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Famous Female Scientists - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 60 times
51 since last reset
- The average score is 6 of 16
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Discovered chemical elements such as polonium | Marie Curie | 93%
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| Studied and cared for chimpanzees in Tanzania | Jane Goodall | 79%
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| Developed what is often considered the first computer program | Ada Lovelace | 69%
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| Helped to discover the structure of DNA | Rosalind Franklin | 57%
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| Became the first American woman to fly in space | Sally Ride | 48%
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| Exposed the harmful effects of pesticides like DDT | Rachel Carson | 43%
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| Became the first woman to fly in space; from the Soviet Union | Valentina Tereshkova | 38%
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| Developed radio guidance system during WW2; she was also an actress | Hedy Lamarr | 31%
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| Calculated orbits for space flights at NASA | Katherine Johnson | 31%
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| Helped to discover nuclear fission and the element protactinium | Lise Meitner | 31%
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| Discovered fossils in England, contributing to paleontology | Mary Anning | 19%
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| Became the first female doctor in the US | Elizabeth Blackwell | 14%
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| Studied meiosis and gene transposition in maize plants | Barbara McClintock | 10%
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| Co-discovered the role of CRISPR Cas9 in gene editing | Jennifer Doudna | 10%
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| Worked as experimental physicist and contributed to Manhattan Project | Chien-Shiung Wu | 7%
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| Co-discovered the role of CRISPR Cas9 in gene editing | Emmanuelle Charpentier | 5%
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