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Quiz 13
Quiz 13
141. **Who was the first woman to be elected as the President of Ireland?**
- A) Mary Robinson
- B) Margaret Thatcher
- C) Mary McAleese
- D) Angela Merkel
- A) Ancient Greece
- B) Ancient Rome
- C) Ancient China
- D) Ancient Egypt
143. **Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded in 1911 for her work on
radioactivity?**
- A) Rosalind Franklin
- B) Marie Curie
- D) Irène Joliot-Curie
144. **Which ancient civilization is known for its creation of the first known alphabet, which later
influenced the development of Greek and Latin scripts?**
- A) Mesopotamians
- B) Egyptians
- C) Phoenicians
- D) Persians
- **Answer: C) Phoenicians**
145. **Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded in 1983
for her discovery of nerve growth factor?**
- A) Rita Levi-Montalcini
- B) Barbara McClintock
- C) Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
- D) Tu Youyou
146. **Which ancient civilization is known for its construction of the Terracotta Army, discovered in
the mausoleum of the first Emperor of China?**
- A) Ancient Greece
- B) Ancient Rome
- C) Ancient Egypt
- D) Ancient China
147. **Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1991 for her novels
exploring the experiences of African Americans?**
- A) Nadine Gordimer
- B) Doris Lessing
- C) Toni Morrison
- D) Alice Munro
148. **Which treaty, signed in 1957, established the European Economic Community (EEC), the
precursor to the European Union?**
- A) Treaty of Rome
- B) Treaty of Lisbon
- C) Treaty of Maastricht
- D) Treaty of Paris
- C) Jane Addams
- D) Mairead Corrigan
150. **Which ancient wonder of the world was located in Greece and was a massive statue of the
god Helios, constructed to celebrate a military victory?**
- C) Colossus of Rhodes