Science Bowl

GENERAL SCIENCE

General Science - 22

GENR-92; Short Answer:  This woman scientist was the oldest daughter of another very
well-known woman scientist.  She was the second woman in history to win a Nobel Prize in
science, receiving the prize in 1935 for her work in synthesizing new radioactive elements.  Who
is this famous woman scientist?

ANSWER:   IRENE JOLIET-CURIE

GENR-92; Short ANSWER:  Xorn in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1896, this woman scientist
received her MD from the German University in Prague.  After moving to Washington University
in the United States, she and her husband conducted pioneering work in carbohydrate metabolism. 
In 1947, this husband-wife team, along with Bernardo Houssay, was awarded the Nobel Prize in
medicine, their citation reading "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion." 
Name this esteemed woman scientist. 

ANSWER:   (GERTY) RADNITZ CORI

GENR-92; Short Answer:  Using X-ray crystallography, this woman scientist determined the
structures of large biochemical molecules, including penicillin in 1949 and vitamin B12 in 1956. 
In 1969 she determined the three dimensional structure of insulin.  In 1964 she was awarded the
Nobel Prize in chemistry "for her determination by X-ray techniques of the structures of important
biochemical substances."  Name this woman scientist.

ANSWER:   (DOROTHY) CROWFOOT HODGKIN

GENR-92; Short Answer:  In 1977, this American female scientist shared the Nobel Prize in
medicine for her work in the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.  In
awarding the prize, the Nobel Committee described her technique as having "brought about a
revolution in biolocial and medical research".  Who is this eminent woman scientist? 

ANSWER:   (ROSALYN) YALOW

GENR-92; Short Answer:  This female American geneticist achieved recognition as one of the
world's foremost investigators in cytogenetics, the study of heredity by cellular and genetic
methods.  In 1951 she discovered that gene fragments in corn could move from chromosome to
chromosome, and even from cell to cell.  Thirty-two years after this extraordinary work, she was
awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1983.  Who is this notable woman scientist?

ANSWER:   (BARBARW) McCLINTOCK