Women's History Jeopardy

American History

100

Her real name is Elizabeth Griscom, and she is credited for being the FIRST maker of the American Flag.

A: Betsy Ross

B: Mary Pickersgill

C: Grace Wisher

A: Betsy Ross

200

In this year Congress declared March as National Women's History Month.

A: 1980

B: 1987

C: 1994

B: 1987

300

In the year 1920, this Constitutional Amendment gave women a voice and voting rights in political elections.

A: 15th Amendment

B: 19th Amendment

C: Voting Rights Act of 1965

B: 19th Amendment

400

It was in this year, on January 24th, that the Pentagon signed an order opening all ground-combat missions to women, lifting a previous rule established in 1994.

A: 2001

B: 2007

C: 2013

C: 2013

Women in Politics

100

This woman (D-California) became the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2007, a title which she currently holds to this day.

A: Barbara Lee

B: Kamala Harris

C: Nancy Pelosi

C: Nancy Pelosi

200

The first women to serve on the United States Supreme Court appointed in 1981.

A: Sandra Day O'Conner

B: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

C: Kentaji Brown Jackson

A: Sandra Day O'Conner

300

The first female secretary to lead the United States Air Force.

A: Sheila Widnall

B: Esther Blake

C: Clara Barton

A: Sheila Widnall

400

The first female ever appointed to the Secretary of State in 1997, she was the highest ranking women in the United States government in her time.

A: Condoleezza Rice

B: Hilary Clinton

C: Madeleine Albright

C: Madeleine Albright

Women in Sports

100

The first woman to win an IndyCar race (at the Indy Japan 300) and the fourth woman to ever compete in the Indy 500.

A: Tatiana Calderon

B: Danica Patrick

C: Janet Guthrie

B: Danica Patrick

200

A legendary collegiate womens basketball coach at the University of Tennessee who was the first woman to win 800 or more games, a milestone reached in 2003. She is third for most wins of all time.

A: Pat Summit

B: Geno Auriemma

C: Tara VanDerveer

A: Pat Summit

300

This professional tennis player beat Bobby Riggs in the 'Battles of the Sexes' and is the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation.

A: Serena Williams

B: Billie Jean King

C: Margaret Court

B: Billie Jean King

400

This athlete holds the record for the lowest score for one round ever posted on a Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour, posting a 59 (-13) over 18 holes.

A: Michelle Wei

B: Annika Sorenstam

C: Kathy Whitworth

B: Annika Sorenstam

Women in Entertainment

100

This women is officially credited with having the longest career in the history of TV and being the first women to have ever appeared on television during an experimental broadcast in the 1930s.

A: Ethel Waters

B: Paula Kerger

C: Betty White

C: Betty White

200

This actress was the first female African American to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

A: Halle Berry

B: Hattie McDaniel

C: Kathryn Bigelow

A: Halle Berry

300

This women holds the record for females with the most Top 10 Billboard Hits of all time.

A: Madonna

B: Taylor Swift

C: Nicki Minaj

A: Madonna

400

This women is the most successful acting figure (male or female) in the history of Academy awards having won four Oscars in her acting career.

A: Janet Gaynor

B: Meryl Streep

C: Katharine Hepburn

C: Katharine Hepburn

Women's Rights Movement

100

A word commonly associated with the women's rights movement and other civil rights movements is Suffrage. What does suffrage mean?

A: The right to vote

B: The right to live an independent life

C: The right to work

A: The right to vote

200

These two womens rights activist had also started the National Women Suffrage Association.

A: Susan B. Anthony and Elizibeth Caday Stanton

B: Betty Friedan and Muriel Fox

C: Shirley Chisholm and Gloria Steinem 

A: Susan B. Anthony and Elizibeth Caday Stanton

300

A list of equalities women should have that was produced at the Seneca Falls Convention is known as...

A: Declaration of Independence

B: Declaration of Suffrage Rights

C: Declaration of Sentiments

C: Declaration of Sentiments

400

The first ever women's rights convention.

A:  First National Conference of the Colored Women of America

B: Seneca Falls Convention

C: Ohio Women's Convention at Akron 

B: Seneca Falls Convention (1848)