Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
AnswerMarie Curie
Marie Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel.
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The basics
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1932?
AnswerAmelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland in May 1932.
Going deeper
Ada Lovelace wrote notes considered an early computer program for whose Analytical Engine?
AnswerCharles Babbage
Lovelace's 1843 notes described an algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine.
Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in which two sciences?
AnswerPhysics and Chemistry
She won Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911, the only person honored in two sciences.
Rosalind Franklin's X-ray image 'Photo 51' helped reveal the structure of what?
AnswerDNA
Photo 51 showed the X-shaped pattern that pointed to DNA's double helix.
Expert level
Who became the first American woman in space, in 1983?
AnswerSally Ride
Sally Ride flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in June 1983.
Which Egyptian queen ruled as pharaoh and built a famous temple at Deir el-Bahari?
AnswerHatshepsut
Hatshepsut reigned in the 15th century BC and built her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari.
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