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Who holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals in a single event?
Michael Phelps
Larisa Latynina
Carl Lewis
Simone Biles
Kristin Armstrong
Correct answer is A
Michael Phelps holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals in a single event, winning 8 golds in Beijing 2008.
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
Amartya Sen
Elinor Ostrom
Milton Friedman
Vera C. Rubin
Janet Yellen
Correct answer is B
Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 for her work in economic governance and resource management.
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Bertha Felicie
Marie Curie
Mother Teresa
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Aung San Suu Kyi
Correct answer is C
Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work with the poor and sick in India.
Who holds the record for the fastest 100m sprint for a woman?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Marion Jones
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Correct answer is A
Florence Griffith-Joyner set the world record for the fastest 100-meter sprint by a woman with a time of 10.49 seconds in 1988.
Who is the first person to receive the Fields Medal in Mathematics?
Sophie Germain
John von Neumann
Emmy Noether
Maryam Mirzakhani
Jean-Pierre Serre
Correct answer is D
Jean-Pierre Serre was the first person to receive the Fields Medal, awarded in 1954 for his work in algebraic topology and geometry.