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Women in Sports Trivia
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1
Who set the 100m and 200m records in 1988 that still stand today?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Sarah Attar
Wilma Rudolph
Kathrine Switzer
2
What year was the first woman a part of the Olympics?
1899
1914
1867
1900
3
Who was the first WNBA player to win both MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season?
Crystal Dangerfield
Maya Moore
Candace Parker
Satou Sabally
4
What NCAA basketball team is the first and only team to win 100 games in a row?
Notre Dame
UConn
Duke
Oregon
5
When did the first woman referee the Super Bowl?
2016
2021
2019
2014
6
What female tennis player successfully went on to become the first women’s champion to get equal prize money?
Anya Walters
Serena Willams
Billie Jean King
Venus Williams
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From 1989-1999 how much did participation in basketball of girls over the age of 12 increase?
15%
4%
35%
21%
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Who is the WNBA’s all-time scoring leader with 8931 points?
Diana Taurasi
Abby Wambach
Mia Hamm
Christine Sinclair
9
Who was the first female to play quarterback in a high school football game in 2012?
Amelia Carson
Lucie Park
Erin DeMeglio
Sophie Beck
10
How many times as the USWNT won the World Cup?(soccer)
1
7
4
5
11
In what year did the United States’ Amateur Athletic Union hold its first women’s competition in swimming?
1943
1916
1933
1924
12
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13
What percentage of athletic directors are women?
20%
14%
7.7%
16.9%
14
What percentage of head coaches of men’s teams are women?
5%
4%
2%
1%
15
Who was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500?
Janet Guthrie
Milka Duno
Sarah Fisher
Danica Patrick
16
Who is the highest paid female volleyball player in the world?
Courtney Thompson
Carolina Costagrande
Morgan Beck
Gabrielle Reece
17
When was the first women’s national fencing championship in the United States?
1923
1965
1912
1931
18
Who holds the record for the most international goals in the history of soccer (hint: new as of Jan 2020)?:
Sam Kerr
Wendie Renard
Christine Sinclair
Ada Hegerberg
19
What was the first year that women competed in every sport at the Olympics?
2000
1978
1994
2012
20
What year did women’s wrestling become a sport in the Olympics?
2004
1992
2007
1983
21
Who was the first woman to play in a professional football game?
Gayle Sierens
Gwen Richards
Sara Parker
Pat Palinkas
22
Who was the first WNBA to be awarded the regular season MVP, All-Star Game MVP, and Playoff MVP?
Lisa Leslie
Maya Moore
Erica Collin
Candace Parker
23
Which Olympic Beach volleyball team only lost one olympic match in 11 years of competition?
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings
Jennifer Kessy and April Ross
Christina Cheng and Katharine Johnson
24
Who is the first woman to head coach in the NBA?
Lisa Boyer
Becky Hammon
Lindsey Harding
Kara Lawson
25
Which female athletes won the U.S. its first nordic ski gold medal at Pyeongchang 2018?
Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern
Hailey Swirbul and Jessie Diggins
Kikkan Randall and Hailey Swirbul
Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall
26
When did the United States women win their first soccer World Cup championship?
1991
1976
1999
1984
27
Who is the latest player to win back to back avca player of the year awards?
Kathryn Plummer
Lauren Cacciamani
Lexi Sun
Yossiana Pressley
28
Who was the first woman to become a professional bullfighter in the United States?
Marie Sara
Patricia McCormick
Lupita Lopez
Bette Ford
29
Who was voted the #1 top recruit in D1 volleyball in 2020?
Taylor Landfair
Keonilei Akana
Melani Shaffmaster
Nora Zielke
30
What year was the Women’s Professional Football League (WPFL) started?
2004
1998
1992
2000
31
What year was the WNBA formed?
1964
1978
1958
1997
32
How many grand slam titles does Serena Williams have?
51
34
46
39
33
What NCAA hockey team is the first to win back to back D1 women’s championships?
Boston College
U of M Duluth
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
34
What year was women’s volleyball introduced in the olympics?
1964
1937
1945
1978
35
Who is the only woman to hold 4 olympic medals in volleyball? (1 silver and 3 golds)
Erika Araki
Tara Cross-Battle
Inna Ryskal
Kathy Gregory
36
What year did women compete alongside men in Olympic horseback riding?
1974
1960
1952
1969