Athletics
High Jumper, Alice Coachman, was the first African-American woman to ever win a gold medal in this year...
A. 1948
B. 1984
C. 1976
A. 1948
How many languages was Queen Elizabeth I capable of reading and speaking?
A. 3
B. 7
C. 1
B. 7! (English, Welsh, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, and Italian)
This individual is the first person to win the nobel prize twice?
A. Mother Teresa
B. Marie Curie
C. Toni Morrison
B. Marie Curie (She won the award for physics in 1903 and for chemistry in 1911)
Which actress has the most best actor/actress awards?
A. Katharine Hepburn
B. Meryl Streep
C. Frances McDormand
A. Katharine Hepburn (She won the award a total of 4 times)
Who is the first woman to be Vice President of the United States?
Answer: Kamala Harris
Fun fact: Harris is not only the first woman to be VP, but the first female attorney general of California.
What year was the first year that women were introduced to the olympics?
A. 1952
B. 1960
C. 1900
C. 1900
How old was Cleopatra when she ascended to the throne?
A. 30 years old
B. 14 years old
C. 18 years old
C. 18 years old
Malala Yousafzai won the nobel prize at age...
A. 24
B. 21
C. 17
C. 17
Fun fact: She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize award in 2014, which makes her the youngest winner of any nobel prize award
Who is the first woman to win album of the year?
A. Judy Garland
B. Carole King
C. Beyonce
A. Judy Garland (Garland won the award in 1962, for the album "Judy at Carneige Hall")
What year did Women's history month begin?
A. 1975
B. 1987
C. 1999
B. 1987
In which year, did all the participating countries' teams had female participants?
A. 1996
B. 2012
C. 2004
B. 2012
How many assassination attempts were made at Queen Victoria?
A. 8
B. 1
C. 0
A. 8
Fun fact: History disputes this actual number between 7 or 8. The dispute comes from whether one of the events should be classified as a 'major' assassination attempt, as Queen Victoria faced countless other 'assassination' attempts
Rosalind Franklin, a british biophysicist played a crucial role in the discovery of the structure of...
A. Heart
B. DNA
C. Feet
B. DNA
How many of Emily Dickinson's poems were published during her lifetime?
A. 150
B. 72
C. 10
C. 10 (The actual number of poems that she wrote was nearly 1,800)
Sally Ride was the first woman in space in the year...
A. 1776
B. 1983
C. 2000
B. 1983
Fun fact: Ride aspired to play shortstop for the Dodgers
A. Games of Hera
B. Games of Helen
C. Games of Athena
A. Games of Hera
Queen Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii, used what to deliver messages to her people?
A. Birds
B. Song lyrics
C. Hidden language
B. Song lyrics!
Fun fact: She used songs to deliver details of her imprisonment to her people
Jane Goodall entered Cambridge University as a PhD candidate in 1962 with a bachelor's in...
A. Biology
B. English
C. No bachelor's degree at all
C. No bachelor's degree!
Fun fact: Goodall had a crush on Tarzan
Alice Guy-Blache was the first woman to direct a movie in this year...
A. 1922
B. 1896
C. 1950
B. 1896 (The film is titled "La Fee aux Choux" and Alice is acknowledged as the first director to film a narrative story)
Which nation was the first to adopt woman suffrage?
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. Finland
A. New Zealand (Adopted universal woman suffrage in 1893)
Who is attributed with being the first woman to play golf?
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)
Answer: 1968!
Fun Fact: In 1972, she also was the first black candidate to seek a major party's nomination for President of the United States
Maya Angelou's autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' was a New York Times best seller for how long?
Answer: 2 years!
Fun fact: Time magazine lists Angelou's book as one of the most influential in modern times
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th, 1907, however, she told people that she was born in 1910, so that she can be associated with this event...
Answer: The Mexican Revolution!
When was the nations first Women's History Day in the year...
Answer: 1920!