marie Antoinette
Which woman, who is widely considered to be the first computer programmer, has a programming language named after her?
Ada Lovelace
Alexander Fleming discovered that this mold could disrupt normal growth of staphylococcus cultures in 1928.
Penicillium notatum
This material is the primary compound in a rhinoceros' horn.
Keratin
A 2012 study found that 83% of users on this social media platform were women.
John Lennon
The first woman to travel into outer space. (Hint: she was a Soviet cosmonaut)
Valentina Tereshkova
This illness was the first to be attributed to an animal carrier.
Malaria
This is the number of hearts that an octopus has.
Three
Ann Wójcicki cofounded and is CEO of what private genomics and biotechnology company? (Hint: won "Invention of the year" in 2008 due to offering the first at-home DNA test for ancestral purposes.)
23andMe
This popular Midwest game is also known as dummy boards, dad hole, doghouse, or baggo.