Famous Women
Legendary Quotes
Women in TV
Sport Impact
Hodge Podge
100
What incredibly brave thing did activist Rosa Parks do in 1955 to spark the civil rights movement?
Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
100
“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
Coco Chanel
100
She had her own zany CBS variety show after being a regular player on "The Garry Moore Show".
Carol Burnett
Beginning in 1967, "The Carol Burnett Show" ran for eleven seasons on CBS. Lyle Waggoner, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Harvey Korman were the featured cast on the weekly show.
100
The Philadelphia Freedom were a charter tennis team featuring the legendary Billie Jean King. The team and King herself inspired the song “Philadelphia Freedom,” which was a hit single in 1975 for what British singer?
Elton John
100
Who was the first fictional character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Mickey Mouse
200
Who wrote the famous book 'Frankenstein'?
Mary Shelley
200
“Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.”
Marilyn Monroe
200
She played Nyota Uhura on "Star Trek: The Original Series".
Nichelle Nichols
Ms. Nichols portrayed the Lieutenant Commander from 1966 to 1969. Whoopi Goldberg is often cited as saying that Nichelle Nichols was her first inspiration for entering show business.
200
Edith Cummings was both the first female athlete and the first golfer to appear on the cover of what magazine in 1924?
Time
200
What 1983 song by The Police is also known as "the stalker's anthem"?
Every Breath You Take
300
Amelia Earhart - the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean - disappeared while flying around the world in what year?
1937
300
"Only do what your heart tell you".
Princess Diana
300
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" enjoyed seven years of success on CBS television. Ms. Moore played this feisty young news producer.
Mary Richards
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mary Richards was a producer for the news at fictional WJM TV.
300
. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to complete what famous U.S. distance race, despite women not being eligible to enter at that time and after receiving physical harassment from officials during the race?
The Boston Marathon
300
Which female tv/movie duo drove into the Grand Canyon rather than be captured by police?
Thelma and Louise
400
Who was the final ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty, famed for her beauty and shrewd politics?
Cleopatra
400
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm Possible'!
Audrey Hepburn
400
Diahann Carroll was the first African American actress to star in her own situation comedy. What was the name of the series?
Julia
"Julia" ran for three seasons on NBC beginning in 1968. Ms. Carroll played single mother Julia Baker, a nurse. Marc Copage portrayed her lovable son, Corey.
400
Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and Madonna starred in what 1992 film about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League? In the movie, Hanks says the now-famous line “There’s no crying in baseball.”
A League of Their Own
400
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was first performed by what group?
Queen
500
Who is this - Mexico's most famous artist?
Frida Kahlo
500
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank
500
Angela Lansbury gave us a TV sleuth with gumption for twelve seasons on CBS. Which character did she play on "Murder, She Wrote"?
Jessica Fletcher
Angela Lansbury has been popular in films and theatre, in addition to television, for over 60 years. She originated the title role of "Mame" on Broadway in 1966. Ms. Lansbury is also memorable for her role as the diabolical mother in John Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate".
500
It was not until 2007 that the women’s champion at Wimbledon received the same amount of payment as the men’s champion. What female tennis player was a serious advocate for equal pay at Wimbledon, and successfully went on to become the first women’s champion to get equal prize money?
Venus Williams
500
How many men's names are in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
5
The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization. A word was assigned for each of the twenty-six letters in the alphabet. There are five men's names in the phonetic alphabet: (C)harlie, (M)ike, (O)scar, (R)omeo, (V)ictor.