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WorksheetsInternational Women's Day Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
In the movie Erin Brockovich (2000), what does Erin discover after she starts to work for the law firm?
that her boss was stealing money from the company
that the groundwater is seriously contaminated
that she will not be promoted because she is a woman
Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. The year was...
1900
1907
1910
1903
Which of the following two countries has a higher percentage of women in parliament?
Denmark
Senegal
Which powerful corporate leader said this?
“A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.”
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors
Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft
Globally, women make less than men for work of equal value. How wide is this wage gap?
50%
16%
23%
70%
What percentage of women fill director roles in tech companies in the UK?
48%
19%
30%
60%
In the movie Hidden Figures (2016), the main characters work in a:
bakery
police department
research center
law firm
What's the percentage of women working in iSoftBet?
35%
24%
11%
50%
What's the official colour for International Women's Day in 2021?
Pink
Purple
Red
Yellow
Who was the first woman to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Janis Joplin
Joan Jett
Aretha Franklin
Etta James
Who was the first woman to fly into space?
Kalpana Chawla
Valentina Tereshkova
Sally Kristen Ride
Shannon Lucid
What's the main character's name from Miss Congeniality?
Amy Farrah Fowler
Gracie Jones
Elle Woods
Gracie Hart
Who was the first lady Prime Minister in the world?
India - Indira Gandhi
Israel - Golda Meir
Sri Lanka - Sirimavo Bandaranaike
England - Margaret Thatcher
Who was the first female director who won an Oscar?
Kathryn Bigelow
Lulu Wang
Chinonye Chukwu
Greta Gerwig
I was shot by the Taliban while boarding a bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley. After battling life and death, I came out alive and with a strong resolve to encourage the young girls in my region to study and make something of themselves. My humanitarian work towards women empowerment and education made me the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I?
Karishma Ali
Emaan Danish Khan
Malala Yousafzai
Hajra Khan
Is a mother more likely to give birth to a boy or a girl considering her proximity to the Equator?
Boy
Girl
When considering both paid and unpaid work (such as housework and childcare), how much more do women work than men?
172 days/ year
39 days/ year
12 days/ year
51 days/ year
On average, who lives longest: men or women?
Women - 1 - 3 years longer
Men - 1 - 3 years longer
Men - 3 - 6 years longer
Women - 2 - 5 years longer
