Women In STEM
Pitt History
Mixed Bag
Famous Inventors
Around The World
100
While in 2009 there were 6.7 million college-educated men working in STEM, there were only 2.5 million college-educated women working in STEM. Additionally, for every dollar earned by a man, a woman in the same industry only earned ______ cents.
What is 86 cents.
100
This famous American writer, lawyer, judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania founded the Pittsburgh Academy and currently has a Residence Hall in the Quad named after him
Who is Hugh Henry Brackenridge.
100
Evaluate the integral from negative 2 to 2 of sin3x with respect to x.
What is 0.
100
This emoticon was created at Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980s by computer scientist Scott Fahlman.
What is the smiley face.
100
650 miles off the Pacific coast, these islands are owned by Ecuador.
What is the Galapagos Islands
200
While women make up 48 percent of the workforce, recent studies troublingly show that only _____ percent of STEM workers are women.
What is 24. (If you were +/- 5 we'll give it to you)
200
An American dancer, actor, singer, film director, producer and choreographer, this famous Pitt Panther received an Academy Award and currently has a local award named after him for high school performances
Who is Gene Kelly.
200
What killed over 2,000 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889?
What is a Flood
200
CEO of Apple
Who is Tim Cook
200
This nation's flag, like that of the US features seven horizontal alternating red and white stripes. In the upper-left corner however, where the US flag has stars, this country's flag has a yellow cresecent moon and smaller sun on a blue field. It shares borders with Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei. What is this Southeast Asian nation with capital at Kuala Lumpur?
What is Malaysia
300
famous for her NASA career, as she became the first American woman in space during her role as part of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew, this famous women in STEM spent more than 343 hours in space before leaving to work at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control.
Who is Sally Ride
300
This Famous African American Pitt Track Star originally attended the University on a football scholarship but excelled on the Pitt track team, winning the NCAA national championship followed by winning two gold medals in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games.
Who is Roger Kingdom.
300
During his presidency, the White House bought 12 tons of jelly beans from the Goelitz Candy Company between January 1981 and September 1988.
Who is Ronald Reagan
300
This famous South African Inventor and Innovator started his Education at Queen's University and UPenn before going on to develop 'Zip2', 'X.com' and 'PayPal.'
Who is The Elon Musk.
300
How many countries does Columbia share borders with?
What is 5.
400
After showing one of her X-ray images to James Watson, Maurice Wilkins quickly figured out the structure was a double helix and, with Francis Crick, published the finding in the journal Nature. Watson, Crick and Wilkins won a Nobel Prize in 1962 for their discovery. This famous women in STEM however, had died of ovarian cancer in 1958 and did not receive credit.
Who is Rosalind Franklin
400
Founder of ANSYS, Inc. and a John Fritz Medal winner, this National Academy of Engineering member is internationally regarded as an authority and pioneer in the application of finite-element methods to engineering
Who is John A. Swanson
400
From 213 to 144 million years ago, it was the second period of the Mesozoic era.
What is the Jurassic Period.
400
Best known as the mastermind behind the launch of the Chrome browser in 2008, this famous Indian engineer sits at the helm of one of the most powerful companies in the world.
Who is Sundar Pichai (Google)
400
Based on 2016 projections, which country currently holds the third highest GDP?
What is Japan
500
Women in computer science have a role model in this world-changing women in STEM. She and Howard Aiken designed Harvard's Mark I computer, a five-ton, room-sized machine in 1944. She also invented the compiler that translated written language into computer code and coined the terms "bug" and "debugging" when she had to remove moths from the device. In 1959, She also was part of the team that developed COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages.
Who is Grace Hopper
500
This Russian inventor, engineer and pioneer became a PhD-level Pitt Panther came to be known as one of the fathers of television
Who is Vladimir Zworykin
500
Fly-by missions of the Voyager 1 and 2 probes in 1980 and 1981 gave scientists more information about this planet than had been accumulated since Galileo first viewed it telescopically in 1610. The missions discovered that the planet's atmosphere is dynamic, with wind storms gusting over 1500 kilometers per hour.
What is Jupiter
500
Founder and creator of the new operating system 'Linux' in 1991, this Finish man is responsible for the Linux kernel which is one of the most significant free and open source software systems.
Who is Linus Torvalds
500
Maltese, the language spoken in Malta, a European Union island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, is derived from:
What is Arabic.
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