Identifying Famous Women
Known as the world’s first computer programmer, she envisioned that machines could do more than simple calculations.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Which kitchen appliance was invented by Josephine Cochrane?
A) Microwave B) Dishwasher C) Blender
What is the dishwasher?
This movement, gaining momentum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fought for women’s right to vote.
What is women’s suffrage?
What is 7 × 8?
What is 56?
This company created the first widely-used personal computer, the Apple II.
What is Apple?
A computer scientist who coined the term “debugging” after finding a moth in a machine.
Who is Grace Hopper?
Which strong material used in bulletproof vests was discovered by Stephanie Kwolek?
A) Nylon B) Kevlar C) Polyester
What is Kevlar?
This type of movement, led by women around the world, aims to challenge gender inequalities in education, jobs, and representation.
What is feminism?
Solve for x: 3x + 5 = 20
What is 5?
This search engine, founded in 1998, is now one of the world’s most used.
What is Google?
The NASA mathematician whose trajectory calculations made the Apollo 11 moon landing possible.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Margaret E. Knight invented a machine that revolutionized which everyday item?
A) Safety pin B) Sewing machine C) The flat-bottomed paper bag
What is the flat-bottomed paper bag?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Simplify: 2(3x + 4) - 5
What is 6x + 3?
In Python, what line of code will display the message "Hello" on the screen?
What is print("Hello")?
A German mathematician whose theorem linked symmetry and conservation laws, changing physics and algebra.
Who is Emmy Noether?
Mary Anderson came up with an idea that drivers still use every rainy day. What is it?
A) Headlights B) Seatbelts C) Windshield wipers
What are windshield wipers?
In the United States, which sport was the first to have an organized women’s college team?
The area of a triangle is 36 square units. If the base is 6 units, what is the height?
What is 12 units?
The programming language that shares its name with a gemstone and was created in the 1990s for easy web development.
What is Ruby?
The first woman to win the Fields Medal, often called the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics,” for her work in geometry and dynamics.
Who is Maryam Mirzakhani?
Patricia Bath invented a device to improve vision and treat cataracts. What is this invention called?
A) Cataract scalpel B) Contact lens C)Laserphaco probe
What is the laserphaco probe (for eye surgery)?
This country elected Vigdís Finnbogadóttir as the first democratically elected female president in 1980.
What is Iceland?
Solve for x: 2x² - 5x - 12 = 0
What is x = 4 or x = -3/2?
What year was the first electronic computer invented?
What is 1946?