International Women's Day Quiz

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

Order these famous Women in History from oldest to most recent

• Jane Austen

• Cleopatra

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

• Elizabeth I

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.

In 1903, Marie Curie was the first woman awarded a Nobel Prize. In what field did she receive the award?

• Physics

• Medicine

• Economics

• Literature

Answer explanation

She and her husband won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work on radiation. Marie Curie also won the Nobel Prize in 1911 in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements of radium and polonium.

What year did Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, fly in space?

• 1952

• 1963

• 1974

• 1985

Answer explanation

On 16 June 1963, Tereshkova was launched on a solo mission aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6. She spent more than 70 hours orbiting the Earth, two years after Yuri Gagarin’s first human-crewed flight in space.

Wu Zetian was the only female sovereign in the history of China widely regarded as legitimate, what century did she rule in?

• 7th Century

• 12th Century

• 17th Century

• 20th Century

Answer explanation

Under her 40-year reign, China grew larger, becoming one of the great powers of the world, its culture and economy were revitalized, and corruption in the court was reduced. She was removed from power in a coup and died a few months later.