Women's History Month Quiz

Question 1

Who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama and was arrested as a result?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 2

Who was the first female to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

Question 3

What is Marie Curie known for?

Accepted Answer

Conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, First woman to win a nobel prize

Question 4

Who sang what has become known as a feminist anthem ‘Run the World (Girls)’?

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé

Question 5

Who was the first female, self-made millionaire?

Accepted Answer

Madam C.J. Walker

Question 6

What was the first country in the world in the modern era to elect a woman as leader?

Accepted Answer

Sri Lanka

Question 7

Who is Dutee Chand?

Accepted Answer

The winner of Arjuna Award for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, The winner of two medals in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, India's first openly gay athlete, First Indian sprinter to win gold medal at a global athletics championship

Question 8

Which suffragette was killed after jumping in front of a horse in protest?

Accepted Answer

Emily Davidson

Question 9

Political ​activist and author Angela Davis wrote the book 'Women, Race and Class'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Who founded the suffragettes?

Accepted Answer

Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 11

When did women first compete in the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

1900 Paris

Question 12

The first woman to receive a nobel prize was in 1903, in what field of study?

Accepted Answer

Physics

Question 13

In what decade did the first British woman police officer serve?

Accepted Answer

1910’s

Question 14

Who is this woman?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Thatcher

Question 15

In what year were all women over 21 given the vote?

Accepted Answer

1928

Women's History Month Quiz

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Women's History Month Quiz

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