Women on the Silver Screen
Who made box office history for the biggest opening for a female director?
Greta Gerwig for Barbie ($155 Million)
This female poet had an IQ of 166.
Sylvia Plath
Who was the author of the first science fiction novel and had an impact on the Romantic movement?
Mary Shelley
Who has won the most Grammy awards of all-time?
Beyoncé
Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in what sport?
Gymnastics
Who was the first Black woman to win Best Actress? (Extra 20 points for When and What Movie)
Halle Berry in 2002 for Monster’s Ball
What poet was born with the name Marguerite Annie Johnson?
Maya Angelou
Who is credited to be the all-time best-selling fiction author with over 2 billion copies of her book being sold worldwide?
Agatha Christie
Who is named the Queen of Pop?
Madonna
Which disability and women’s rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor’s Degree?
Helen Keller
How many years did it take for a woman to win Best Director at the Oscars? (Extra 20 Points for Who and What Movie)
82 years
(Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker)
Who wrote the poem with "'Hope' is the thing with feathers'"
Emily Dickinson
Who was the first woman to complete a book in English?
Julian of Norwich with The Revelations of Divine Love
Who was the first woman to be nominated in ten categories in a single year, and the first woman to win five trophies in one night: Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Artist.
Lauryn Hill at the 1999 Grammy Awards Ceremony
The first Muslim woman to earn the Nobel Peace Prize
Shirin Ebadi
When was the first (canon) lesbian character on TV?
1988 in the show Heartbeat
It featured a lesbian nurse played by Gail Strickland who lived with her lover played by Gina Hecht.
"The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still / and his tune is heard
on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom."
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Who was the first Black woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Award?
Alice Walker
Who has become the first artist to receive seven Brit Award nominations in a single year?
Raye
Which soldier fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man?
Deborah Sampson
Who has the Guinness World Record for the longest entertainment career?
Betty White
Who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry?
Phillis Wheatley Peters
Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman?"
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who is the highest-earning female in the music industry?
Taylor Swift
Who was the mathematician known for her pivotal role in calculating flight trajectories for NASA’s space missions?
Katherine Johnson