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1. Pulitzer Prize winner
Margaret Houlihan
2. Miss Jean Brodie
Maggie May
3. Rod Stewart
Margaret Clitherow
4. MLB Cincinnati Reds
Maggie L. Walker
5. Hot Lips (M.A.S.H.)
Marge Gunderson
6. Businesswoman and banker
Margaret Mitchell
7. Canonised in 1970
Marge Roukema
8. US House of Representatives
Maggie Smith
9. Prime Minister of the UK
Margaret Thatcher
10. Fargo
Marge Schott
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Pulitzer Prize winner
Answer: Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900-1949) had only one novel published in her lifetime. That novel happened to be the American Civil War classic "Gone with the Wind" (1936). Because of this novel in 1936 she won the National Book Award and in 1937 the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. During the 1920s she had worked as a journalist for The Atlanta Journal writing 129 feature article, 85 news stories and a number of book reviews.
The novel of 1936 was adapted to the big screen in 1939 with the same name starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel.
At the 12th Academy Awards the movie received 13 Academy Award nominations, winning eight.
2. Miss Jean Brodie
Answer: Maggie Smith
Born Margaret Natalie Smith in 1934, Maggie Smith is an English actress who has won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of the unorthodox schoolteacher Jean Brodie in the 1969 movie "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the 1978 comedy movie "California Suite" which also included Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine and Walter Matthau.
She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.
3. Rod Stewart
Answer: Maggie May
Maggie May was a number one hit song by Rod Stewart that reached the top of the carts on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and UK Singles chart in 1971. The song is about a relationship of a young man with an older woman.
4. MLB Cincinnati Reds
Answer: Marge Schott
Born Margaret Carolyn Unnewehr (1928-2004) and better known as Marge Schott was the President and CEO of the MLB franchise the Cincinnati Reds from 1984-1999. She was the second female to own a major-league team without inheriting it. She married Charles Schott in 1951 and when he died she inherited his wealth and with this she bought an interest in the Reds whom she had supported most of her life.
5. Hot Lips (M.A.S.H.)
Answer: Margaret Houlihan
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan was a fictional head nurse in the novel, movie and television series "M.A.S.H." It the movie the character was played by Sally Kellerman and in the television series from 1972-1983 the part was portrayed by Loretta Swit for which she won two Emmy Awards.
6. Businesswoman and banker
Answer: Maggie L. Walker
Maggie Lena Mitchell (1864-1934) became the first African-American woman to charter a bank and serve as its president in the USA. In 1886 she married Armstead Walker (1860-1915). In 1903 she chartered the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia.
In order to survive the depression era she merged her bank with two smaller black owned banks and renamed the merger Consolidated Bank & Trust which still exists today.
7. Canonised in 1970
Answer: Margaret Clitherow
Margaret Clitherow (1556-1586) is sometimes known as "the Pearl of York" in Yorkshire, England. Margaret was arrested and convicted of harbouring Roman Catholic priests and was executed, which happened to be on Good Friday 1586. She was beatified in 1929 and canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25, 1970.
8. US House of Representatives
Answer: Marge Roukema
Margaret "Marge" Scafati (1929-2014) was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey from 1981-2003. She starting her career as a school teacher before beginning her political career with the local board of education. She was married to Richard W. Roukema from 1951 until his death in 2011.
9. Prime Minister of the UK
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) became the first woman to hold the office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979-1990. She had an uncompromising style of leadership in which she was nicknamed by a Soviet journalist as "The Iron Lady". Her first few years in office were tough, however, after victory in the Falklands War of 1982 her popularity and the British economy showed a remarkable recovery.
She survived an assassination attempt by the Provisional IRA in 1984. She resigned as Prime Minister in 1990 after her leadership was challenged.
10. Fargo
Answer: Marge Gunderson
Marge Gunderson was a fictional character in the 1996 black comedy crime film "Fargo". The character of the pregnant Minnesota police chief Marge Gunderson was portrayed by Frances McDormond for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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