International Women's Day TriviaVersion en ligne Test your knowledge about International Women's Day with this quiz game! par Heidi Ramsey 1 She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer. a Marie Curie b Emmeline Pankhurst c Ada Lovelace d Rosalind Franklin 2 Refusing to give up her seat on a bus so that a white person could sit down. a Rosa Parks b Angela Burdett-Coutts c Mary Wollstonecraft d Marie Stopes 3 Britain’s first female prime minister a Eleanor of Aquitaine b Margaret Thatcher c Jane Austen d Mary Seacole 4 Brought into open discussion in Victorian Britain the double sexual standard that existed in a male-dominated society. a Josephine Butler b Florence Nightingale c Mary Shelley d Vera Atkins 5 Who is often credited with starting International Women's Day? a Marie Curie b Clara Zetkin c Amelia Earhart d Rosa Parks 6 Founded the Missionaries of Charity a Mother Teresa b Catherine the Great c Elizabeth Fry d Mary Anning 7 The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic a Amelia Earhart b Virginia Woolf c Simone de Beauvoir d Grace Hopper 8 A formidable, politically shrewd monarch, she was directly involved in the running of a kingdom that faced challenges on many fronts. a Cleopatra b Clara Barton c Anna Akhmatova d Laura Bassi 9 The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, peace and democracy. a Eleanor Rathbone b Theodora c Wangari Maathai d Nellie Bly 10 Developed COBOL, the commercial programming language that enabled a military innovation to transform the business world. a Wilma Rudolph b Grace Hopper c Sonja Henie d Ruth Handler 11 Mexican artist whose striking, distinctive works combine an exploration of gender, class and identity with symbols from the nation’s cultural history. a Frida Kahlo b Eleanor Rathbone c Lise Meitner d Isabella Bird 12 Became the first American woman to earn an international pilot's license, despite racial discrimination preventing her entry to American flying schoolslicense a Bessie Coleman b Aphra Behn c Zora Neale Hurston d Katharine Graham 13 India’s first and only female prime minister to date a Indira Gandhi b Gabriela Mistral c Sarojini Naidu d Gwen John 14 First female publisher of a major American newspaper & first female CEO a Katharine Graham b Gabriela Mistral c Clara Barton d Laura Bassi 15 Established the American Red Cross, serving as its president until 1904 a Clara Barton b Maria Merian c Joan Robinson d Andrea Dworkin 16 African-American nurse invented CCTV to protect her friends and family at home. a Marie Van Brittan Brown b Lottie Dod c Andrea Dworkin d Alice Milliat 17 President of Mattel, launched the Barbie doll a Ruth Handler b Elinor Ostrom c Clara Schumann d Beulah Louise Henry 18 Founder of a global cosmetics company a Estée Lauder b Anna Jacobson Schwartz c Susan Sontag d Sophie Blanchard 19 Her documentation of Volcanoes was instrumental in gaining the cooperation of local authorities and encouraging evacuation. a Katia Krafft b Fanny Mendelssohn c Annette Kellerman d Amrita Priam 20 Transcended gender and ethnicity norms by becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to win the coveted Fields medal, the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize a Maryam Mirzakhani b Laura Bassi c Gertrude Ederle d Rachael Heyhoe Flint
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