Valentina Tereshkova and Patricia Bath Quiz

First woman to fly in space and first civilian cosmonaut in 1963 aboard Vostok 6.

The Soviet spacecraft that carried Valentina Tereshkova into space in 1963.

Competition between the US and the USSR for dominance in early space exploration and technology.

Valentina Tereshkova's accomplishment in 1963, marking a significant milestone in space exploration.

Essential for Valentina Tereshkova's safe return to Earth after her spaceflight.

A prestigious award given in 1966 to recognize exceptional service to the Soviet Union in space exploration.

The former Russian program for space exploration and advancement of space technology.

Ophthalmology, a branch of medicine focusing on the eye and its related conditions.

Patricia Bath was the first woman to hold this position at the Jules Stein Eye Institute in 1975.

An invention by Patricia Bath (and patented in 1988) that uses a laser for more precise cataract removal.

In 1983 Dr Bath led the first ophthalmology residency training program in the United States.

An organization co-founded by Dr. Bath dedicated to preventing blindness.

An outreach program that provided primary eye care to impoverished areas, started by Dr. Bath.

A medical procedure where a cornea is replaced by an artificial one.

She graduated from Howard University in 1968; completed a residency at NYU and further specialized in corneal transplantation and keratoprosthesis at Columbia.

"To restore sight is the ultimate reward."

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

A region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.

A form of incurable motor neurone disease, affecting movement and speech.

A point in spacetime with infinite density and small size.

Einstein's theory describing gravity as the curvature of spacetime due to mass and energy.

Regions in the Milky Way close to star-forming regions that might contain black holes.

Hawking's thesis on expanding universes, suggesting a singular origin.

Hawking predicted black holes emit heat and eventually evaporate by combining quantum theory.

A prestigious mathematics position at Cambridge University, held by Isaac Newton.

Hawking's popular science book that explained the universe to a broad audience.

Hawking's work explored and advanced the understanding of black holes, a significant concept in astrophysics.

Hawking investigated quantum mechanical principles to try to unify all the forces of the universe.

Hawking's popular science book about the universe, which was extremely successful.

Hawking held the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of mathematics at Cambridge University.

Hawking received the Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize worth $3 million.

Hawking identified how time, space, matter, and energy arose from a very dense point of energy called a singularity.

Radiation emitted by black holes due to quantum effects at the event horizon.

Gradual loss of mass and energy from a black hole due to Hawking Radiation.

Boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing escapes, not even light.

Pairs of particles with opposite charges and energies, constantly appearing and disappearing.

Mathematician and physicist, contributed significantly to black hole theory and big bang.

Points of infinite density and gravity at the center of black holes.

Physical theory explaining matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic level.

Visualizations of spacetime regions around black holes,showing gravity's effects.