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Just blame "Adventures in Authoring" for this quiz about sports ladies who were first in some way or other!

A multiple-choice quiz by zippolover. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zippolover

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
354,637

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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317

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which teenage girl won the Virginia Group AAA Boys Golf Championship 2002?

Hint

Michelle Wie

Jenny Suh

Alexis Thompson

Laura Davies

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Question 2 of 10

2. Michaela Hutchison was the first girl in the history of high school sports to become the champion, competing against only boys.

In which sport? Hint

Wrestling

Pole vault

Table tennis

Discus

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Question 3 of 10

3. Red Rum won his third Grand National in 1977. Who was the female jockey who competed in the race, the first woman to do so? Hint

Rachel Beer

Rosie Mead

Caroline Scotch

Charlotte Brew

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which lady made sporting history by winning the 45th Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions? Hint

Kelly Kulick

Betty Battern

Alison Adams

Sophie Scarpetta

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who, in 1983, was the first female horse trainer to win the Grand National? Hint

Jenny Pitman

Joyce Plum

Julia Prendergast

Jane Potter

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Chinese athlete, in the 2012 Olympic Games, caused a controversy by swimming the last 50m of her 400m individual medley final quicker than the winner of the men's race? Hint

Hao Oona

Sung Lie

Ye Shiwen

Mei Ling

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 2010, Wimbledon appointed a female chief umpire for the first time in the tournament's 133-year history. Who was this woman?
Hint

Joyce Jones

Amanda Moon

Catherine McTavish

Jenny Higgs

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which lady won the individual gold at the European Eventing Championship in 1971? Hint

Lady Davina Gallsworthy

Princess Anne

Princess Stephanie

Lady Georgina Ravenport

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in 1985? Hint

Libby Riddles

Kelly Holmes

Susan Butcher

Janice Harbender

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Question 10 of 10

10. The most famous has been saved till last, "The Battle of the Sexes", in which Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs. Where was the match played on 20th September, 1973? Hint

Las Vegas, Nevada

Ramona, California

Wimbledon, England

Houston, Texas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which teenage girl won the Virginia Group AAA Boys Golf Championship 2002?

Answer: Jenny Suh

Jenny Suh was born August 18, 1985. Following the rules of golf, she teed off from the ladies' tee, meaning that she had to cover 80% of the distance for the boys.

Michelle Wie, Alexis Thompson and Laura Davies are all fellow professional golfers, too.

2. Michaela Hutchison was the first girl in the history of high school sports to become the champion, competing against only boys. In which sport?

Answer: Wrestling

This happened in 2006. Trained by their father, Michaela and her older brother Eli both won. It was his fourth championship.

3. Red Rum won his third Grand National in 1977. Who was the female jockey who competed in the race, the first woman to do so?

Answer: Charlotte Brew

21 year old Charlotte Brew rode her own horse, Barony Fort, in the race. By finishing fourth in the Foxhunters' Chase at Aintree in 1976, she qualified to enter the race. She did not complete the race, however, as her horse fell.

4. Which lady made sporting history by winning the 45th Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions?

Answer: Kelly Kulick

Born 16 March 1977, Kelly Kulick is an American professional bowler from New Jersey. She has won nine professional women's bowling titles. She is the first female in a ball sport to beat all the male competitors.

5. Who, in 1983, was the first female horse trainer to win the Grand National?

Answer: Jenny Pitman

"Corbiere" won in 1983. Jenny Pitman went on to win a second time with "Royal Athlete" in 1995. Her horse was the first past the post in the 1993 race as well, but it did not count as the race was declared void after a false start. Jenny Pitman has retired and writes books, mainly with a horse racing theme.

6. Which Chinese athlete, in the 2012 Olympic Games, caused a controversy by swimming the last 50m of her 400m individual medley final quicker than the winner of the men's race?

Answer: Ye Shiwen

Born 1 March, 1996 in Hangzhou, China Ye Shiwen won gold in the 400 metres and 200 metres individual medley, setting a new world record in the 400m. One of the theories for her extraordinary performance is that she has larger than average hands and feet.

7. In 2010, Wimbledon appointed a female chief umpire for the first time in the tournament's 133-year history. Who was this woman?

Answer: Jenny Higgs

63 year old Jenny Higgs had been a tennis umpire for more than forty years when she took up the position. Catherine McTavish was the first female umpire at Wimbledon in 1979.

8. Which lady won the individual gold at the European Eventing Championship in 1971?

Answer: Princess Anne

Anne, the Princess Royal was 21 when she won gold. She was the first British Royal to compete in the Olympic Games in 1976 in Montreal. Her daughter, Zara Phillips, followed in her footsteps and competed in the 2012, London Olympics.

9. Who was the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in 1985?

Answer: Libby Riddles

Born 1 April, 1956 Libby Riddles moved to Alaska as a teenager. She loved "mushing" so much that she set out to breed and then train her own team of dogs. Lead dogs "Axle and Dugan" were first over the finish line in a tough eighteen days race. Susan Butcher won the following year.

10. The most famous has been saved till last, "The Battle of the Sexes", in which Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs. Where was the match played on 20th September, 1973?

Answer: Houston, Texas

Learning by Riggs' defeat of Margaret Court six months earlier, King changed her usual style of play and won the match 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Source: Author zippolover

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