Trivia
Often considered the first science fiction novel, who wrote Frankenstien?
Who is Mary Shelley?
This was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. She ruled Egypt from 51-30 BC.
Who is Cleopatra?
This is a humanitarian and nun that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. This woman's life mission was to help the needy, the hungry, and the poor. She was best known for her work in India.
Who is Mother Teresa?
First female artist in musical history to have two opening weeks with over one million album sales for the album "Red" in 2012.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This was America's first female superstar. Hint: She was born in 1860.
Who is Annie Oakley? (B) Annie Oakley was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Who is known as the founder of "modern nursing" and helped further army medical services?
Who is Florence Nightingale?
The past female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or the Iron Lady.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This is a deaf and blind woman made famous by the story of her journey from isolation, as she learned to communicate.
Who is Helen Keller?
This female recording artist has the fourth best selling album of all time. This makes her the top selling female artist. A. Madonna B. Whitney Houston C. Celine Dion D. Mariah Carey
Who is Whitney Houston? (B) Houston was the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, with two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010.
Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court appointed by President Reagan making her its first woman justice in the year 1981?
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Madeleine Albright was the first woman to hold what high-level office in the US government?
What is Secretary of State?
This legendary heroine took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as a man
Who is Hua Mulan?
This American woman is not only known for her involvement in the civil rights movement but also because she has an award named after her. Her award recognizes outstanding African American authors and illustrators. The books are for children or young adults.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
At the first Winter Olympic games in 1924, this was the only event open to women.
What is figure skating?
This woman is the first American woman to be sent into space in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride? (B) Ride joined NASA in 1978 and at the age of 32, became the first American woman to enter into low Earth orbit in 1983. She remains the youngest American astronaut to be launched into space.
What is the name of Betty Friedan's 1963 book that is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century?
What is The Feminine Mystique?
What is the name of the Native American activist and environmentalist that ran for Vice President with Ralph Nader in 1996 and 2000?
Who is Winona LaDuke? (D) Winona LaDuke ran for Vice President under the Green Party. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.
In the year 1920, this Constitutional Amendment gave women a voice and presence in political elections.
What is the 19 Constitutional Amendment?
The Fab Five competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Which sport did they represent and win a team gold?
What is gymnastics? The Fab Five is the artistic gymnastics team that won the second ever gold medal for the United States in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The five members of the team are Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber.
The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for her novel The Age Of Innocence. this book inspired several stage and screen adaptations and can be attributed to as the model for the popular Gossip Girls series of books.
Who is Edith Wharton?
Marie Curie was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in 2 categories. Which two?
What is Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry?
Who was the first female prime minister?
Who is Sirimavo Bandaranaike from Sri Lanka?
This is the name of the first country to grant women the right to vote in the modern era. This happened in 1893. A. The United States B. Germany C. New Zealand D. Australia
What is New Zealand? (C) New Zealand women first went to the polls in the national elections of November 1893. The United States granted women the right to vote in 1920, and Great Britain guaranteed full voting rights for women in 1928.
Lizzie Magie invented this popular board game, which was first known as "the Landlords game".
What is Monopoly? On March 23, 1903, Magie applied for a patent on her board game, which was designed to demonstrate the economic ill effects of land monopolism and the use of land value tax as a remedy for them. She was granted a patent on January 5, 1904.
I am the first woman and first African American to serve as provost of Stanford University and later became Secretary of State?
Who is Condoleezza Rice?