Women's Trivia
Which scientist was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes?
Marie Curie
The first-ever St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1762 didn’t take place in Ireland as you might have thought. Where did it take place?
The United States of America
What is the value of pi to the nearest millionth?
The value of pi to the nearest millionth is approximately 3.141593
Which of the following pilots was the first female pilot to operate a transatlantic flight in 1932?
Amelia Earhart
Who wrote the classic gothic novel, Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?
Bessie Coleman
Each year in Chicago since 1962, the Plumber Union dyes what Kelly green?
The river
What year was the first Pi Day celebration held?
The first Pi Day celebration was held in 1988 at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California.
Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which of the following sports?
Gymnastics
Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
Which of the following astronauts was the first Black woman to travel into space?
Mae C Jemison
St. Patty’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, which is the anniversary of what?
Saint Patrick’s death, not his birthday, like some people assume.
Is Pi a rational or irrational number?
Pi is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be represented as a fraction or in decimal form.
In the 17th century, green became associated with St. Patrick’s Day. What color was associated with the holiday originally?
Blue
Jane Goodall was a primatologist best known for being an expert on which of the following?
Chimpanzees
Who is known as the founder of ‘modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services?
Florence Nightingale
Saint Patrick wasn't actually Irish like many think. Where was he believed to have been born?
Scotland or Wales
In what year did mathematician William Jones first use the symbol ‘π’ for pi?
Mathematician William Jones first used the symbol 'π' for pi in 1706
In what year was Pi Day officially recognized as a holiday by the U.S. House of Representatives?
Pi Day was officially recognized as a holiday by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009
Who holds the record for memorizing the first 70000 pi numbers?
As of 2022, the record for memorizing the most digits of pi belongs to Rajveer Meena, who recited 70,000 digits of pi from memory in just over nine hours.
Which mathematician was known as ‘the human computer’ and helped calculate trajectories for the first man in space?
Katherine Johnson
According to Irish legends, Saint Patrick’s changed his name to Patricius after becoming a priest. What was his name at birth?
Maewyn Succat
How many digits of pi are currently known?
As of 2021, the value of pi has been calculated to over 22 trillion digits
In 2020, the St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled in NYC for the first time in how many years because of COVID?
Over 250 years
Which scientist’s contribution led to the discovery of the structure of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin