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PPQuiz_Women Who Did Us Proud_9Oct21

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She was the first woman to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Emmeline Pankhurst

d)

Marie Curie

2.

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.

a)

Emmeline Pankhurst

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Ida B. Wells

3.

Which was the first woman to create code for computer?

a)

Selena Gomez

b)

Jeanne Calment Supercentenarian

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Annie Jump Cannon

4.

Who was the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

Serena Williams

b)

Zendaya

c)

Malala Yousafzai

d)

Maya Angelou

5.

Rosalind Franklin was unrecognized for her extremely important contribution to the discovery of the shape of what molecule?

a)

glucose

b)

fats

c)

DNA

d)

ATP

6.

Which female reformer from India is associated with establishing 'Mukti'- a home for widows, cripples and orphans?

a)

Savitribai Phule

b)

Dr. Rakhmabai

c)

Rukminidevi Arundale

d)

Pandita Ramabai

7.

Identify the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

a)

Nancy Pelosi

b)

Julia Gillard

c)

Jacinda Ardern

d)

Kamala Harris

8.

This environmental activist was also the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize for her contributions.

a)

Wangari Mathai

b)

Rue Mapp

c)

MaVynee Betsch

d)

Vanessa Nakate

9.

Can you name the first and the only female Muslim ruler of the Indian subcontinent?

a)

Shajar Al-Dur

b)

Razia Sultan

c)

Tomyris

d)

Rabia Balkhi

10.

Which famous woman is known as 'The Lady With the Lamp' because she tended to injured soldiers with a lamp while it was dark?

a)

Ya Asantanewa

b)

Brunhilde

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Sojourner Truth

11.

Who is the first Multi Racial Woman to become the Vice President of the USA?

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Kamala Harris

c)

Alexandria Occasio Cortez

d)

Nancy Pelosi

12.

Who is the only woman to have won the Nobel Prize twice in the field of Physics and Chemistry?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Esther Duflo

c)

Mother Teresa

d)

Alice Munro

13.

Which British Royal is known as the 'People's Princess' because she was kind, soft spoken and humble?

a)

Kate Middleton

b)

Lady Diana Spencer

c)

Meghan Markle

d)

Queen Elizabeth

14.

Which author is credited with writing works like 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Mansfield Park'?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

George Eliot

c)

J.K. Rowling

d)

Anna Sewell

15.

Which famous Indian Queen is associated with the slogan, 'I will not give up my Jhansi!'

a)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

b)

Rani Velu Nachchiyaar

c)

Uda Devi

d)

Rani Lakshmibai

16.

Which personality is associated with her charity and social service for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize as well as the Bharat Ratna?

a)

Mandakini Amte

b)

Aruna Roy

c)

Mother Teresa

d)

Savitribai Phule

17.

Which astronaut perished in the 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster? She also happens to be the first Indian woman to go to space.

a)

Sunita Williams

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Kalpana Chawla

d)

Kate Rubins

18.

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?

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Nancy Wake

c)

Noor Inayat Khan

d)

Hannah Arendt

19.

This was an extremely clever Egyptian queen who famously arrived to ask for help from Julius Caesar rolled up in a carpet.

a)

Isis

b)

Nefertiti

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Hatshepsut

20.

Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?

a)

Heena Rabbani

b)

Benazir Bhutto

c)

Samia Usman Fatah

d)

Fiza Junejo

21.

Who is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh?

a)

Bidya Devi Bhandari

b)

Sheikh Hasina

c)

Matia Chowdhury

d)

Meher Afroz Chumki

22.

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?

a)

Raman Parimala

b)

Neena Gupta

c)

Shakuntala Devi

d)

Rukmini Devi Arundale

23.

Which artist is famous for her self portraits and was from Mexico?

a)

Frida Kahlo

b)

Judy Chicago

c)

Alma Thomas

d)

Artemisia Gentileschi

24.

Which singer is known as the 'Queen of R&B' and has hits like 'Lemonade', 'Single Ladies', 'Who Runs the World- Girls!' ?

a)

Beyoncé Knowles

b)

Ariana Grande

c)

Lady Gaga

d)

Katy Perry

25.

This Hollywood Starlet is known for being the subject of Andy Warhol's pop art painting. Who is she?

a)

Angelina Jolie

b)

Greta Garbo

c)

Audrey Hepburn

d)

Marilyn Monroe

26.

Which author is known for the Harry Potter franchise?

a)

Cassandra Clare

b)

Stephanie Meyer

c)

J.K. Rowling

d)

L.M. Alcott

27.

Who was the first woman to scale Mt. Everest?

a)

Bachendri Pal

b)

Junko Tabei

c)

Valentina Tereshkova

d)

Beatrice Webb

28.

Who is the leader from Myanmar who had won a Nobel Prize but unfortunately was put under house arrest again this year?

a)

Aung San Su Kyi

b)

Queen Suriyothai

c)

Park Geun Hye

d)

Tsai Ing Wen

29.

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?

a)

Hua Mulan

b)

Pochahontas

c)

Lin Daiyu

d)

Xue Baochai

30.

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.

a)

Queen Anne

b)

Catherine of Aragon

c)

Queen Elizabeth 1

d)

Jane Seymour