Women in STEAM
What did Marie Curie discover?
a) Helium
b) Penicillin
c) Radium
d) Gallium
c) Radium
Who invented windshield wipers?
a) Emma Stone
b) Mary Anderson
c) Jane Austen
d) Taylor Swift
b) Mary Anderson
What is teacher Dragana's player number?
a) 15
b) 8
c) 25
d) 28
c) 25
Which one of these women founded the "Born This Way" Foundation, to help support young people and help with mental health?
a) Adele
b) Lady Gaga
c) Amy Winehouse
d) Whitney Houston
b) Lady Gaga
Gaga and her mother founded the Born This Way Foundation in 2012 to help support young people and make the world a kinder place by powering conversations around mental health
What is Oprah Winfrey most famous for?
a) Her book "What I Know For Sure"
b) Her autobiography book
c) Her song "Run On"
d) Host of The Oprah Winfrey Show
d) Host of The Oprah Winfrey Show
What was Edith Clarke's profession?
a) A athlete
b) An engineer
c) An artist
d) A technician
b) An engineer
Patricia Billings invented the washing machine
a) True
b) False
b) False - she invented Geobond, an indestructible material
Who is the best volleyball player in the olympics?
a) Regla Torres
b) Irina Kirillova
c) Kerri Walsh
d) Logan Tom
c) Kerri Walsh
Which one of these women has a controversial opinion on feminism?
a) Evangeline Lilly
b) Viola Davis
c) Beyoncé
d) Emma Watson
a) Evangeline Lilly
She said:
I don't even like the word feminism because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood, I want to embrace my womanhood.
Which country has the most women leaders?
a) Germany
b) Belgium
c) USA
d) Switzerland
d) Switzerland
Who was Ada Lovelace?
a) The first person to invent a calculator
b) The first computer programmer
c) The first person to invent a USB Drive
d) The first woman to program a video game
b) The first computer programmer
What did Maria Telkes invent?
a) Snow cone maker
b) Dishwasher
c) Home security
d) Solar paneled house
d) Solar paneled house
How many hole-in-ones does Kathy Whitworth have in golf?
a) 11
b) 0
c) 1
d) 1100
a) 11
Which popular and inspiring woman has won over 54 major awards for her work?
a) Agatha Christie
b) Virginia Woolf
c) Maya Angelou
d) Margaret Atwood
c) Maya Angelou
She was a famous poet, writer and civil rights activist, she won more than 54 major awards even after her death.
Which one of these women is the first female vice president?
a) Christine Lagarde
b) Karen Lynch
c) Giorgia Meloni
d) Kamala Harris
d) Kamala Harris (also the current vice president of the USA)
What did Frida Khalo's paintings represent?
a) The happiness of childhood
b) Landscapes
c) Destruction in nature
d) Experiencing chronic pain
d) Experiencing chronic pain
What did Hedy Lamarr invent?
a) Technology for Wifi
b) Technology for radio
c) Technology for modern phone
d) Technology for TVs
a) Technology for Wifi
How many goals has Christine Sinclair scored?
a) 118
b) 32
c) 190
d) 320
c) 190
Which one of the following singers contributed to development of Covid-19 vaccine?
a) Ariana Grande
b) Dolly Parton
c) Cindy Lauper
d) Madonna
b) Dolly Parton
She donated 1 million dollars to research of the Covid vaccine produced by the company "Moderna"
Michelle Obama was the first African-American woman to serve what political position?
a) Second Lady of US
b) President of US
c) Head of government of US
d) First Lady of US
d) First Lady
What did Katherine Johnson do?
a) First woman to land on the moon
b) Engineered the first rocket that landed on the moon
c) Calculated the paths around the moon and back
d) Calculated the time it took for a rocket to land on the moon
c) Calculated the paths around the moon and back
She lived in the racial segregation period of time in the US, and she wasn't taken seriously because of her race and because she was female. The movie "Hidden Figures" explains about her life, 10/10 recommend to watch!
What did Stefanie Kwolek discover?
a) Schoolwork and exams
b) Spandex - the material used for space suits
c) Kevlar - the material used in bulletproof vests
d) Surgery tools
c) Kevlar - the material used in bulletproof vests
Which female tennis player has won the most Grand slams?
a) Venus Williams
b) Helen Wills
c) Serena Williams
d) Steffi Graf
c) Serena Williams
She's won 23 in singles and 14 in doubles
________ argued that the conservative Marsha Blackburn shouldn't be the senate of Tennessee after Marsha voted against many things that are against women and their rights.
a) Taylor Swift
b) Nicole Kidman
c) Whitney Houston
d) Camila Cabello
a) Taylor Swift
What is Malala Yousafzai known for?
a) Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights
b) Fighting for the education of women and children in her homeland
c) Fighting poverty in her homeland
d) Fighting for more medicine in her homeland
b) Fighting for the education of women and children in her homeland
She won the Nobel Prize at just 17 years old and is the second Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her homeland