Trivia Quiz for 2021 Women's Month Celebration

What year did the celebration of women become recognized?

• 1789

• 1879

• 1978

March 18^th was the start of International Women’s Week

• True

• False

What Republic Act No. series of 1990 states March 8 of every year as National Women’s

Day?

• Republic Act No. 4699

• Republic Act No. 4969

• Republic Act No. 6949

The National Women’s History Project is the group that made Women’s History Week into a

whole month instead:

• True

• False

What is the theme of this year’s National Women’s Month celebration?

• We Change Work for Women

• We Make Women Change

• We Make Change Work for Women

Why do we celebrate Women’s History Month?

• To learn about why women are different than men.

• To honor women’s contribution in all areas of life.

• Because March needed to have something to celebrate.

Guess Who?!

---> she originated the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, first in the West End and then on Broadway, winning the Olivier and Theatre World Awards, and becoming the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award.

---> She is the first Filipino artist to sign with an international record label (Atlantic Records in 1993).

---> She provided the singing voices of two official Disney Princesses: Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998).

• Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga

• Maria Carmen Lea Imutan Salonga

• Carmen Lea Maria Imutan Salonga

Guess Who?!

---> She initiated Bantay Bata 163, the country's first media-based hotline.

---> She established Bantay Kalikasan, for which she received the 1997 International Public Relations Award of Excellence for the Environment and Outstanding Manilans Award for the Environment, 2009.

---> She was an environmentalist and philanthropist who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

• Regina Paz "Gina" La'O Lopez

• Georgina Paz "Gina" La'O Lopez

• Virginia Paz "Gina La'O Lopez

Guess Who?

---> She has remained the most sought after public speaker today and that’s because of her humorous speeches.

---> She was a lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman, who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative.

---> She was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by The Australian.

• Miriam Pacheco Defensor Santiago

• Miriam Padilla Defensor Santiago

• Miriam Palma Defensor Santiago

Guess Who?! _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ (21 letters)

--- > Was hailed as 2006 Guronasyon Most Outstanding Grade Six Teacher.

---> As a teacher, a winning school paper adviser in English in the regional and national level.

---> Passed the National Qualifying Examination for School Heads in 2011.

---> Served as K-12 trainor/resource speaker for Grades 1-6. Co-authored the 2017 Regional Reviewer Handbook for the Principal’s Test.

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