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Female Inventors

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bette Nesbit Graham invented:

a)

graham crackers

b)

liquid paper

c)

the fire escape

d)

the nickel hydrogen battery

2.

Anna Connelly invented

a)

the fire escape

b)

scotch guard

c)

gas mask

d)

fire extinguisher

3.

Dr. Shirley Jackson did NOT contribute to which one of these items:

a)

caller ID

b)

fiber optic cables

c)

solar cells

d)

portal fax machine

e)

wi-fi

4.

Patsy Sherman invented

a)

scotch guard

b)

invisible glass

c)

wireless technology

d)

submarine telescope

5.

Which game was inventor by Elizabeth Magie

a)

The Game of Life

b)

Monopoly

c)

Candy Land

d)

Connect

6.

__________ invented the programming language COBOL.

a)

Sarah Matters

b)

Grace Hopper

c)

Margaret Knight

d)

Katherine Blodgett

7.

First used the words "bug" and "debugging" in reference to solving or fixing computer and coding problems/issues.

a)

Maria Beasley

b)

Gertrude Anthers

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

Yvonne Cicada

8.

Tabitha Babbitt invented the

a)

signal flares

b)

circular saw

c)

windshield wipers

d)

life raft

9.

Inventor of the body of knowledge that led to touch tone telephones, fiber optics, and portable fax machine.

a)

Patricia Bath

b)

Shirley Jackson

c)

Sarah Mathers

d)

Stephanie Kwolek

10.

The inventor of frequency hopping which is called spread spectrum which is the basis for Bluetooth, Wi-fi and many other technologies that we use today.

a)

Dr. Shirley Jackson

b)

Dr. Patricia Bath

c)

Hedy Lamarr

d)

Ada Lovelace

11.

Which invention is NOT Hedy Lamarr's?

a)

Recommended to Howard Hughes that the shape of airplane wings should not be square and provide sketches of what airplane wings should look like.

b)

Made a flavored tablet that would fizz when put in water as a substitute for not having Coca Cola during WWII.

c)

Devised a way for ships to communicate with torpedoes without being hacked by the Germans during WWII.

d)

Wrote the first computer algorithm for an early computing machine and work with Charles Babbage.

12.

Martha Coston invented

a)

signal flares

b)

signal lights

c)

solar flares

d)

solar cells

13.

Which photo is a picture of Dr. Patricia Bath inventor of laser cataract surgery; the Laserphaco Probe.

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Mary Anderson invented

a)

windshield wipers

b)

brake pads

c)

life raft

d)

heart surgery adhesive

15.

Invented medicines for leukemia, HIV and malaria

a)

Dr. Patricia Bath

b)

Dr. Shirley Jackson

c)

Dr. Mae Jemison

d)

Gertrude Bell Elion

16.

Invented the world's first brake pads the Motorwagen.

a)

Bertha Benz

b)

Alexis Ford

c)

Mrs. Rudolph Diesel

d)

Mercedes Jellinek

17.

Inventor of the fireproof and indestructible plaster called geobond used in construction.

a)

Patricia Billings

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Yvonne Brill

d)

Tabitha Babbit

18.

Her satellite propulsion system is the industry standard for communication satellites; she also contributed to weather satellites.

a)

Yvonne Brill

b)

Stephanie Kwolek

c)

Gertrude Elion

d)

Gertrude Bell

19.

Invented a heart surgery adhesive

a)

Maria Pereira

b)

Dr. Quinn

c)

Dr. Lisa Masterson

d)

Olga D. Gonzalez

20.

Invented the nickel hydrogen battery

a)

Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria

b)

Patsy Sherman Connelly

c)

Lizzie Magie

d)

Stephanie Kwolek

21.

Yvonne Brill invented

a)

satellite propulsion

b)

brillo pads

c)

brake pads

d)

shoulder pads

22.

Katherine Blodgett invented

a)

invisible glass

b)

windshield wipers

c)

plexiglass

d)

tempered glass

23.

Invented the submarine telescope; received a patent for it on 7/5/1864.

a)

Sarah P. Mather

b)

Stephanie Kwolek

c)

Margaret Knight

d)

Bette Nesbit

24.

Maria Beasley invented the

a)

life raft

b)

board game--Landlord

c)

circular saw

d)

fire escape

25.

Kevlar is an immensely strong plastic, first used as a replacement for steel reinforcing strips in racing car tires, and now used in a large number of applications where high strength is required without high weight. Kevlar's inventor is

a)

Stephanie Kwolek

b)

Tabitha Babbitt

c)

Patricia Billings

d)

Yvonne Brill

26.

Known as the "Women Edison" this inventor received more 20 patents including the patent for a machines the makes square-bottom paper bags.

a)

Margaret Knight

b)

Sheila Sacks

c)

Sarah Mather

d)

Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria