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Women's Day Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country has made having a pay gap between men and women illegal?

a)

Australia

b)

Iceland

c)

Denmark

d)

Germany

2.

Her work in the lab launched the science of radioactivity leading to effective cures for cancer.

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Mae Carol Jemison

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Alice Ball

3.

Currently, only __ of Earth's 197 countries can say they have women serving as heads of state.

a)

47

b)

32

c)

56

d)

29

4.

She was Britain’s first female prime minister and dubbed “the iron lady.”

a)

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton

b)

Theresa May

c)

Margaret Hilda Thatcher

d)

Queen Elizabeth II

5.

She holds the most Grand Slam titles in tennis for singles, doubles and mixed doubles combined among active players.

a)

Maria Sharapova

b)

Venus Williams

c)

Serena Williams

d)

Steffi Graf

6.

What country made feminist history when women outnumbered men in the legal profession?

a)

Poland

b)

Ireland

c)

United States

d)

Canada

7.

“I’d absolutely call myself a feminist…There’s a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that’s been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.”

Who said this?

a)

Emma Watson

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

d)

Harry Styles

8.

The UN’s HeForShe movement, which brings together one half of humanity in support of the other, was spearheaded by which actress?

a)

Amandla Stenberg

b)

Emma Watson

c)

Jennifer Lawrence

d)

Ashley Judd

9.

In what country did women protest about being told not to smile in public by flooding Twitter with images of themselves smiling?

a)

Netherlands

b)

Turkey

c)

Australia

d)

Italy

10.

In what year did women in the United States win the right to vote?

a)

1928

b)

1930

c)

1920

d)

1941

11.

The term "suffragist" is derived from...

a)

a voting tablet in ancient times

b)

the pain and suffering women have faced

c)

a type of prayer

d)

a sacred item

12.

Which country was the first to give women the right to vote? And in which year?

a)

Germany, 1906

b)

Canada, 1882

c)

New Zealand, 1893

d)

Denmark, 1915

13.

Who is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner? How old were they at the time? Which year were they awarded it?

a)

Millie Bobby Brown, age 14 in 2018

b)

Barack Obama, age 48 in 2009

c)

Malala Yousafzai, age 17 in 2014

d)

Greta Thunberg, age 16 in 2018

14.

Which country has the highest representation of women on their Board of Directors?

a)

Denmark with 51%

b)

Finland with 53%

c)

Canada with 47%

d)

Norway with 44%