Women's History March Madness

Question 1

The WNBA founded in what year?

Accepted Answer

1996

Question 2

Challenged race segregation.

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 3

This Shoshone woman helped the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Accepted Answer

Sacajawea

Question 4

This Amendment allowed women the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

19th

Question 5

Which country was the first to have a woman as head of state?

Accepted Answer

Sri Lanka

Question 6

Of the 100 richest people in the world...how many are women?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 7

Who was he 1st woman to win an Oscar?

Accepted Answer

Janet Gaynor

Question 8

Who was the 1st woman to win a Pulitzer?

Accepted Answer

Anne O'Hare McCormick

Question 9

1st Woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Accepted Answer

Amelia Aarhart

Question 10

What woman was voted to be on the $20 bill by 2030?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 11

She was shot in the face by a masked gunman trying to stop her from going to school.

Accepted Answer

Malala Yousafzai

Question 12

Francis Perkins was the first woman to serve in the cabinet. What was her position?

Accepted Answer

Secretary of Labor

Question 13

Which athlete has won the most Grand Slams wins by a tennis player in Open Era?

Accepted Answer

Serena Williams

Question 14

Fashion designer that revolutionized women's fashion.

Accepted Answer

Coco Chanel

Question 15

In its 220-year history, how many women have served on the US Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 16

1st woman to win a Nobel Prize (science)

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 17

Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win Best Director at the Academy Awards for what film?

Accepted Answer

The Hurt Locker

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