International Women's Day Quiz

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History
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
Anna Marc
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18 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what country is the Mimosa flower given to women on International Women's Day?
Hungary
Spain
Italy
Greece
Answer explanation
Behind the gesture of giving this flower to women, there is a historical reason: in 1946, two activists – Rita Montagnana and Teresa Mattei – fighting for equality of women suggested to celebrate the first Women’s Day after the war by offering branches of mimosa to other women as a sign of respect and support.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery bus in 1955 which help initiate the the civil rights movement in the United States.
Harriet Tubman
Ona Judge
Mary Seacole
Rosa Parks
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what year were Women in the UK granted equal voting rights to men?
1918
1928
1946
1964
Answer explanation
Some women were given the right to vote in 1918, as a result of the Representation of the People Act. But it only applied to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. Although 8.5 million women met this criteria, it only represented 40 per cent of the total population of women in the UK.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is India's first and only female prime minister to date?
Margaret Thatcher
Indira Gandhi
Artemisia Gentileschi
Gabriela Mistral
Answer explanation
She ruled the country on two occasions, from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until 1984.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the Queen of the Iceni tribe during the Roman occupation of Britain, she led a Celtic revolt against roman rule
Sacagawea
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Hypatia
Boudica
Answer explanation
In 60–61 CE Boudica led the Iceni and other peoples in a revolt against Roman rule. Although her forces massacred some 70,000 Romans and their supporters, they were ultimately defeated.
6.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Order these famous Women in History from oldest to most recent
Jane Austen
Elizabeth I
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Cleopatra
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Inspired by Jules Verne's 1873 novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. The pioneering journalist Nellie Bly completed the challenge in how many days?
43
72
80
95
Answer explanation
She was a pioneer in the field of journalism and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. She worked undercover to report on mental institutions in the Unites States and she reported from the Eastern Front during WW1.
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