Quiz: International Women's Day Trivia


International Women's Day TriviaOnline version Test your knowledge about International Women's Day with this quiz game! by Heidi Ramsey 1 She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer. a Marie Curie b Emmeline Pankhurst c Ada Lovelace d Rosalind Franklin 2 Refusing to give up her seat on a bus so that a white person could sit down. a Rosa Parks b Angela Burdett-Coutts c Mary Wollstonecraft d Marie Stopes 3 Britain’s first female prime minister a Eleanor of Aquitaine b Margaret Thatcher c Jane Austen d Mary Seacole 4 Brought into open discussion in Victorian Britain the double sexual standard that existed in a male-dominated society. a Josephine Butler b Florence Nightingale c Mary Shelley d Vera Atkins 5 Who is often credited with starting International Women's Day? a Marie Curie b Clara Zetkin c Amelia Earhart d Rosa Parks 6 Founded the Missionaries of Charity a Mother Teresa b Catherine the Great c Elizabeth Fry d Mary Anning 7 The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic a Amelia Earhart b Virginia Woolf c Simone de Beauvoir d Grace Hopper 8 A formidable, politically shrewd monarch, she was directly involved in the running of a kingdom that faced challenges on many fronts. a Cleopatra b Clara Barton c Anna Akhmatova d Laura Bassi 9 The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, peace and democracy. a Eleanor Rathbone b Theodora c Wangari Maathai d Nellie Bly 10 Developed COBOL, the commercial programming language that enabled a military innovation to transform the business world. a Wilma Rudolph b Grace Hopper c Sonja Henie d Ruth Handler 11 Mexican artist whose striking, distinctive works combine an exploration of gender, class and identity with symbols from the nation’s cultural history. a Frida Kahlo b Eleanor Rathbone c Lise Meitner d Isabella Bird 12 Became the first American woman to earn an international pilot's license, despite racial discrimination preventing her entry to American flying schoolslicense a Bessie Coleman b Aphra Behn c Zora Neale Hurston d Katharine Graham 13 India’s first and only female prime minister to date a Indira Gandhi b Gabriela Mistral c Sarojini Naidu d Gwen John 14 First female publisher of a major American newspaper & first female CEO a Katharine Graham b Gabriela Mistral c Clara Barton d Laura Bassi 15 Established the American Red Cross, serving as its president until 1904 a Clara Barton b Maria Merian c Joan Robinson d Andrea Dworkin 16 African-American nurse invented CCTV to protect her friends and family at home. a Marie Van Brittan Brown b Lottie Dod c Andrea Dworkin d Alice Milliat 17 President of Mattel, launched the Barbie doll a Ruth Handler b Elinor Ostrom c Clara Schumann d Beulah Louise Henry 18 Founder of a global cosmetics company a Estée Lauder b Anna Jacobson Schwartz c Susan Sontag d Sophie Blanchard 19 Her documentation of Volcanoes was instrumental in gaining the cooperation of local authorities and encouraging evacuation. a Katia Krafft b Fanny Mendelssohn c Annette Kellerman d Amrita Priam 20 Transcended gender and ethnicity norms by becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to win the coveted Fields medal, the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize a Maryam Mirzakhani b Laura Bassi c Gertrude Ederle d Rachael Heyhoe Flint

1

She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer.

a

Marie Curie

b

Emmeline Pankhurst

c

Ada Lovelace

d

Rosalind Franklin

2

Refusing to give up her seat on a bus so that a white person could sit down.

a

Rosa Parks

b

Angela Burdett-Coutts

c

Mary Wollstonecraft

d

Marie Stopes

3

Britain’s first female prime minister

a

Eleanor of Aquitaine

b

Margaret Thatcher

c

Jane Austen

d

Mary Seacole

4

Brought into open discussion in Victorian Britain the double sexual standard that existed in a male-dominated society.

a

Josephine Butler

b

Florence Nightingale

c

Mary Shelley

d

Vera Atkins

5

Who is often credited with starting International Women's Day?

a

Marie Curie

b

Clara Zetkin

c

Amelia Earhart

d

Rosa Parks

6

Founded the Missionaries of Charity

a

Mother Teresa

b

Catherine the Great

c

Elizabeth Fry

d

Mary Anning

7

The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

a

Amelia Earhart

b

Virginia Woolf

c

Simone de Beauvoir

d

Grace Hopper

8

A formidable, politically shrewd monarch, she was directly involved in the running of a kingdom that faced challenges on many fronts.

a

Cleopatra

b

Clara Barton

c

Anna Akhmatova

d

Laura Bassi

9

The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, peace and democracy.

a

Eleanor Rathbone

b

Theodora

c

Wangari Maathai

d

Nellie Bly

10

Developed COBOL, the commercial programming language that enabled a military innovation to transform the business world.

a

Wilma Rudolph

b

Grace Hopper

c

Sonja Henie

d

Ruth Handler

11

Mexican artist whose striking, distinctive works combine an exploration of gender, class and identity with symbols from the nation’s cultural history.

a

Frida Kahlo

b

Eleanor Rathbone

c

Lise Meitner

d

Isabella Bird

12

Became the first American woman to earn an international pilot's license, despite racial discrimination preventing her entry to American flying schoolslicense

a

Bessie Coleman

b

Aphra Behn

c

Zora Neale Hurston

d

Katharine Graham

13

India’s first and only female prime minister to date

a

Indira Gandhi

b

Gabriela Mistral

c

Sarojini Naidu

d

Gwen John

14

First female publisher of a major American newspaper & first female CEO

a

Katharine Graham

b

Gabriela Mistral

c

Clara Barton

d

Laura Bassi

15

Established the American Red Cross, serving as its president until 1904

a

Clara Barton

b

Maria Merian

c

Joan Robinson

d

Andrea Dworkin

16

African-American nurse invented CCTV to protect her friends and family at home.

a

Marie Van Brittan Brown

b

Lottie Dod

c

Andrea Dworkin

d

Alice Milliat

17

President of Mattel, launched the Barbie doll

a

Ruth Handler

b

Elinor Ostrom

c

Clara Schumann

d

Beulah Louise Henry

18

Founder of a global cosmetics company

a

Estée Lauder

b

Anna Jacobson Schwartz

c

Susan Sontag

d

Sophie Blanchard

19

Her documentation of Volcanoes was instrumental in gaining the cooperation of local authorities and encouraging evacuation.

a

Katia Krafft

b

Fanny Mendelssohn

c

Annette Kellerman

d

Amrita Priam

20

Transcended gender and ethnicity norms by becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to win the coveted Fields medal, the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize

a

Maryam Mirzakhani

b

Laura Bassi

c

Gertrude Ederle

d

Rachael Heyhoe Flint

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International Women's Day TriviaOnline version

by Heidi Ramsey

She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer.

Refusing to give up her seat on a bus so that a white person could sit down.

Britain’s first female prime minister

Brought into open discussion in Victorian Britain the double sexual standard that existed in a male-dominated society.

Who is often credited with starting International Women's Day?

Founded the Missionaries of Charity

The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

A formidable, politically shrewd monarch, she was directly involved in the running of a kingdom that faced challenges on many fronts.

The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, peace and democracy.

Developed COBOL, the commercial programming language that enabled a military innovation to transform the business world.

Mexican artist whose striking, distinctive works combine an exploration of gender, class and identity with symbols from the nation’s cultural history.

Became the first American woman to earn an international pilot's license, despite racial discrimination preventing her entry to American flying schoolslicense

India’s first and only female prime minister to date

First female publisher of a major American newspaper & first female CEO

Established the American Red Cross, serving as its president until 1904

African-American nurse invented CCTV to protect her friends and family at home.

President of Mattel, launched the Barbie doll

Founder of a global cosmetics company

Her documentation of Volcanoes was instrumental in gaining the cooperation of local authorities and encouraging evacuation.

Transcended gender and ethnicity norms by becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to win the coveted Fields medal, the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize