Women in science: find the lie

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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!

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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

Women in science: find the lie

Women in Science: Find the Lie

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