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International Women's Day Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what country is the Mimosa flower given to women on International Women's Day?

a)

Hungary

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Greece

2.

Her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery bus in 1955 which help initiate the the civil rights movement in the United States.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Ona Judge

c)

Mary Seacole

d)

Rosa Parks

3.

In what year were Women in the UK granted equal voting rights to men?

a)

1918

b)

1928

c)

1946

d)

1964

4.

Who is India's first and only female prime minister to date?

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Artemisia Gentileschi

d)

Gabriela Mistral

5.

Who was the Queen of the Iceni tribe during the Roman occupation of Britain, she led a Celtic revolt against roman rule

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

c)

Hypatia

d)

Boudica

6.

Order these famous Women in History from oldest to most recent

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Jane Austen

1)
2)
3)
4)
7.

Inspired by Jules Verne's 1873 novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. The pioneering journalist Nellie Bly completed the challenge in how many days?

a)

43

b)

72

c)

80

d)

95

8.

In 1903, Marie Curie was the first woman awarded a Nobel Prize. In what field did she receive the award?

a)

Physics

b)

Medicine

c)

Economics

d)

Literature

9.

What year did Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, fly in space?

a)

1952

b)

1963

c)

1974

d)

1985

10.

Wu Zetian was the only female sovereign in the history of China widely regarded as legitimate, what century did she rule in?

a)

7th Century

b)

12th Century

c)

17th Century

d)

20th Century

11.

Match the famous Women with year they were born in

a)
1.

1929

b)
2.

1910

c)
3.

1775

d)
4.

1997

12.

Who was Simone de Beauvoir?

a)

Pianist and composer

b)

Writer and feminist

c)

Biologist and explorer

d)

Nobel laureate

13.

Did Hilary Clinton say: “Take criticism seriously.”?

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

Match the photos to the correct names

a)
1.

Joan of Arc

b)
2.

Virginia Woolf

c)
3.

Frida Kahlo

d)
4.

Nefertiti

15.

Ada Lovelace is often regarded the first...

a)

photographer

b)

stylist

c)

computer programmer

d)

journalist

16.

Chapman Taylor takes it's name from its founders Robert Chapman and John Taylor, but did you know there was a third female founder? What was her name?

(a)  

17.

The Suffragettes was a group that fought to get women the right to vote in the UK, Who was its founder?

a)

Amy Johnson

b)

Emmeline Pankhurst

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Gertrude Bell

18.

Who is the person with most grand slams in the history of tennis?

(a)