Basic Information
Member of Nellie Bly's family who died when she was a child
Who is her father?
Reason Nellie Bly started journalism
What is reading a misogynistic article?
Method Nellie Bly used to enter asylum
What is faking insanity?
Inspiration for Nellie Bly's trip around the world
What is the book Around the World in Eighty Days?
Cause of Nellie Bly's death
What is pneumonia?
Nellie Bly's birth state
What is Pennsylvania?
How Nellie Bly was discriminated against in the journalism industry
What are:
- not hired because of gender
- only allowed to write about topics such as fashion and childcare
3 unfair reasons that some of the patients were committed
- caught husband having affair
- being poor
- not speaking English well-enough
- grieving after death of child
Type of journalism Nellie Bly's journey pioneered
What is yellow journalism?
Name of monument honoring Nellie Bly
What is The Girl Puzzle?
Nellie Bly's birth name
What is Elizabeth Jane Cochran?
Name of misogynistic article Nellie Bly read
What is What Girls Are Good For?
Reason Nellie Bly investigated asylum
What is the editor daring her?
Days it took for Nellie Bly to travel around the world
What is 72 days?
Location of monument honoring Nellie Bly
What is Roosevelt Island?
Name of asylum
What is Blackwell Island's Lunatic/Mental Asylum?
Title of first article Nellie Bly wrote
What is The Girl Puzzle?
List at least 5 ways patients were mistreated
- beatings
- forced to take freezing baths (some patients were blue from cold)
- horrible living conditions (stale food, threadbare and sullied gowns - rat poison was mistake for pudding)
- murder
- sexual assault
- treated as guinea pigs for "scientific work"
Number of days Nellie Bly set as goal to travel around the world
What is 75 days?
Name of movie and book (same name) honoring Nellie Bly's story
What is 10 Days in a Mad-House?
Age of Nellie Bly when investigating asylum
What is 23 years old?
First journalism company Nellie Bly worked for
What is The Pittsburgh Dispatch?
Duration of Nellie Bly's stay in asylum
What is 10 days?
Exactly how long (to the minute) it took Nellie Bly to complete her journey.
What is 72 days, 6 hours, and 11 minutes?
Name of board game created honoring Nellie Bly's trip around the world
What is Round the World?