Women in STEM
What famous primatologist had her love of animals inspired by a stuffed animal named Jubilee?
Jane Goodall
Which elements are liquid at room temperature?
Bromine and Mercury
Who was the first woman to receive a nobel prize in chemistry?
Marie Curie
As of 2018, What percentage of Chemistry graduate students pursue a postdoc position?
approximately 30% or a third of graduate students.
side note: postdocs forgo about one-fifth of their earnings potential in the first 15 years after finishing their doctorates, which amounts to more than $200,000
Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a shuttlecock?
Badminton
As of 2022, how many women have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry? (First Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901)
8 out of 189 total recipients
What letters do not appear on the periodic table?
J and Q
Who was the first openly LGBTQ+ person to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Carolyn R. Bertozzi (2022)
as of 2021, what percentage of individuals in STEM careers are Asian, Black, or Hispanic?
Only 30% of the entire workforce.
white people make up 67%
Who won the US Open this year for Women's Tennis Singles at the impressive age of only 19 years old?
Coco Gauff
In 2021, among people ages 18 to 74 years, women made up half (51%) of the total U.S. population and nearly a quarter of the total workforce are employed in STEM. What is the percentage of women employed in STEM occupations?
about a third (35%) employed in STEM occupations.
What is the rarest natural element on Earth?
At; Astatine
Osamu Shimamura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of which protein?
Green fluorescent protein; GFP
As of 2018, what percentage of LGBTQ people remain closeted at work?
46-50%
What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
18 inches
HeLa cells, the first immortal human cell line, were isolated without consent from which woman in 1951?
Henrietta Lacks
What is the polysaccharide substance that composes the hard outer armor of many insects, arachnids, and crustaceans?
Chitin
Linus Pauling is renowned for being one of two people (the other being Marie Curie) to win the Nobel Prize in two different fields. What fields was he awarded the Nobel Prize?
Chemistry and Peace
As on 2020, what is the wage gap between the highest paid group and lowest paid groups based on their median annual earnings for full-time, year round workers ages 25 and older?
Gap is ~$50,000 (exact answer: $46,300)
Asian men are the highest median earners at $103,300
Black and Hispanic women are the lowest paid at around $57,000
the median for all STEM jobs is $77,400
In what year were women allowed to compete in the modern Olympic games and in what sport?
1900, tennis.
Who wrote the book “Silent Spring”, which led to widespread awareness of environmental concerns and the banning of DDT and other pesticides?
Rachel Carson
Filtered from blood by the liver, what orange-yellow pigment is produced from the breakdown of red blood cells?
Bilirubin
Who is the only woman of color to receive a Nobel Prize in STEM?
Tu Youyou
As of 2018, what percentage of chemistry graduating students are in a tenure-track position in a research-intensive U.S university five years after graduation?
10%
For 70% of departments, no post graduation academia placement information is openly shared
A sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day. What is it?
Indianapolis 500