Welcome to our Famous Women Quiz Questions and Trivia
Famous Women Quiz Questions I
- Which suffragette stepped in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913 and suffered fatal injuries?
- In 1975: Junko Tabei, first woman to achieve?
- Marie Curie discovery of two elements, can you name both?
- In 1955, Rosa Parks ('The First Lady of Civil Rights') became famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in which American city?
- American singer, songwriter and actress Beyonce was born and raised in which city?
- Which actress became the first to win a Best Actress Academy Award for a non-English language performance with her 1961 role in Two Women?
- Who said: 'I married beneath me. All women do.'?
- Who is generally regarded as the richest self-made woman in America?
- Can you name the first American woman to become an astronaut?
- Who was Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1952?
- Sometimes regarded as the Queen of Rock n' Roll, who is best known for her work as the front-woman of Fleetwood Mac?
- Which former slave became such a famous and succesful female abolitionist that it gained her the name 'Moses of Her People'?
Answers:
- Emily Davison
- Climb Mount Everest
- Polonium and radium
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Houston, Texas
- Sophia Loren
- Lady Nancy Astor
- Oprah Winfrey
- Sally Ride
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Stevie Nicks
- Harriet Tubman
Famous Females Quiz Questions II
- Which American state is named after a British queen?
- Brigitte Bardot became world-famous in 1957 after starring in which controversial film?
- In 1926, what was Gertrude Ederle the first woman to do?
- Mother Teresa is known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of where?
- Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Her C.V. reads former managing director of Birmingham City F.C. and Small Business Ambassador to the UK Government under David Cameron; who is she?
- Which country nusic singer-songwriter is sometimes known as The Coal Miner's Daughter?
- Which country was first in the world to have a femlae prime minister?
- On which denomination British bank notes did the following ladies feature on: (a)Florence Nightingale (1975 - 1994), and (b)Elizabeth Fry (2002 - 2017)?
- In the entertainment business how is Robyn Fenty better known?
- Nicole Kidman won a Best Actress Oscar for portraying which English writer in the 2002 film The Hours?
- What was the occupation of Mary Read in the early 18th century?
- Who was known for her catch-phrases 'walkies' and 'sit' in the eearly 1980s?
- Who was the youngest of the famous Bronte sisters?
Answers:
- Virginia
- And God Created Woman
- Swim across the English Channel
- Calcutta (she was born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje which 'was then' part of Albania)
- Amelia Earhart
- Karren Brady
- Loretta Lynn
- Sri Lanka (which was then called Ceylon. Her name was Sirimavo Bandaranaike.)
- (a)£10, (b)£5
- Rihanna
- Virginia Woolf
- She was a pirate
- Barbara Woodhouse
- Anne
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