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WorksheetsPPQuiz_Women Who Did Us Proud_9Oct21
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
She was the first woman to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
Frida Kahlo
Emmeline Pankhurst
Marie Curie
Who has been named "the first lady of civil rights?" She is famous for her refusal to give up her seat for a white man when she was travelling in a bus.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Aretha Franklin
Rosa Parks
Ida B. Wells
Which was the first woman to create code for computer?
Selena Gomez
Jeanne Calment Supercentenarian
Ada Lovelace
Annie Jump Cannon
Who was the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize?
Serena Williams
Zendaya
Malala Yousafzai
Maya Angelou
Rosalind Franklin was unrecognized for her extremely important contribution to the discovery of the shape of what molecule?
glucose
fats
DNA
ATP
Which female reformer from India is associated with establishing 'Mukti'- a home for widows, cripples and orphans?
Savitribai Phule
Dr. Rakhmabai
Rukminidevi Arundale
Pandita Ramabai
Identify the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Nancy Pelosi
Julia Gillard
Jacinda Ardern
Kamala Harris
This environmental activist was also the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize for her contributions.
Wangari Mathai
Rue Mapp
MaVynee Betsch
Vanessa Nakate
Can you name the first and the only female Muslim ruler of the Indian subcontinent?
Shajar Al-Dur
Razia Sultan
Tomyris
Rabia Balkhi
Which famous woman is known as 'The Lady With the Lamp' because she tended to injured soldiers with a lamp while it was dark?
Ya Asantanewa
Brunhilde
Florence Nightingale
Sojourner Truth
Who is the first Multi Racial Woman to become the Vice President of the USA?
Margaret Thatcher
Kamala Harris
Alexandria Occasio Cortez
Nancy Pelosi
Who is the only woman to have won the Nobel Prize twice in the field of Physics and Chemistry?
Marie Curie
Esther Duflo
Mother Teresa
Alice Munro
Which British Royal is known as the 'People's Princess' because she was kind, soft spoken and humble?
Kate Middleton
Lady Diana Spencer
Meghan Markle
Queen Elizabeth
Which author is credited with writing works like 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Mansfield Park'?
Jane Austen
George Eliot
J.K. Rowling
Anna Sewell
Which famous Indian Queen is associated with the slogan, 'I will not give up my Jhansi!'
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Rani Velu Nachchiyaar
Uda Devi
Rani Lakshmibai
Which personality is associated with her charity and social service for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize as well as the Bharat Ratna?
Mandakini Amte
Aruna Roy
Mother Teresa
Savitribai Phule
Which astronaut perished in the 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster? She also happens to be the first Indian woman to go to space.
Sunita Williams
Sally Ride
Kalpana Chawla
Kate Rubins
Who among the following is known to keep a diary while she hid in a secret annex with her family to escape from the German Police during World War 2?
Anne Frank
Nancy Wake
Noor Inayat Khan
Hannah Arendt
This was an extremely clever Egyptian queen who famously arrived to ask for help from Julius Caesar rolled up in a carpet.
Isis
Nefertiti
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Heena Rabbani
Benazir Bhutto
Samia Usman Fatah
Fiza Junejo
Who is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
Bidya Devi Bhandari
Sheikh Hasina
Matia Chowdhury
Meher Afroz Chumki
This mathematician is known to multiply long sequences of numbers with ease and was called 'The Human Computer'. Recently, a biopic was made on her life with Vidya Balan playing the lead. Who is she?
Raman Parimala
Neena Gupta
Shakuntala Devi
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Which artist is famous for her self portraits and was from Mexico?
Frida Kahlo
Judy Chicago
Alma Thomas
Artemisia Gentileschi
Which singer is known as the 'Queen of R&B' and has hits like 'Lemonade', 'Single Ladies', 'Who Runs the World- Girls!' ?
Beyoncé Knowles
Ariana Grande
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
This Hollywood Starlet is known for being the subject of Andy Warhol's pop art painting. Who is she?
Angelina Jolie
Greta Garbo
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Which author is known for the Harry Potter franchise?
Cassandra Clare
Stephanie Meyer
J.K. Rowling
L.M. Alcott
Who was the first woman to scale Mt. Everest?
Bachendri Pal
Junko Tabei
Valentina Tereshkova
Beatrice Webb
Who is the leader from Myanmar who had won a Nobel Prize but unfortunately was put under house arrest again this year?
Aung San Su Kyi
Queen Suriyothai
Park Geun Hye
Tsai Ing Wen
Disney created an animated and a live action film on the life of a Chinese warrior who left her home and disguised herself as a man to fight in the army. Who is she?
Hua Mulan
Pochahontas
Lin Daiyu
Xue Baochai
Which woman is known as the 'Virgin Queen' who was the longest reigning Monarch of the Tudor dynasty in England? The current queen of UK shares her name with her.
Queen Anne
Catherine of Aragon
Queen Elizabeth 1
Jane Seymour
