A Fantastic Woman Trivia Quiz

Answer: Emma Watson

Watson was only 24 years old when she was appointed to this post. Her main focus in the role would be to promote empowerment among young women and to advance the HeForShe campaign for gender equality. Emma stated that the call to serve was definitely a humbling experience and added that "the chance to make a real difference is not an opportunity that everyone is given and is one I have no intention of taking lightly." Prior to her elevation to the role she'd already shown a willingness to make a difference by promoting female youth education programmes and visiting countries such as Bangladesh and Zambia as part of the process.

A talented young actress, she rose to prominence in the role of Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" series of films. Her efforts in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (2001) enabled her to win the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor.

Answer: Kristin Davis

UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency, a cause that Kristin Davis had been supporting for three years prior to her appointment as their ambassador. Her role took her to Bangladesh to witness first hand the Rohingya refugee crisis. Shocked that half of the victims were children she'd front Congress on her return to Washington, to ensure that the US Government continued their support to these people. In 2019 she would travel to Kenya and South Africa to promote fundraising for the Made 51 project.

Davis is probably best known for her role as Charlotte in the HBO romantic comedy series "Sex and the City" (1998-2004), for which she received nominations for both the Emmy and Golden Globe awards. The revival of the stage show "The Best Man" (2012) would see her make her West End stage debut and she also features in the television series "And Just Like That..." (2021).

Answer: Cate Blanchett

Cate truly fits the title of this quiz. A long time vocal supporter of the UNHCR, she was appointed as one of their ambassadors in 2016, which took her on missions to Lebanon and Jordan. She would continue her advocacy work for the group in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. At the "Google Zeitgeist and Women in the World" in 2016, she came forward to highlight the plight of refugees.

Blanchett has won two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes. She starred as Katherine Hepburn in "The Aviator" (2004) and she was Queen Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth" (1998) and again in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007). She is a patron of the Sydney Film Festival and is a strong advocate for the Australian film industry.

Answer: Serena Williams

Serena's involvement with UNICEF began five years before she was appointed an ambassador for the organisation. In 2006 she travelled with them to Ghana to champion a health campaign. Her first role as an ambassador in 2011 was to return to Africa to push forward the UNICEF Schools for Africa initiative. This was a programme that brought education opportunities to those most marginalized on the continent. Serena also threw her influence behind UNICEF's #EveryChildAlive campaign, an initiative to try and bring more affordable health care to mothers and their new born.

Serena is also well known as a business woman, her fashion labels and her philanthropy. She made herself known to the world as one of the greatest female tennis players to ever grace the courts, rising above adversity to win in excess of twenty Grand Slam titles.

Answer: Angelina Jolie

When Angelina was filming "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001) in Cambodia she was exposed to the humanitarian crisis prevalent in the country and felt the need to do something about it. She worked closely with the United Nations, becoming an ambassador for their High Commissioner for Refugees that same year. In 2012 she would become a Special Envoy of the UNHCR.

Jolie is a Hollywood star. Apart from her success in the "Tomb Raider" series she has also starred in films such as "Salt" (2010) and "Maleficent" (2014). She would win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Lisa in "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).

Answer: Victoria Beckham

Sheila Tlou, of the UNAIDS Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa, on Victoria Beckham's appointment declared "The best way to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV is to prevent women from being infected in the first place. Victoria Beckham can help us in reaching millions of young women with prevention messages and by lending her voice to amplify their needs to the world."

Beckham has also been a strong voice and supporter of women's causes, citing that "fantastic women who have changed my outlook on life and who have inspired me to believe in myself" that it was only fair that she returned the favour.

Her work with UNAIDS has taken her to most parts of Africa working to reduce the stigma and the discrimination that shadows HIV sufferers and ensuring that these people have access testing, treatment and preventative services available to them.

Victoria Beckham is a world renowned fashion designer who was honoured with an OBE (The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for her services to that industry in 2017. She first rose to fame as Posh Spice, a member of the all-girl singing group, the Spice Girls, who have sold in excess of 100 million records across the globe.

Answer: Gisele Bundchen

When Gisele Bundchen turned forty in 2020 she made it her mission to plant 40,000 trees as a small gesture to help save the planet. When word got out and, thanks to the dedication of her supporters, this number soon swelled to 250,000. That is the sort of dedication this fantastic woman has toward this cause.

Her aim is to leave the planet in a better state than when she arrived in it. No doubt it helps her cause that in 2009 she was appointed a global goodwill ambassador for the UN's Environment Programme. She has used her presence, her position and her power to loudly voice her protest at the deforestation of the once mighty Amazon forests. In 2020 she added her weight as an executive producer to the Netflix documentary "Kiss the Ground".

After appearances on the catwalk had been denied to her numerous times, early in her career, Bundchen has made her way to becoming the most in demand supermodel in the industry. In 2007 "Forbes" magazine labelled her the richest supermodel in the world and, in 2009. the British newspaper, The Independent, declared her "the biggest star in fashion history".

Answer: Nicole Kidman

Accepting the role of the UN's Women Goodwill Ambassador has enabled Nicole to speak out and raise awareness on the infringement of women's rights. The cause most dear to her in this regard was the violence conducted against women. It is estimated that this affects one in three women globally. She was quick to use her voice to support the UN Women's Say NO-UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative. In her travels with the UN she would meet numerous women who had to surmount enormous obstacles to try and effect change and was moved by their efforts. In her own words "To me, these women embody resilience, strength, dignity-and hope."

As an actress, Kidman first garnered international attention with the release of the 1989 Australian psychological thriller "Dead Calm". This opened the doors to further films such as "Far and Away" (1992), "To Die For" (1995) and "Grace of Monaco" (2014). She would be Oscar nominated for "Moulin Rouge" (2002) and win the Academy Award for Best Actress for "To Die For" (2003).

Answer: Priyanka Chopra

Passionate about health and education, in particular when it comes to the rights for women, Chopra set up her own foundation; The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education, to which she donates ten percent of her earnings. She is quick to raise the issues of gender equality, bridging the gap in remuneration between the sexes and, in particular, women's rights.

In 2006 she became India's National Ambassador to UNICEF and became a global Goodwill Ambassador at the end of 2016. She is the United Nations Foundation Girl Up Champion.

Aside from winning the Miss World pageant in 2000, Chopra is one of the highest paid entertainers in India, winning two National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. "Time" magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.

Answer: Shakira

Achieving international success has provided Shakira with the power and the resources to help create foundations that could alleviate concerns that were close to her heart, namely the plight of vulnerable children and their means for an education. In 1997 she set up the Pies Descalzos (Barefeet) foundation, through which she funded the establishment of a school, the first, in her home town of Barranquilla in Colombia. In Panama she was one of the collaborators that helped to set up the ALAS Foundation who also provide support in the areas of early childhood education and assistance in helping to ease malnutrition in South American children.

These works brought Shakira to the attention of UNICEF in 2003 who now use her profile and influence to bring awareness of the plight of children on a global scale.

Shakira, often called the "Queen of Latin Music", began recording at the age of thirteen. She recovered from the failure of her first two recordings to achieve success in Hispanic nations. International success followed on the heels of her fifth album, "Laundry Service" (2001), which was her first to approach the English speaking market. It sold in excess of thirteen million copies globally. Some of her major singles releases were "Whenever, Wherever" (2001), "Underneath Your Clothes" (2002) and "Hips Don't Lie" (2006).