Women in STEM Trivia

Welcome back to the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. I'm your host Brian Rollins. As we wrap up International women's month, we wanted to give a shout out to women in science, technology, engineering and Mathematics or stem for short far too often their historic contributions aren't well known and we'd like to remedy that as always, we'll give you three rounds of 10 questions, each round is harder than the last if you need rules or scoresheet visit door. Geeky nerdy.com. / rules to grab one for free and that covers the intro. Let's get to the trivia, the dorky round number one. What famous primatologist had her Love of Animals. Inspired by a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee. Jane Goodall. She still has Jubilee in her London home. Number two, who was the first American woman in space? Sally Ride. number three, the programming language Ada is named after who Augusta Ada, King, Countess of Lovelace, the first computer programmer. Number four. What woman known mostly as a movie star in the 1930s and 40s also invented a remote-controlled communication system for the US Military. Hedy Lamarr, her frequency hopping theory is critical. Today's Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Number five, who stepped in as field engineer and Technical leader of the Brooklyn Bridges construction. When her husband became paralyzed Emily Roebling. Number 6, who was the first woman US Surgeon General? Jocelyn Elders. She was also the first African-American to hold the position. Number 7, who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo, in an airplane? Amelia Earhart. Number 8, in February 2020, Christina Coke set what record? Most days in space of any woman in a single Mission. She did it on her first mission to space. Number 9, who was the NASA, human computer that recently passed away at the age of 101? Katherine Johnson. Number 10. What astronaut was the first black woman in space and had a guest appearance on Star Trek the Next Generation. Mae Jemison. The geeky round number. 1. What early mathematician astronomer and philosopher was killed in. 415 Cee. Hypatia. Number two, who is the only woman in history to win two Nobel prizes? Marie Curie. She's also the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Number three, what computer scientist has both a cray computer and a guided missile destroyer named after her? Admiral Grace Hopper. Number four, who was the first woman in space? Valentina. Tereshkova. She was a Soviet Cosmonaut that went into space in 1963. She is also the only woman to fly solo in space. Number 5, Rosalind Franklin's worked led to the discovery of the molecular structure of what. DNA. Number six, although ignored by the Nobel Prize committee. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is credited with first observing what astronomical phenomenon Pulsars. Number 7, who is credited with creating the term software engineering, while developing the software for the onboard systems of the Apollo spacecraft? Margaret Hamilton. Number 8, Albert Einstein's. First wife was a physicist and mathematician. What was her name? Mileva Maric. Number nine. What astronaut has logged the most days in space for any American? Peggy Whitson, she accrued 665 days in Space, the most for any American and the most, for any woman ever for context. Six hundred sixty five days is roughly the equivalent of a round trip to Mars. Number 10, what primatologist was played by Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist. Dian Fossey. The nerdy round number one, who wrote the book, Silent Spring, which led to the Banning of DDT. Marine biologist Rachel Carson. Number two, who was the first woman space shuttle Commander? Eileen Collins, she commanded the Columbia in July 1999. Number three, what, austrian-born physicist fled the Nazis to Sweden and has element 109 named after her. Lise meitner? She and her team discovered nuclear fission. Number four. What woman won a Nobel Prize for medicine for the discovery of genetic transposition. Barbara McClintock. She's the only woman to win the prize unshared, in that category. Number five. What daughter of a Nobel Prize. Winner helped. Create France's first, nuclear reactor Irene joliot-curie Marie curie's daughter. Number 61 inventor was known as the lady Eddison during the 1920s and 30s. Beulah Henry. She invented a doll with movable arms of vacuum ice cream freezer and a typewriter that made copies without carbon paper. Number seven. What German mathematician wrote the paper theory of ideals in-ring. Domains Emmy noether. Number 8, the French Academy of Sciences has an award for mathematics named after whom. Sophie Germain. Number 9. What animal scientist wrote about her own experiences with autism? In emergence, labeled autistic? Temple Grandin. Number 10 before becoming prime minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher studied, what science? Chemistry. Pencils down. How did you do if you didn't do? Well, we put up links to resources about women in stem. These are fascinating histories that are well worth exploring. We'll be back next Wednesday with more trivia. Here's your clue in what decade did Frankenstein conquer the world and the planet went to the Apes. You can follow the show on Facebook and Twitter for more trivia fun and say hi. But from six feet away, please, this has been the door. Key key key eroding, trivia podcast. I'm your host Brian Rollins. Thanks for listening.