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Women's History Month Trivia

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was International Women's Day started?

a)

1903

b)

1911

c)

1923

d)

1934

2.

What Black woman refused to give up her seat to a White man, in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, thus sparking the civil rights movement of the following decade?

a)

Coretta Scott King

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Fannie Lou Hamer

d)

Mildred Loving

3.

According to Guinness World Records, this rap artist shattered Queen Bey’s titles for Most simultaneous Billboard US Hot 100 entries by a female artist and Most simultaneous Billboard US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Top 10 entries by a female artist.

a)

Megan Thee Stallion

b)

Cardi B

c)

Lizzo

d)

Missy Elliot

4.

Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States (1872)?

a)

Kamala Harris

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Victoria Woodhull

d)

Shirley Chisholm

5.

When did officials of Little League Baseball announce that they would “defer to the changing social climate” and let girls play on their teams?

a)

1958

b)

1962

c)

1974

d)

1985

6.

Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?

a)

Lelia Foley

b)

Jill Stein

c)

Maxine Waters

d)

Shirley Chisolm

7.

What leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the 1872 election, and then was the first woman to appear on a US coin?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Harriet Tubman

8.

Who was the first female artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year?

a)

Taylor Swift

b)

Ella FItzgerald

c)

Judy Garland

d)

Beyonce

9.

"What issue was teen activist Greta Thunberg talking about when she said in a speech to the UN, “Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up. And change is coming whether you like it or not.”

a)

Women's Voting Rights

b)

Climate Change

c)

Equal Education

d)

LGBTQ+ Rights

10.

When was the Equal Rights Amendment first introduced into Congress?

a)

1919

b)

1923

c)

1934

d)

1941

11.

Who was the Shoshone woman who served as guide and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition?

a)

Sarah Winnemucca

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Maria Tallchief

d)

Pocohontas

12.

Which author wrote and published Frankenstein on a dare, creating the genre of science fiction?

a)

Mary Shelley

b)

Octavia Butler

c)

Nnedi Okorafor

d)

Suzanne Collins

13.

What woman served as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, freeing hundreds of southern slaves and leading them to safety in the North?

a)

Harriet “Hattie” Purvis

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

14.

Who recently made history after she was confirmed as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and head of the Interior Department?

a)

Deb Haaland

b)

Winona LaDuke

c)

Ayanna Pressley

d)

Ilhan Omar

15.

Which first lady held women-only press conferences?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Ladybird Johnson

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Jackie Kennedy

16.

Who was NASA's first black female engineer?

a)

Mae Jamison

b)

Mary Jackson

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Marie Curie

17.

This 70s, all female hard rock band broke down barriers for women in rock and launch the solo careers of 80s rockers Joan Jett and Lita Ford.

a)

The Go-Gos

b)

The Bangles

c)

Bananarama

d)

The Runaways

18.

Which Supreme Court Justice said, "When I'm sometimes asked 'When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?' and I say 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that."

a)

Justice Elena Kagan

b)

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

c)

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

d)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

19.

What is the name of the Mexican artist who began painting self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident?

a)

Frida Kahlo

b)

Georgia O'Keefe

c)

Joan Miro

d)

Paloma Picasso

20.

This Bronx born Puerto Rican woman officially became the youngest-ever politician to be elected to office in the United States House of Representatives in 2018.

a)

Ilhan Omar

b)

Rashida Tlaib

c)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

d)

Ayanna Pressley

21.

In 2001, she was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.

a)

Viola Davis

b)

Halle Berry

c)

Angela Basset

d)

Gabrielle Union

22.

Queen Liliʻuokalani was the last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, until she was overthrown by forces from the US allied with which company that's still in operation today?

a)

Dole

b)

Hershey

c)

Coca Cola

d)

Green Giant

23.

In 1973, this top women's tennis player beat top male champ Bobby Riggs after he told the press that women were inferior and he could defeat any woman in a match.

a)

Billie Jean King

b)

Venus Williams

c)

Nancy Lopez

d)

Mia Hamm

24.

It's said that this transgender woman "threw the first brick" that started the Stonewall Riots, a major turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

a)

Eva Perón

b)

Mariah Lopez

c)

Dolores Huerta

d)

Sylvia Rivera

25.

in 2015, she was the first actress to win both a drama and comedy Emmy Award for the same role on The Orange is the New Black.

a)

Zendaya

b)

Taraji P. Henson

c)

Uzo Aduba

d)

Kerry Washington

26.

Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected as Vice President of the United States, previously served as a US Senator from which state?

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Ohio

27.

Even though they considers themself non-binary, Rebecca Sugar is often praised as the first woman to create a Cartoon Network series after creating which show?

a)

Power Puff Girls

b)

The Amazing World of Gumball

c)

Teen Titans Go!

d)

Steven Universe

28.

Activist Malala Yousafzai was survived being shot by the Taliban for being an advocate for what issue?

a)

Education for girls

b)

World Peace

c)

Healthcare for women

d)

Immigrant rights

29.

Temple Grandin, who has autism and is known for invented machines to help calm children with autism, is also a world wide expert in what field?

a)

Animal Behavioral Science

b)

Psychology

c)

Quantum Physics

d)

Social Sciences

30.

Before this world recognized authority on chimpanzee research discovered otherwise, scientists believed humans were the only species able to make and use tools.

a)

Birutė Galdikas

b)

Jane Porter

c)

Dian Fossey

d)

Jane Goodall