2201General KnowledgeMedium
The first black African woman to receive a Nobel Prize in 2004 is_________?
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B. Wangari Maathai
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Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya.
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B. Ellen Johnson
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa
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D. Kathryn Bigelow
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Kathryn Bigelow today became the first woman in history to win the best director award at the Oscars. Her low-budget Iraq war film, The Hurt Locker, about a bomb disposal team, was the big winner at the ceremony. It took six academy awards, including those for best picture and best original screenplay
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A. 2007
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2007 is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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D. Jumko Tabei
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Jumko Tabei is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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D. Jerrie Mock
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Jerrie Mock is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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C. China
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China is the largest textile producing and exporting country in the world. With its rapid growth over the last two decades, the Chinese textile industry has become one of the main pillars of the country’s economy.
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C. April 7th 1948
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group.
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D. April 17th
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April 17th is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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B. 111 Feet
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Blue whales are the largest animal ever known to have lived, even larger than the dinosaurs who once roamed the Earth. In fact, the longest blue whale ever measured was 111 feet long — approximately the length of three school buses parked end to end.