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Quiz about Famous Women of the Past and Present
Quiz about Famous Women of the Past and Present

Famous Women of the Past and Present Quiz


Okay, this is my first quiz. I tried to make a mix of easy and more difficult questions. Hope you all like it!

A multiple-choice quiz by jiujitsu_rocks. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
254,260
Updated
Jun 12 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
7758
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 130 (10/10), despatch (7/10), Guest 4 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This regal woman has co-starred in films with Dick Van Dyke, Christopher Plummer and James Garner. She started on Broadway and moved to films and has played roles from Queen to nun and has won three Golden Globe Awards. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This dazzling actress was born in the state of Georgia, was married to another famous actor and had three children. She appeared in several films co-starring her husband and was awarded one of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This brilliant woman was born in Kansas and studied pre-med at Columbia University in America, however she had a thing for flying. She pursued her interest and became the first woman to fly the Atlantic alone. She went missing on another flying adventure and was never found. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This woman was born in 1917. She served as Prime Minister of her country for a little more than three terms, two of them consecutive. She was known for improving relations with China and the Soviet Union and her interest in science and technology. She was killed by her own bodyguards. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This woman was the world's first female Prime Minister. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This African-American woman was a civil rights activist, social reformer and racial justice advocate who rose to fame when she refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Alabama for a white man, back in 1955. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This woman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. She has played the star role in a biography, depicting the life of another Hollywood star. She has won three Outstanding Actress Awards and made history being the first African-American actress to win a Best Actress Academy Award. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This woman is incredibly rich. In fact, she was the world's first black female billionaire. She is a spokesperson for many causes, owns her own magazine, production company and has been on television for over 20 years and is considered the world's most influential woman. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This "cartoon character" is known for her red hair, voluptuous curves, sexy singing voice ... oh, and for her marriage to a most unlikely character, Roger. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. She was an American icon. What the all-American woman should be. She was America's sex symbol and goddess and was involved with many high position gentlemen. She is famous for her picture, standing over a steam grating, with her dress flying up in the air. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This regal woman has co-starred in films with Dick Van Dyke, Christopher Plummer and James Garner. She started on Broadway and moved to films and has played roles from Queen to nun and has won three Golden Globe Awards.

Answer: Julie Andrews

Julie has moved on to stage directing. She is a remarkable woman with wide-ranging talents.
2. This dazzling actress was born in the state of Georgia, was married to another famous actor and had three children. She appeared in several films co-starring her husband and was awarded one of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Answer: Joanne Woodward

Joanne was married to Paul Newman and they had three daughters. Not only co-starring in films with her husband, she starred in four films Newman directed but did not star in.
3. This brilliant woman was born in Kansas and studied pre-med at Columbia University in America, however she had a thing for flying. She pursued her interest and became the first woman to fly the Atlantic alone. She went missing on another flying adventure and was never found.

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Amy Johnson is the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (1930); Jean Batten is the first woman to fly roundtrip England to Australia (1934); Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first American woman to pilot an airplane (without a license) (1910).
4. This woman was born in 1917. She served as Prime Minister of her country for a little more than three terms, two of them consecutive. She was known for improving relations with China and the Soviet Union and her interest in science and technology. She was killed by her own bodyguards.

Answer: Indira Gandhi (India)

Agathe died in 1994, assassinated during a rebellion; Sirimavo, incidentally the world's first female Prime Minister, died in 2000 of heart failure; Mary Eugenia died in 2005 from surgery complications.
5. This woman was the world's first female Prime Minister.

Answer: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

She was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000.
6. This African-American woman was a civil rights activist, social reformer and racial justice advocate who rose to fame when she refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Alabama for a white man, back in 1955.

Answer: Rosa Parks

Coincidentally, both Mary Church Terrell and Mary White Ovington, were also activists in the 1950s.
7. This woman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. She has played the star role in a biography, depicting the life of another Hollywood star. She has won three Outstanding Actress Awards and made history being the first African-American actress to win a Best Actress Academy Award.

Answer: Halle Berry

Interestingly, all have worked together at some point in their careers and, with the exception of Whoopi, all have played the star roles in another Hollywood star's biography. (Vivica A. Fox will be depicting the role of Whitney Houston in an upcoming biography about the star ... Angela Bassett portrayed Tina Turner in the biography "What's Love got to do with it"...And in "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge", Halle Berry plays the star role of the African-American actress in this biography)
8. This woman is incredibly rich. In fact, she was the world's first black female billionaire. She is a spokesperson for many causes, owns her own magazine, production company and has been on television for over 20 years and is considered the world's most influential woman.

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

The Oprah Winfrey Show is the highest rated talk show in television history and Oprah's net worth is estimated to be over $2bn.
9. This "cartoon character" is known for her red hair, voluptuous curves, sexy singing voice ... oh, and for her marriage to a most unlikely character, Roger.

Answer: Jessica Rabbit

Roger Rabbit, being the unlikely character...need I say more?
10. She was an American icon. What the all-American woman should be. She was America's sex symbol and goddess and was involved with many high position gentlemen. She is famous for her picture, standing over a steam grating, with her dress flying up in the air.

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was briefly married to Joe DiMaggio and thought of as having secret relations with some members of the Kennedy family.
Source: Author jiujitsu_rocks

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