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1. Khutulun, whose name means moonlight, was a famous Mongol warrior who rode into battle with her father against Kublai Khan, who was also their relative. Which famous opera, written by Puccini is believed to be based on her story?
2. Mai Bhago was a Sikh warrior who led a group of 40 warriors against a Mughal army in 1705. For this act of bravery and religious conviction she has been compared to which Roman Catholic saint?
3. Tamar of Georgia was the ruler of Georgia from 1184-1213, after co-ruling with her father from 1178. Under her rule, the Georgian Empire expanded and entered its Golden Age. Which title did she ultimately claim to prove her leadership?
4. In 267 Zenobia was appointed Regent for her son, Vaballathus, King of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. As Regent, Zenobia wielded immense influence. While the Roman Emperor, Claudius Gothicus, was battling Germanic invasions, Zenobia sent her general south into the Jordan valley, expanding Palmyrene lands. In 270 she claimed which famous country, previously recognised as an Empire, in its own right?
5. Queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus and the islands of Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos, she commanded five ships in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. Who was this formidable ruler?
6. Born in Vietnam around 226CE, the true name of this heroic figure is not known. She has been immortalised as Lady Trieu or Trieu Thi Trinh, and aged nineteen she successfully led up to 30 battles against the Chinese Wu dynasty. She was easy to spot in the front lines of battle, seated upon which animal?
7. Born in 1914, shortly before the beginning of WWI, Noor Inayat Khan spent much of her childhood in France. Escaping to England after the fall of France, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force before being recruited to the Special Operations Executive. In which famous French city did she work, and was ultimately captured?
8. Born in West Virginia in 1918, Creola Katherine Johnson, best known by her middle name, Katherine, showed a strong mathematical talent from childhood, graduating from college at aged 18. Joining NASA in 1952, she worked on a number of high profile missions including the Gemini program and the Apollo program. Which 2016 book and movie featured Katherine and her colleagues?
9. In 1868-1869, Japan experienced the Boshin War, also known as the War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon, which was a civil war between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the more traditional supporters of the Imperial court. One of these clashes was at the Battle of Aizu, where Nakano Takeko led a group of women in an attack against the Imperial Army. To which warrior caste did she belong?
10. Born in Egypt in 1897 to an influential family, Huda Sha'arawi, became involved in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution, protesting against the English rule of Egypt. In 1923, she traveled to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Congress in Rome. On her return she undertook which radical act for a female Egyptian?
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