1. Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in physics and which other field? Your answer Chemistry 59% got this right In 1903, the Polish-born French scientist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work on the discovery of radioactivity. She won the Chemistry prize in 1911 for discovering the radioactive elements polonium and radium, becoming the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. 2. Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote? Your answer New Zealand 46% got this right In 1893, following some 20 years of activism by suffrage campaigners, New Zealand became the first nation in the world in which women had the right to vote—beating Canada and the US by a quarter 3.Who was the first woman in space? Your answer Valentina Tereshkova 33% got this right The Soviet cosmonaut is the first and youngest woman to have flown in space. On June 16, 1963, at age 26, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6 and orbited Earth 48 times, spending almost three days in space. She remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission. 4. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first female performer in 1987. Who was it?
Your answer Aretha Franklin 56% got this right The Queen of Soul's hits like 'Respect' and 'Natural Woman' earned her a spot in the Hall of Fame and many other honors, including No. 1 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Singers list. Respect, indeed! |
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