Galentine's Gals
Firsts in Her-story
Funny Girl
Women at the Olympics
Mamaaaaaaa, ooooOOOooOOOOO
Steel Magnolias Quotes
Final Jeopardy!
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This character started the first Galentines' Day celebration on a 2010 episode of Parks & Rec, and can be credited with the fact that we celebrate female friendships every February 13
Who is Leslie Knope?
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Amelia Earhart became famous for crossing the Atlantic this way, but Blanche Scott was the first woman to ever do this
What is fly a plane?
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Her real first name is Elizabeth, reflected in her most famous role as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Who is Tina Fey?
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This tennis player might not be as successful as her younger sister in most regards, but she does have more Olympic medals, by a count of 5-4
Who is Venus Williams?
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In 1967, she demanded some R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Who is Aretha Franklin?
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This characters' wedding colors are blush and bashful: "I have chosen to shades of pink; one is much deeper than the other""
Who is Shelby?
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Category: Galentine's Day
Make your wagers!
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"Is this gonna be one of those cool bachelorette parties where things get out of control and we murder someone, and then we all have to take a blood oath to never reveal our secret?"
Who is April?
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Mary Kies was the first woman to receive one of these, for inventing a method of weaving straw and silk together to make hats in 1809
What is a U.S. patent?
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In 2011, she was nominated for an Emmy for Mike & Molly and an Oscar for Bridesmaids
Who is Melissa McCarthy?
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The American team for this sport has won gold every year since 1996, with legends like Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, and Sue Bird
What is basketball?
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This Australian is best known for singing "Chandelier," but she has also written hits for Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, and Beyoncé
Who is Sia?
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This character claims: "In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight "
Who is Truvy?
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"Treat yo self"
Who is Donna?
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This Equality State (or Cowboy State) gave women the right to vote in 1869, 50 years before the rest of the country caught up thanks to the 19th amendement
What is Wyoming?
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Nancy Cartwright's 2000 autobiography is titled "My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy," as she has been voicing this television character for over 35 years
Who is Bart Simpson?
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This nation has won eleven of the eighteen gold medals in Olympic freestyle wrestling, led by Kaori Icho's four
What is Japan?
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Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" is better-known now, but it was originally written by this philanthropic country music icon
Who is Dolly Parton?
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This character exclaims "Here, hit Ouiser!" in an attempt to bring a grieving character comfort
Who is Clairee?
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"I ate a brownie once at a party in college. It was intense. It was kind of indescribable, actually. I felt like I was floating. Turns out there wasn't any pot in the brownie, it was just an insanely good brownie."
Who is Leslie?
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At age 20, Gertrude Ederle swam across this body of water (two years prior, she had won medals at the Paris Olympics, about 500 miles away)
What is the English Channel?
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She bought out Desi Arnaz's shares of Desilu Productions after their divorce, leaving her the first woman to head a major Hollywood studio
Who is Lucille Ball?
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This sprinter, nicknamed Flo-Jo, ran the 100 m in 10.49 seconds during qualifying, but took 10.54 to win gold in 1988 (incredibly, the fastest time ever run by anyone else was 10.64)
Who is Florence Griffith-Joyner?
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Born Alecia Moore, this colorfully named singer "Got the Party Started" in 2001, and she's been cranking out hits since
Who is Pink?
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This character says "He's a real gentleman, I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he pees in it"
Who is Ouiser?
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"Hey April, Matlock called, he wants his cardigan back"
Who is Anne?
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Before she became the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, she received four marriage proposals while studying at Stanford, including one from future Supreme Court colleague William Rehnquist
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
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One of the original 1975 cast members of Saturday Night Live, she was married to Gene Wilder until her death by ovarian cancer in 1989
Who is Gilda Radner?
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In 1976, Nadia Comăneci made Olympic history by scoring the first perfect 10, in the event shown here
What are the uneven bars?
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This bluesy, psychedlic rocker died only 16 days after Jimi Hendrix, another 27-year-old who famously performed at Woodstock
Who is Janis Joplin?
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This character vows "My personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair"
Who is Anelle?
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Fill in any of the three blanks from this quote of Leslie explaining the nature of Galentine's Day: "Oh, it’s only the best day of the year. Every February 13th, Leslie Knope and her lady friends leave their husbands and their boyfriends at home and just kick it _________ style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It’s like _____ ____, minus the angst. Plus, _________!
What are "breakfast," "Lilith Fair," and "fritattas"?