Women's History Month

Question 1

Which scientist was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 2

Which astronomer and physicist discovered the composition of stars?

Accepted Answer

Cecillia Payne-Gaposchkin

Question 3

Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 4

Which singer won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year most often (3 times)?

Accepted Answer

Taylor Swift

Question 5

Who is the best-selling fiction writer of all time?

Accepted Answer

Agatha Christie

Question 6

Which scientist’s contribution led to the discovery of the structure of DNA?

Accepted Answer

Rosalind Franklin

Question 7

‘Hope is the thing with feathers’ is one of the most well-known poems by which renowned writer?

Accepted Answer

Emily Dickinson

Question 8

Which of the following astronauts was the first Black woman to travel into space?

Accepted Answer

Mae C. Jemison

Question 9

Who was the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Sandra Day O'Connor

Question 10

Madam C.J Walker is known as the first self-made Black female millionaire. What products led to her success?

Accepted Answer

Beauty/Hair care products

Question 11

Who was the first woman to receive EGOT status (winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)?

Accepted Answer

Helen Hayes

Question 12

Which Guatemalan activist is known for her work for ethnocultural reconciliation and Indigenous rights?

Accepted Answer

Rigoberta Menchú

Question 13

Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?

Accepted Answer

Bessie Coleman

Question 14

Dolores Huerta was a key labor leader and activist for which group of workers?

Accepted Answer

Farm workers

Question 15

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique and coined the term ‘the problem that has no name’?

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan

Question 16

Which of the following mathematicians is considered to be the first computer programmer?

Accepted Answer

Ada Lovelace

Question 17

Who wrote the classic gothic novel, Frankenstein?

Accepted Answer

Mary Shelley

Question 18

Who is known for being the first African American prima ballerina?

Accepted Answer

Janet Collins

Question 19

Malala Yousafzai is the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Price laureate for her work in which cause?

Accepted Answer

Education of women and children

Question 20

Rosa Parks’ activism led to which key moment in the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 21

Who was the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood?

Accepted Answer

Anna May Wong

Question 22

Who is the first and only tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles?

Accepted Answer

Serena Williams

Question 23

What US state was Kamala Harris a senator for before becoming Vice President?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 24

Who was the first woman to co-anchor a news show?

Accepted Answer

Barbara Walters

Question 25

Jane Austen’s most famous novels include Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and _____.

Accepted Answer

Emma

Question 26

Which soldier fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man?

Accepted Answer

Deborah Sampson

Question 27

Which artist was known for her self-portraits and depiction of Mexican folk culture?

Accepted Answer

Frida Kahlo

Question 28

Jane Goodall was a primatologist best known for being an expert on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Chimpanzees

Question 29

Which US 1st Lady is known for being the 1st to take on responsibilities beyond hosting/entertaining in the White House?

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 30

Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 31

Which of the following pilots was the first female pilot to operate a transatlantic flight in 1932?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

Question 32

Who is known as the founder of ‘modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Question 33

Eileen Gu is the first Chinese American to win an Olympic gold medal in which category?

Accepted Answer

Freestyle skiing

Question 34

Which women’s rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book?

Accepted Answer

Hellen Keller

Question 35

Which abolitionist was known as ‘Moses’ in the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 36

Which activist co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association?

Accepted Answer

Susan B. Anthony

Question 37

Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which of the following sports?

Accepted Answer

Gymnastics

Question 38

Which of the following women was the first female US Secretary of State?

Accepted Answer

Madeleine Albright

Question 39

Which mathematician was known as ‘the human computer’ and helped calculate trajectories for the first man in space?

Accepted Answer

Katherine Johnson

Question 40

Which politician was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

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