Mathematicians (who are women)
Called The Lady With the Lamp, this founder of modern nursing also used her mathematical and statistical knowledge to advise the British Army and government on the best approaches for medical data collection and management, thus significantly reducing mortality rates.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
The Egyptians had a special way of writing that involved pictures called hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphs were unreadable until this item was found in 1799 that made their translation possible.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This word describes the space between your thumb and forefinger.
What is a PURLICUE?
Introduced by the Kenner company in 1963, this toy used a 100 watt bulb as its heating element to make tiny cakes.
What is an EZ Bake Oven?
The first twins to ever live in the White House, Jenna and Barbara joined this 43rd President in his term from 2001-2009
Who is George W Bush?
This fermentation had quite a hay-day during the pandemic lockdown. Its fermented using a live culture of wild yeast (instead of the Fleishmann's packaged yeast) and lactic acid bacteria, which are naturally present in flour and water; the fermentation adds to the tangy flavor.
What is sourdough bread?
This piece of sports equipment measures 18 inches in diameter.
What is a basketball hoop?
The only legitimate daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she is often considered the world’s first computer programmer. Her work on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, an early mechanical general-purpose computer, was groundbreaking.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, this is the only one still standing.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This is how you refer to your brother or sister's children in a non-gender specific way.
What is a NIBLING?
This colorful handheld puzzle features a 3x3 grid, each of the six faces is covered by nine stickers, with each face in one of six colors. The object is to have each side be just one color. It was named for its inventor.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
Ann B Davis played Alice, the housekeeper on this iconic show that ran from 1969-1974 but remained wildly popular in syndication. She had a twin sister named Harriet.
What is the Brady Bunch?
This alcoholic beverage is made by fermenting honey with yeast, sometimes referred to as "honey wine". It is considered one of the oldest alcoholic drinks, predating both beer and wine.
What is Mead?
Sultry cartoon Jessica Rabbit is not, in fact, a rabbit, just married to one. This sultry-voiced actress, who voiced the character, said "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
Who is Kathleen Turner?
Mary Everest Boole was the inventor of cooperative learning and creating activities that would make learning math more children friendly. Boole was self taught and progressed to become a mathematician and author of the book ‘Philosophy and Fun of (this branch of mathematics)’
What is Algebra?
The oracle named for this Greek city-state gave highly influential prophecies, impacting everything from personal decisions to major historical events like wars and political strategies.
What is Delphi?
This is the distinct smell out in the world after it rains.
What is PETRICHOR?
This game played on a large plastic mat with six rows of large colored circles was originally called “Pretzel."
What is Twister?
Twins Ashley and Courtney Paris were both drafted into this sports organization in 2009. Ashley has been drafted to the Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury and San Antonio Stars, Courtney for the Sacramento Monarchs and the Chicago Sky.
What is the WNBA?
This Asian fermentation is made from shredded vegetables, similar to sauerkraut. Ginger, garlic and hot peppers are often added in the fermentation process.
What is Kimchi?
The world's first practical automobile, called the Motorwagen, was patented by this German engineer in 1886.
Who is Karl Benz?
Known as one of the first female mathematicians, Hypatia (360–415 AD) was a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer in this ancient Egyptian city famous for its library.
What is Alexandria?
The Chalcolithic period is also known as an Age named after this soft, malleable and ductile metal. It's preceded by the Neolithic Age and followed by the Bronze Age.
What is Copper?
As if "the day after tomorrow" isn't specific enough, this is the official word for it.
What is AFTERMORROW?
In order to promote this toy, inventor George Hansburg arranged a number of publicity stunts, including a marriage performed on them in the 1920 Ziegfeld Follies show. Hansburg taught the Ziegfeld girls to use it himself.
What is a pogo stick?
The Phillips sisters, Pauline and Esther were very close, sleeping in the same bed until they were married in a double wedding in the same dress on July 2, 1938. It wasn't until they started these, their competing advice columns, that a rivalry started between them.
Who are Ann Landers and Dear Abby?
SCOBY is a culinary symbiotic fermentation culture, consisting of lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria and yeast and is a crucial component in the creation of this fizzy tea drink
Grenadine, that nonalcoholic bar syrup, is commonly used as a cocktail ingredient, distinguished by its sweetness, mild flavor, and red color. Traditionally, its made from the juice of this fruit.
What is a pomegranate?
In 2014 Iranian Maryam Mirzakhani was the first ever female mathematician to receive this award, which is sometimes described as a Nobel prize for mathematics.
What is the Fields Medal?
This general was one of the fiercest adversaries of Rome and crossed the Alps with 37 elephants.
Who is Hannibal?
Steatopygic and callipygian are both words connected to this body part.
What is your bum?
Callipygian means having a round and shapely bum. Steatopygic just means having a large bum.
Inventor Richard James was working as a naval engineer when a spring fell off the shelf and inspired him to created this toy.
What is Slinky?
It takes 80 ft of wire to make one slinky.
While it started as a German novel called Lisa and Lottie, written by Erik Kastner, the book published under this name in Australia and the UK is about identical twin girls whose parents divorced, separating them as infants, only for them to reunite at summer camp. It became a Disney film starring Hayley Mills in 1961 and a remake starring Lindsay Lohan in 1998.
This conic flower is added during different stages of the fermentation process to influence a beer's flavor and aroma. Along with adding flavor to the brew, they naturally inhibit the growth of bacteria.
What are hops?
While we all know that many cephalopods, like octopus and squid, secrete ink as a defense mechanism, you may not know that the ink is made up of a mix of mucus and this, the pigment that gives color to human hair, skin, and eyes.
What is Melanin?