Lynn Margulis proposed the theory of

Theory of serial endosymbiosisc

What was the greatest Margarita Salas' discovery?

Protein DNA polymerase produced by the bacterial virus phi29

What was Jane Goodall's most important discovery about chimpanzees?

Chimpanzees are able to use tools.

Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first woman to...

work as a professor at a University in Europe

Did Marie Curie discover one or two chemical elements?

She discovered radium and polonium

What did Kovalevskaya have to do to go to university?

enter into a marriage of convenience and study abroad

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1
The system that Hedy Lamarr patented served as the basis for the current technology of:
Bluetooth
Wifi
Wifi and Bluetooth
USB devices
2
What was the book and movie that made Dian Fossey best known?
"Gorilla dreams: the legacy of Dian Fossey"
"Nobody loved the Gorillas more than I"
"Gorillas in the mist"
"My dream forest"
3
Why is the geometrical figure discovered by Clara Grima's team called scutoid?
Because Clara had a revealing dream with that name
By the name of the cell it looks like it
By the surname of the scientists’ leader
By the shape of beetles
4
How did Margarita Salas meet Severo Ochoa?
Eating paella
In a party
In a convention
On the street
5
Lynn Margulis proposed the theory of
Theory of serial endosymbiosisc
Cell theory
Thechromosomal theory of inheritance
Theory of evolution by natural selection
6
Lise Meitner discovered:
A chemical element
Radioactivity
The structure of a virus
Nuclear fission
7
What was the greatest Margarita Salas' discovery?
The element of the periodic table "Radium"
Penicillin
The synthesis of ribonucleic acid, RNA
Protein DNA polymerase produced by the bacterial virus phi29
8
For how many years did Jane Goodall study chimpanzees in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania?
30
10
55
25
9
After obtaining her PhD, María Blasco joined the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in...
Brussels (Belgium)
New York (USA)
Stockholm (Sweden)
London (UK)
10
Katherine Johnson calculated…
orbital mechanics
formulas for computer engineering
paths to the moon
the calories we burn in a day
11
Hedy Lamarr invented a secure communication system during World War II for:
trucks
trains
aircraft
boats
12
Maryam Mirzajani won the Fields Medal in:
2012
2014
2013
2010
13
Rosalind Franklin contributed to the discovery of:
A chemical element
Nuclear fission
Gravity
The structure of DNA
14
What was Jane Goodall's most important discovery about chimpanzees?
Chimpanzees are never aggressive.
Chimpanzees are able to use tools.
Chimpanzees are more carnivores than herbivores.
Chimpanzees are actually human.
15
What did Nettie Stevens specialise in?
bacteriology
botany
genetics
microbiology
16
When did Rita Levi receive the Nobel Prize for her discovery?
1978.
1986
1985
1981
17
Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first woman to...
write novels and poems
fight for the female vote
work as a professor at a University in Europe
work for a scientific journal as an editor
18
Lynn Margulis was:
a Biologist
a woman Physicist
an astronaut
a doctor
19
Did Marie Curie discover one or two chemical elements?
She discovered a chemical element, polonium
She discovered a chemical element, Curio
She discovered curio and polonium
She discovered radium and polonium
20
What did Kovalevskaya have to do to go to university?
disguise as a man and study in Russia
pass very hard tests in Russia
enter into a marriage of convenience and study abroad
travel with her father abroad
21
How did Dian Fossey die?
By a malaria attack
Killed by a jealous student
Killed by poachers
Killed by a male gorilla
22
Marie Curie is the first woman to get a Nobel and only person to get two Nobels
She only received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911
True
She only received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
False
23
Sophie Germain wrote to the mathematicians with the false name of
M. LeBlanc
Mademoiselle Germain
Mademoiselle Maths
Monsieur Matematiques
24
What did Nettie Stevens discover?
Human genome
Chromosomal sex determination
DNA structure
Cloning
25
Margaret Halmilton’s team in MIT was responsible for:
Developing computer applications
Developing in-flight software
Developing computer codes
Developing radars
26
Maria Blasco's work is based on an enzyme called:
lolase
glucose
primase
telomerase
27
Why didn’t Joan Clarke get a math degree at Cambridge University?
Because she didn’t pass all the subjects
Because of being a woman
Because there was no such degree
Because she did not pay for the degree taxes
28
Among other prizes won by Elinor Ostrom is:
A Nobel for Economy
A Pulitzer
An Oscar
The Prince of Asturias
29
What was Sophie Germain's job?
She was an athlete
She was an engineer
She was a mathematician
She was a teacher

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