Inventions by Women - Statistics

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1946	Marion Donovan improved infant hygiene with these	Disposable diapers	45%
1885-86	Josephine Cochrane invented the first hand-powered version of this common household appliance	Dishwasher	36%
1877	Anna Connelly designed these life-saving urban structures after a devastating fire in NYC caused widespread destruction and loss of life	Fire escape	36%
1899	American nurse Letitia Geer invented this device commonly used in medical practices today, though sometimes feared by children	One-handed medical syringe	36%
1930s	Leila Alice Denmark co-created this vaccine, which prevented a high-contagious bacteria that often affected children	Pertussis Vaccine	36%
1868	Margaret Knight designed a machine that mass produced these, which are still used in grocery stores today	Square-bottom paper bags	36%
1944	Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers invented this somewhat pseudoscientific psychological test	MBTI	27%
1985	Carmela Vitale invented this object you might see in a Domino's or Papa Johns box	Pizza saver	27%
1919	Alice Parker invented this gas-powered system for the home	Central heating	18%
1938	Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the recipe for this popular desert	Chocolate chip cookies	18%
1885	Sarah E. Goode invented this furniture piece for working-class people in small apartments, and it was a precursor to a similar product by William Lawrence Murphy	Folding cabinet bed	18%
1965	Stephanie Kwolek created this life-saving material used to make bulletproof vests	Kevlar	18%
1956	Mary Kenner patented this invention to provide more comfortable menstruation by eliminating chaffing, but it would become obsolete in the 80s.	Sanitary belt	18%
1960s	Margaret Hamilton created this term to describe her work--work that was critical to the success of Apollo 11	Software engineering	18%
2000s	VP of Google Marian Croak advanced this technology, which led to crucial video conferencing software like FaceTime and Zoom	Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)	18%
1948	Bessie Blount Griffin, a physical therapist, invented this device to help WW2 amputees	Assistive eating device	9%
1961	Mathematician Katherine Johnson created the calculations which where crucial to the success of this spaceflight, which sent the first United States astronaut into space	Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)	9%

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