I've always felt that I can't name enough famous women, so I researched them and here they are in the form of a "WISE" trivia game I made for
EngFrosh:
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Who was the first woman ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize only 2 years after it was founded and 5 years later won another Nobel Prize? Clue: She discovered the elements Radium and Polonium. She was also the first woman to receive a doctorate in Europe. Answer: Marie Curie
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Who was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. Clue: It was during Bill Clinton’s presidency. Answer: Madeleine Albright.
Was the first programmer recorded in history a man or a woman? Clue:
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Babbage was mentoring this person. Answer: It was a woman, Ada Lovelace
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What American biologist was awarded Nobel Prize in 2004 for her work on the genetics of smell, proving that each cell in our nose can only smell one scent? Answer: Linda Buck from USA
Who
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was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. Clue: A conference, celebrating women in computing, is named after her. WISE executives are attending it for the second time this year. Answer: Grace Hopper
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Who is an Academy Award–nominated actress, television producer, literary critic and magazine publisher who is best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show? Clue: Her talk show has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history. Answer: Oprah Winfrey
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ho was the world's first female aircraft designer and first woman to graduate from electrical engineering at U of T? Clue: She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War and did much to make Canada a powerhouse of airplane construction. Answer: Elsie MacGill
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t woman won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus? Clue: She is a French virologist. Answer: Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
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man won the Nobel Prize in 2007 in literature. Clue: She grew up in Africa but was prohibited to enter the country because of her views on the equality of races. Answer: Doris Lessing
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Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour for her humanitarian work. Clue: Her Missionaries of Charity continued to expand and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries. Answer: Mother Teresa
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Who is known as the mother of the atomic bomb by discovering nuclear fission? Clue: German version of Marie Curie. Answer: Lise Meitner
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Who was the first female senator to represent the US state and the first American First Lady to run for public office? Answer: Hillary Clinton
Wh
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o was the first African woman to get a Nobel Prize, which was in 2004? Clue: She founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. Answer: Wangari Maathai
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h woman is best known for her contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA? Clue: She was an English biophysicist, physicist, chemist, biologist. Answer: Rosalind Franklin
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Q: Which famous actress invented spread spectrum communications in the hopes of creating a secret, un-interceptable radio control system for missiles in World War II to defeat Hitler?
A: Hedy Lamarr
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