University of Nottingham #DiversityinSTEM Quiz

Question 1

World-famous poet Lord Byron’s lesser-known estranged daughter, Ada Lovelace, has been credited for what?

Accepted Answer

Becoming the world’s first ever computer programmer

Question 2

As a veteran of 4 space flights, engineer and astronaut, Ellen Ochoa, has how many hours clocked in space?

Accepted Answer

1000 hours

Question 3

BONUS: In the UK, what percentage of people undertaking a mathematics postgraduate degree are women?

Accepted Answer

37%

Question 4

In 1997, which university did Prof Jonathan Van-Tam join as a Clinical Senior Lecturer?

Accepted Answer

University of Nottingham

Question 5

BONUS: What percentage of LGBTQ+ men who specialise in STEM are still in STEM focusing degrees 4 years later?

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 6

Alan Turing played a crucial role in cracking intercepted coded messages helping win a war. Which war?

Accepted Answer

World War 2

Question 7

FINAL BONUS: What year did University of Nottingham Semenyih, Malaysia campus start delivering mathematics degrees?

Accepted Answer

2018

Question 8

Stephen Hawking’s book ‘A Brief History of Time’ appeared on the Sunday Times bestseller list for a record-breaking;

Accepted Answer

237 weeks

Question 9

Indian physicist, C. Raman, was the first Asian person to receive a Nobel Prize. What year did he win?

Accepted Answer

1930

Question 10

John Forbes Nash Jr's biography ‘A Beautiful Mind’, explored how the mathematician championed which mental illness;

Accepted Answer

Paranoid schizophrenia

Question 11

Richard Mankin, developed acoustic tools to estimate hidden insect populations. What is the study of insects known as;

Accepted Answer

Entomology

Question 12

Which world-famous 17th century mathematician and physicist is theorised to have suffered from bipolar disorder?

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 13

Timnit Gebru, a world leading researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in 2021, was controversially fired from?

Accepted Answer

Google

Question 14

George Washington Carver, an agricultural scientist encouraged farmers to improve soil quality by growing which crops?

Accepted Answer

Sweet potatoes and peanuts

Question 15

Dr Hugh Herr, is an American engineer. Herr continues to globally lead on research focused on...

Accepted Answer

Wearable robotic systems

Question 16

Dr Lynn Conway has been credited for improving the performance of which computer component?

Accepted Answer

Processors

Question 17

20th century electrical engineer, Edith Clarke, was responsible for which invention?

Accepted Answer

Clarke Calculator

Question 18

BONUS: Recently, what percentage of students studying UK courses in computer science and gaming, have been women?

Accepted Answer

13%

Question 19

BONUS: In 2017, 73% of doctors were from privileged backgrounds. What percentage were working-class?

Accepted Answer

6%

Question 20

Which research organisation and in which job role does Muslim female engineer, Tahani Amer, work?

Accepted Answer

NASA, as Program Executive

Question 21

Leonardo da Vinci made contributions to both science and the arts. Which of these famous paintings is NOT his work?

Accepted Answer

The starry night

Question 22

Brian Fox is the grandson of Dan Fox, the artist who created the famous popular culture character....

Accepted Answer

The Monopoly man

Question 23

In 1939, Frederick Jones’s revolutionary “Thermo King Model” invention, was patented as the world’s first successful;

Accepted Answer

Refrigerated transportation system

Question 24

In the last decade, what do global technology giants Microsoft, SAP, Dell and Hewlett Packard have in common?

Accepted Answer

All run “Neurodiversity Hiring Programs”

Question 25

Albert Einstein, one of the most famous scientist of our time, was known to have which neurodiversities?

Accepted Answer

Autism and Dyslexia

Question 26

What is the name of the black female researcher who calculated the flight path for the NASA’s Friendship 7 mission?

Accepted Answer

Katherine Johnson

Question 27

Gerald Lawson, an electric engineer, led the team that pioneered which one of the following inventions

Accepted Answer

First cartridge-based videogame

Question 28

BONUS: What potential contribution to GDP is lost annually through discrimination against LGBTQ+ engineers?

Accepted Answer

£11.2million

Question 29

Young black female scientist Dr Kizzmekia Corbett led her research team to which recent scientific breakthrough?

Accepted Answer

COVID-19 vaccine (Moderna) development

Question 30

Tim Cook, an industrial engineer, is more commonly known for being the CEO of which global technology company?

Accepted Answer

Apple

Question 31

What is the name of the first female Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK?

Accepted Answer

Angela Seddon

Question 32

How many times more likely is a white scientist to get research funding than their BAME colleague?

Accepted Answer

Two times more likely

Question 33

Despite suffering from juvenile arthritis, Jazmin Scarlett leads research in which interdisciplinary field?

Accepted Answer

Volcanology and Social Science

University of Nottingham #DiversityinSTEM Quiz

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