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Chien-Shiung Wu was nicknamed "the First Lady of Physics" for her experimental work in
fluid mechanics and turbulence
condensed matter physics
nuclear and particle physics
thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
2
Before her early death, Du Châtelet did important work translating and expanding on the work of
Alessandro Volta
Robert Hooke
Isaac Newton
Gottfried von Leibniz
3
Vera Rubin's galaxy studies provided the first evidence for
supernovae
the Big Bang
dark matter
black holes
4
Which 1940s movie star developed WiFi's spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology?
Cyd Charisse
Hedy Lamarr
Natalie Wood
Lana Turner
5
Which mathematician and astronomer from Alexandria was murdered by a Christian mob?
Orestea
Khryseis
Xanthippe
Hypatia
6
Ada, Countess of Lovelace, is considered to be the world's first
paleontologist
statistician
computer programmer
forensic scientist
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Marie Curie's daughter, _______, won a Nobel Prize herself, in the field of Chemistry.
Hélène
Irène
Thérèse
Marthe
8
The only two elements named after female scientists are Curium and
Meitnerium
Lawrencium
Flerovium
Gadolinium
9
Just as Jane Goodall studied chimpanzees in the wild, Dian Fossey studied:
orangutans
gorillas
bonobos
gibbons
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The main character of the movie Hidden Figures is NASA mathematician:
Katherine Johnson
Marie Maynard Daly
Mae C. Jemison
Patricia Bath