Science
Science
Engineering
Technology (space)
misc.
100
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi discovered what notable virus?
What is HIV?
100
True or false: Tu Youyou and her family were aversed to traditional Chinese texts and believed that there was a better avenue through which a cure for malaria could be found
What is false
100
Ada Lovelace is known as the first ________?
What is: computer programmer
100
True or false: Sally Kristian Ride was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32
What is true
100
When is Women's History Month?
When is March?
200
True or false: Dorothy Hodgkin was an advocate of world peace throughout her scientific career.
What is true
200
Dorothy Hodgkin, born in 1910, transformed her childhood fascination with _____ into groundbreaking use of X-ray crystallography
What are crystals
200
Lilian Moller Gilbreth was concerned with what rather unusual aspect of engineering?
What is psychology and/or worker satisfaction
200
Vera Cooper Rubin, a pioneering astronomer born in 1928, confirmed the existence of ______ and demonstrated that galaxies are embedded in dark-matter halos
What is dark matter
200
What does STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
300
Who was the first woman to receive a doctorate in Physics from MIT?
Who was Shirley Ann Jackson
300
True or false: Barbara McClintock disproved that genetic elements can sometimes change position on a chromosome and that this causes nearby genes to become active or inactive.
What is false
300
Gladys West, born in 1930 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, is a pioneering American engineer, mathematician, and one of the hidden figures behind what major invention?
What is the GPS
300
Who is this?
Who is Tessy Thomas
300
What STEM profession was often associated with women, only to become predominantly male-dominated later on?
What is computer programming - Computer programming was initially considered clerical work and was primarily done by women. However, as the field became more prestigious, it shifted to being dominated by men
400
Which groundbreaking physicist & chemist was forced to move to Paris to study since the Russian government prohibited women from attending university anywhere in its empire?
Who was Marie Curie
400
Katalin Kariko, the scientist behind the development of teh Covidd-19 vaccine was of what nationality?
What is Hungarian
400
What is CPA
what is chirped pulse amplification
400
Who was the first woman in space?
w\Who was Valentina Tereshkova
400
Name every woman
Who is Whitney Houston.
500
Gerty Cori was a prominent biochemist recognized for her innovative research on carbohydrate metabolism. Collaborating with her spouse and scientific collaborator, Carl Cori, she unveiled the Cori cycle. What is the Cori Cycle?
- illustrates the conversion of glycogen into glucose for energy production in the body
500
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey was the second woman to receive the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her removal of what drug?
What is Thalidomide
500
Dorothy Hodgkin's work in mapping which common drug revolutionized its production?
What is penicillin
500
Who is this?
Who is Mae c. Jemison
500
How many women have won the nobel prize in the last 120 years?
What is 24 women, 594 men