Famous Women in STEM
Who was the first American woman in space?
Who is Sally Ride
Who said E=MC2
Who is Einstein
In the programming world, the acronym SaaS stands for "Software as a" what?
Did Katy Perry go to space?
No
The destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD was done by what Volcano?
What is Mt. Vesuvius
Who was the first African American Woman in space?
Mae Jemison
Which law states that an object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an external force?
Newton's first law of motion
The "Big Four" in the tech industry are Google, Apple, Meta, and Amazon. Which corporation is added to make the "Big Five"?
What is Microsoft
What does FAA stand for?
Federal Aviation Administration
Which sporting event is held every Memorial Day?
What is the Indy 500
What is one element Marie Curie discovered?
What is polonium/radium
What is the principle of conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed only converted
What term is used for a testing environment in a computer system in which new or untested software or coding can be run securely?
What is Sandbox?
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautical and Space Administration
What is Canada's national sport?
What is lacrosse
Who was the first computer programmer?
Who is Ada Lovelace
What is the specific heat capacity?
Heat required to raise 1kg by 1*K
What operating system, launched in 1991, also has its own mascot, Tux the penguin?
What is Linux
What is the distance from the surface of earth to space?
62 miles or 100 km above sea level
How much shorter is the average woman than the average man?
What is 5 inches
What is developed software for the Apollo 11 missions?
What is the approximate speed of light in a vacuum?
3 x 10^8 m/s
After Microsoft and IBM, which Texas-based computer tech corp is the third largest in the world?
What is Oracle?
How far away is the sun from earth in miles
93.759 million miles
What is the official state sport of Maryland?
What is jousting