WHAT ABOUT WOMEN?
CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
TECHNOLOGY & PROGRAMMING
BIOLOGY & MEDICINE
LOGIC, INNOVATION & EVERYDAY STEM
100

What day is celebrated globally as International Women’s Day?

March 8

100

What force keeps us on the ground?

Gravity

100

What language do computers understand at the lowest level?

Binary

100

Which bodily system fights infections and heals injuries?

The immune system.

100

What do you call a smart guess in science that can be tested?

Hypothesis

200

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Marie Curie

200

What does pH measure?

Acidity

200

What is a web browser used for?

To access and view websites on the internet.

200

What biological molecule stores genetic information in most organisms?

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

200

What device converts electrical energy into sound?

Speaker

300

What 20th-century chemist’s work helped discover the structure of DNA but was under-credited for years?

Rosalind Franklin

300

What simple machine helps lift heavy loads with less force by changing direction of force?

A pulley

300

What does “CPU” stand for?

Central Processing Unit

300

Who discovered the first antibiotic?

Alexander Fleming

300

What is the main purpose of data analysis?

To find patterns or draw conclusions

400

What is the name of the woman who wrote the first computer algorithm?

Ada Lovelace

400

What does the term “entropy” refer to in thermodynamics?

A measure of disorder, randomness, or the number of microscopic configurations consistent with a system’s macroscopic state.

400

What does “version control” (e.g., Git) help developers do?

Track and manage changes to code over time, enabling collaboration and historical rollback.

Version control records edits, supports branching/merging, and makes teamwork on code manageable. 

400

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Mitochondria

400

What’s the mathematical constant representing a circle’s circumference-to-diameter ratio?

π (Pi)

500

What does the concept of “intersectional feminism” mean?

Recognition that gender inequality overlaps with race, class, and other forms of discrimination

500

In quantum mechanics, what does “superposition” mean?

A system exists in a combination of multiple possible states simultaneously until measured, when it collapses to one outcome.

Superposition underlies quantum interference and is exploited in quantum computing for parallelism.

500

In simple terms, what is “cloud computing”?

Delivering computing services—servers, storage, databases, networking, software—over the internet on demand.

500

What is a vaccine designed to do?

Train the immune system to recognize and respond to a pathogen without causing the disease.

500

What is the difference between accuracy and precision?

Accuracy is how close measurements are to the true value; precision is how repeatable measurements are (how close they are to each other).

You can be precise but not accurate (consistent but biased) or accurate but not precise (on average correct but scattered).