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Big Sister Trivia Challenge
Test your knowledge about remarkable women in science, medicine, and sports with our engaging quiz. Are you ready to discover fascinating facts about pioneering figures who have made a difference?
- Explore the achievements of women in history.
- Challenge yourself with varied questions.
- Share your score and learn something new!
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995 for her research concerning genetic control of embryonic development. What model organism, often used for its quick generation time, was used in the study?
Gold fish
Fruit flies
Gingko seeds
Tadpoles
Elizabeth Blackwell's status as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States is well known, however, how was she able to be accepted into medical school?
Her father used his influence with the school's dean.
She was unanimously voted in by her all-male classmates.
She disguised herself as a man in order to attend medical school.
She paid double the tuition of a male student.
Gertrude Elion, a pharmacologist, developed all of the drugs with the EXCEPTION of which of the following?
Penicillin
6-mercaptopurine (Purinethol)
Azathioprine (Imuran)
Nelarabine
Overshadowed, perhaps, by her more famous brother, who was the first female to discover a comet?
Katherine Wright
Grace Hubble
Barbara Kepler
Caroline Herschel
As of the end of the twentieth century, which of the following sentences best describes the accomplishments of Marie Curie?
She remains the only woman to have discovered an element.
All of the following are correct.
She first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and only woman to win twice.
She was the first female scientist.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to...
Fly solo across the Atlantic
Fly in Air Force
Fly solo around the world
Fly a plane
In 1963, Valentina Terechkova had accumulated more flying hours in space than all the American astronauts of the time combined.
True
False
The Hollywood actress Hedy Lamar was famous for movies like "Tortilla Flat" or "The Story of Mankind", but she and her business partner George Antheil also hold the patent for...?
An apparatus for satellite navigation
Ballistic missiles
A secret communication system
Microwave ovens
What do you think the German ‘football Frauen’ got for winning their first European title in 1989?”
Money
A BMW 8
A coffee service
Spa Gift Certificates
What subjects did Tanja Brühl, the president of the TU Darmstadt study?
Biology & Social Studies
Mathematics & Computer Science
Law&Physics
Medicine&Chemistry
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