Women in science: find the lie
Women in Science: Find the Lie
Test your knowledge of remarkable women in the field of science with this engaging quiz! Challenge yourself to identify the false statements about trailblazing figures who made significant contributions to science and technology.
- Learn about iconic scientists like Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, and Rosalind Franklin.
- Many surprising facts and a few common misconceptions await!
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
First computer programmer
Described the concepts of computer and software
Died rich
Has her own international day
Hipatia (370-415)
Was a Christian
Was an astronomist, mathematician and philosopher
Worked in the library of Alexandria
Was feared and murdered
Marie Curie (1867-1934)
Discovered radiactivity
Was French
Has 2 nobel prices
Got married in blue and used this dress as a lab coat later on
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979)
Demonstrated that the Sun is composed of hydrogen and helium
First person to calculate correctly the temperature of a star
Harvard didn't accept her for being a woman
Died with no recognition
Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997)
Studied in the first school for girls in China
Proved that identical particles do not always behave in the same manner
Won the Nobel Price
Was nicknamed the "First Lady of Physics"
Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)
Was one of the first African American women working at NASA
Made the calculations to go to the moon
There is a movie about her
She couldn't get a PhD
Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)
Was the lover of both Watson and Crick
Discovered the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite
There is an asteroid named after her
Her uncle attacked Winston Churchill with a whip
Hedy Lamarr (1924-2000)
Was an Austrian-born American famous film actress and inventor
Didn't win any price for her work
Patented the "frequency hopping" technology used in mobile phones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Married six times
Valentina Tereshkova (1937-present)
First woman to go to space
Wants to go to Mars
Kept secret a colleague's mistake until they died
Never flew alone
Maryam Mirzakhani (1977 - 2017)
Only developped interest in maths late in life
Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University
Was honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics
Died of breast cancer at the age of 40
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