Ampersand Presents: Women's History Month Quiz!

In 2006, which brand launched an advertising campaign called "The Evolution of Beauty"?

What did Game of Thrones actress Maisey Williams have to learn to do to accurately portray her character, Arya Stark?

Who introduced America to French cooking in her books and television series from 1963 through the 1990s?

Before the Barbie doll, most dolls for girls were used for them to portray what roll?

Who was the first woman to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win it twice. What did she research?

While her male co-stars made $2,500 to $3,000 a week, Judy Garland made how much a week in filming The Wizard of Oz?

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

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

Of the 116 directors evaluated in 2023, what percentage were women?

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

Princess Leia's iconic 'double bun' hairdo in Star Wars is inspired by what culture to indicate that she is unmarried?

Over the 25-year run of her daytime TV talk show, she never once missed a day through absenteeism.

Who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus on March 2, 1955?

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

Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?

Which female pop star performed the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI in 2012?

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

Which singer received the 1991 Grammy Award for best album of the year?

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

Who was the first winner of American Idol?

Who is the Patron Saint of France who defended the French nation during the Hundred Years' War?

How many women have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor?

You may not recognize her name, but you would probably recognize her voice-who did Cree Summer give voice to in Rugrats?

Back in 1882, Adeline Whitney invented what classic children's toy to encourage brain stimulation?

Originally written for a man, what iconic role did Sigourney Weaver ultimately make hers?

Meryl Streep's character in the film The Devil Wears Prada is based on what famous and controversial woman?

Michelle Obama was focused on women empowerment, healthy living, & children's education for 8 years at the White House.

Lucille Ball was the first woman to own a major studio.

The longest reigning monarch in British history is Queen Charlotte.

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

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique and coined the term, 'the problem that has no name'?

In 2014, Iman Vellani became the first female Muslim superhero. What is her superhero identity?

Who was the first Japanese woman to go to space?

Who is referred to as the 'Iron Lady'?

In what year did the first woman win the Oscar's Academy Award for Best Director?

What is the name of Disney's first (and only) African American princess?

Who was the first black woman to begin a presidential campaign?

Which artist has the highest-grossing music tour ever, becoming first to surpass $1 billion dollars in total revenue?

What does a movie need in order to pass cartoonist Alison Bechdel's "Bechdel Test"?