AUWS Outreach

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

• Barbara McClintock

• Marie Curie

• Emmy Noether

• Irène Joliot-Curie

How many women have been awarded a Nobel Prize in Science?

• 23

• 61

• 14

• 48

Which of these women is Hedy Lamar, who invented frequency-hopping spread spectrum which is a key component of technology used in wifi, and who was also an actress in the golden age of hollywood?

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Who was the worlds first computer programmer?

• Grace Hopper

• Ada Lovelace

• Betty Jennings

• Alan Turing

What science major would you like to learn more about?

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What is Jane Goodall most famous for?

• Warning people of the dangers of pesticides and chemicals to humans, plants, and animals

• Genetically mapping corn, and discovering genes can be mobile

• Observing chimpanzees making and using tools

• Discovering the double helix shape of DNA

Which of the 'Human Computers' who worked at NASA and was made famous through the film Hidden Figures is this?

• Katherine Johnson

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

In what year was Maryam Mirzakhani the first women the be awarded the Fields Medal (maths equivalent of the Nobel Prize)?

• 1994

• 2002

• 2014

• 2022

Which of the following female NZ scientists was the first woman to undertake her own research programme in Antarctica?

• Beatrice Hill Tinsley

• Rosemary Askin

• Joan Wiffen

• Mākereti Papakura