First and Foremost Females Trivia Quiz

Answer: Clare Hollingworth

Each was pioneer in the field of journalism in her own right! On August 31, 1939 during Hollingworth's first week as a journalist in Poland while driving along the Polish-German border, she observed large numbers of German troops, hundreds of tanks, armoured cars and field guns, all facing Poland and ready for action.

The next morning she called the British Embassy after she awoke to the roar of Nazi aircraft and tanks. Hollingworth held a telephone out the window to capture the sounds of German forces. Hollingworth's eyewitness account was the first report to the British Foreign Office of the invasion of Poland! Breckinridge began her career as a photographer and videographer. During World War II she was hired by Edward R. Murrow as the first woman correspondent for CBS. Bourke-White was a pioneer in the field of photojournalism.

She was the first woman to fly on bombing missions, and one of the first photographers to document the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. Marguerite Higgins began by reporting on the war from France and later accompanied troops to the Nazi concentration camps in Dachau and Buchenwald.

In later wars, Higgins also covered the fall of Seoul, Korea, and made several trips to Vietnam, where she contracted Leishmaniasis, which led to her death.

Answer: The Music Man

She began conducting the orchestra for "The Music Man" in August of 1960. It debuted on Broadway December 19, 1957 at the Majestic Theater with Herbert Greene as conductor.

Answer: Martha Graham

In 1937 FDR invited Martha Graham to perform. She was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976 by President Gerald Ford (the First Lady Betty Ford had danced with Graham in her youth) and traveled abroad as a cultural ambassador. Moira Shearer was a British ballet dancer and actress.

Her first film role was Victoria Page in the "The Red Shoes". Diana Adams was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and favorite of George Balanchine. Margot Fonteyne spent her entire career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet and was one of five "Women of Achievement" selected for a set of British stamps issued in August 1996.

Answer: Carlotta

The term prima donna (first lady) in opera is the leading female singer in the company. The prima donna was normally a soprano. In the musical "The Phantom of the Opera" Christine replaces Carlotta when her singing is replaced by croaking sounds!

Answer: Helen Richey

In 1934, Central Airlines (later to become part of United Airlines) hired Richey. She piloted her first flight on December 31, 1934 from Washington D.C. to Detroit. Her application to the pilot's union was rejected beause of her gender and she eventually resigned from Central Airlines.

Her resignation was met by protests from many people around the country including Amelia Earhart! Richey completed an intensive pilot instructor's course at Roosevelt Field in New York on May 6, 1940 and became the first woman to earn an instructor's license.

She was also the first woman assigned to train military pilots. After the outbreak of World War II she was among a group of American women who went to Britain to ferry aircraft from factories to air bases.

In 1942 the Woman's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was organized in the United States and Helen Richey joined. She spent the next 16 months ferrying aircraft from American factories to air bases. The WASP organization was disbanded in December of 1944 and Helen Richey returned to McKeesport, PA. Unable to find work in aviation Helen felt her flying achievements and experiences were no longer important. Tragically, she took her own life on January 7, 1947.

Answer: Janet Gaynor

The first Academy Awards took place in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Thursday, May 16, 1929. Douglas Fairbanks, the President of the Academy, made the official award presentations, honoring movies released from August 1, 1927 to August 1, 1928.

The Academy statuette was designed in 1928 by MGM's art director, Cedric Gibbons and sculptor George Stanley was paid $500 to create the original statue from Gibbons' design. Janet Gaynor won the Best Actress award for her performances in three films: "Seventh Heaven" (1927), "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" (1927) and "Street Angel" (1928).

This was the only occasion on which an actress has won one Oscar for multiple film roles. This rule was changed three years later by AMPAS.

Answer: Margaret Hughes

In her first performance on December 8, 1660, a production of "Othello", she played the role of Desdemona. Although some historians place Anne Marshall as the first actress, analysis of the early recollections of John Downes form a key part of Hughes' claim.

He worked as a prompter and wrote a history of the Restoration stage entitled "Roscius Anglicanus" in 1708. Nell Gwynne made her first recorded appearance in March 1665 in "The Indian Emperour" playing the role of Cydaria, daughter of Montezuma and love interest of Cortez. Ann Marshall was also a leading actress of the Restoration era, one of the first generation of women performers to appear on the public stage in England.

Answer: Alice Coachman

Coachman set a record in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 6 1/8 inches, making her the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. King George VI, father of Queen Elizabeth II, awarded her the honor. Coachman was the only American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics in 1948.

In 1952 she became the first African-American to commercially endorse a product when Coca-Cola signed her.

Answer: Frances Perkins

The presidential line of succession is as follows:

1. Vice President of the United States
2. Speaker of the House
3. President pro tempore of the Senate
4. Secretary of State
5. Secretary of the Treasury
6. Secretary of Defense
7. Attorney General
8. Secretary of the Interior
9. Secretary of Agriculture
10. Secretary of Labor
11. Secretary of Health and Human Services
12. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
13. Secretary of Transportation
14. Secretary of Energy
15. Secretary of Education
16. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
17. Secretary of Homeland Security

Frances Perkins was the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession when she became the U.S. Secretary of Labor 1933 to 1945 and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.

Answer: Tina Turner

Tina Turner appeared on Rolling Stone Magazine's second cover on November 23, 1967. The first issue featured John Lennon November 9, 1967.