Famous Scientists and Pioneers Quiz

First woman and first civilian in space, Soviet cosmonaut and engineer.

Year Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, in the Vostok 6 mission.

Competition between the Soviet Union and the US to be the first in space.

Assisted Valentina Tereshkova in returning safely to Earth from space.

The spacecraft Valentina Tereshkova flew.

Soviet Union's highest state honour for Tereshkova recognition.

Valentina Tereshkova's roles as director of Soviet Women's Committee and member of Supreme Soviet Presidium.

Competition between the US and the USSR to achieve advancements in space.

A person trained and tasked to fly in space.

Ophthalmology, specifically laser science & invention for preventing blindness.

Patricia Bath was the first woman to hold a leading ophthalmology position at UCLA's eye institute in 1975.

Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe in 1986, a laser for cataract surgery.

In 1983, Patricia Bath became the first US woman to lead an ophthalmology training program.

A method to provide primary eye care in underprivileged communities.

She graduated from Howard University with a medical degree, followed by residency training in ophthalmology at various institutions.

A career marked by pioneering work in medical science, especially in ophthalmology.

Specialized eye procedures using artificial corneas to treat specific eye conditions.

Research and advocacy organization co-founded by Patricia Bath to prevent and reduce blindness.

Theoretical physics, particularly the study of black holes and the origin of the universe.

An incurable motor neurone disease that affects movement.

A region of spacetime with such strong gravity that nothing, not even light, can escape.

A point in spacetime where the laws of gravity or physics break down, characterized by infinite density.

A study that theorizes the universe began from a singularity in 1964, titled "Properties of Expanding Universes."

Prediction that black holes emit radiation (heat) and eventually evaporate. It relied on quantum theory.

A prestigious chair at Cambridge University in mathematics, once held by Isaac Newton.

Hawking's popular science book explaining the universe in accessible language.

Amazingly complex objects in space, described by Hawking.

Famous physicist who studied black holes and the universe's origins.

Hawking's prestigious Cambridge University position.

Dense points where time, space, energy & matter originated.

Study of the infinitely small.

A single theory explaining everything in the universe.

Hawking's famous book about the universe.

Award for Hawking's fundamental physics discoveries.

Radiation emitted by black holes due to quantum effects, causing them to lose energy and mass over time.

The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape.

The process by which black holes lose mass and energy through Hawking radiation, ultimately disappearing.

The branch of physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic levels.

A point of infinite density and curvature in space-time, often associated with the beginning of the universe or the center of a black hole.

British physicist known for his work on black holes, singularities, and the Big Bang theory, which he collaborated on with Stephen Hawking.

Visualizations of space-time around black holes, showing how gravity affects objects approaching them.

The prevailing cosmological model for the universe's origin and evolution.