International Women's Day Quiz

International Women's Day Quiz

9th - 12th Grade

18 Qs

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International Women's Day Quiz

International Women's Day Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Anna Marc

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In what country is the Mimosa flower given to women on International Women's Day?

Hungary

Spain

Italy

Greece

Answer explanation

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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

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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

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In what year were Women in the UK granted equal voting rights to men?

1918

1928

1946

1964

Answer explanation

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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