Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu conducted the experiment that disproved the law of conservation of parity. In which university's labs was this work performed?

California Institute of Technology

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was an active member of which political party for much of her life?

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Baret Peninsula on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea is named for Jeanne Baret. What was her historic "first" as an explorer?

First woman to circumnavigate the globe

First woman to cross the Antarctic Circle

First woman to chart the Amazon River

First woman to summit a peak in the Andes

In 1972, what event did organizers of the Boston Marathon officially open to female competitors for the first time?

A separate "women's start" time

Search or jump to…⌘ K New

Trivia · Knowledge

Trailblazers and Pioneers

Expert General Knowledge — 20 questions.0 takes

Updated 3d ago

Preview · 20 questions

01Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu conducted the experiment that disproved the law of conservation of parity. In which university's labs was this work performed?
02The first known letters written in Latin by a woman were found at Vindolanda fort in Britain. Who was the author?
03The pioneering video artist and cellist Charlotte Moorman was famously arrested for indecent exposure during a 1967 performance of which composer's "Opera Sextronique"?
04Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei was the first woman to summit Mount Everest. What was the second 8,000-meter peak she scaled?
05What was the primary profession of Annabella Milbanke, the mother of computer science visionary Ada Lovelace?
06Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the world's first female prime minister in 1960. What political office did her husband hold before his assassination?
07For her discovery of Artemisinin, a critical anti-malarial drug, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine. From what source did she originally extract the compound?
08The highest peak in the Ruwenzori Mountains, on the border of Uganda and the DRC, is named for what 19th-century female Italian explorer and aristocrat?
09What was the title of the 1929 essay by Virginia Woolf that famously argues a woman must have money and a room of her own to write fiction?
10American linguist and computer scientist Karen Spärck Jones is credited with introducing the concept of Inverse Document Frequency (IDF). What common application is this concept fundamental to?
11Eugénie Brazier, known as "La Mère Brazier," was the first person to be awarded six Michelin stars. Her two famed restaurants were located in and near what French city?
12In 1916, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She was a representative from which state?
13Rosalind Franklin's "Photo 51" was a critical piece of evidence for the structure of DNA. What specific technique did she use to create it?
14Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was an active member of which political party for much of her life?
15The Baret Peninsula on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea is named for Jeanne Baret. What was her historic "first" as an explorer?
16In 1972, what event did organizers of the Boston Marathon officially open to female competitors for the first time?
17Before becoming a celebrated chef and author, Julia Child worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to the CIA. What was her role there?
18Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi is known for her dramatic and violent scenes. Who was her primary teacher and father, also a renowned painter?
19Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. In which country was she born?
20Lise Meitner was part of the team that discovered the element protactinium. What specific physical process did she and Otto Frisch later name, providing the theoretical explanation for Otto Hahn's experimental results?