WHO WANTS TO BE A WOMEN’S HISTORY EXPERT

Ever wonder what “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” might look like if there were only women’s history questions? Ever wonder what “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” might look like if there were only women’s history questions?

Take the quiz and find out how you would do…(there are no prizes, the $ amounts only indicate difficulty). Take the quiz and find out how you would do…(there are no prizes, the $ amounts only indicate difficulty).

Answer the questions in your mind and then press enter to continue to the next slide. Answer the questions in your mind and then press enter to continue to the next slide.

$100 International Women’s Day was first celebrated in 1911 in Europe in which month? A) MayB) April C) OctoberD) March

CORRECT ANSWER IS D. March $100

$250 Who was the Patron Saint of France who turned the Hundred Year’s War in Frances’ favor? A) Queen Isabella I B) Joan of Arc C) Zora Neale Hurston D) Marie Curie

CORRECT ANSWER IS B. Joan of Arc $250

$500 Who was an English novelist who wrote ‘Pride & Prejudice’? A) Martha GrahamB) Golda Mieir C) Jane AustenD) Helen Keller

CORRECT ANSWER IS C. Jane Austen $500

$1000 Elizabeth Blackwell was the 1st woman what? A) professorB) doctor C) dentistD) college graduate

CORRECT ANSWER IS B. doctor $1000

$2000 In 1910 a pilot’s license was granted to a woman for the first time. Who was the recipient? A) Harriet QuimbyB) Amelia Earhart C) Raymonde de la RocheD) Anoinette Blackwell

CORRECT ANSWER IS C. Raymonde de la Roche $2000

$4000 Which of the following women was the 1st to be awarded an M.D., gaining acceptance to Geneva Medical School in 1847? A) Clara BartonB) Marie Curie C) Elizabeth BlackwellD) Victoria Claflin Woodhull

CORRECT ANSWER IS C. Elizabeth Blackwell $4000

$8000 Who served as the 1st US delegate to the UN and was a crusader for human rights and civil rights? A) Georgia O’Keeffe B) Virginia Woolf C) Barbara Bush D) Eleanor Roosevelt

CORRECT ANSWER IS D. Eleanor Roosevelt $8000

$16,000 Sandra O’Connor was the 1st woman what? A) test tube babyB) US Supreme Court Justice C) American filmD) opera singer to perform actress at the Met

CORRECT ANSWER IS B. US Supreme Court Justice $16,000

$32,000 Which of these women did not work for women’s suffrage (the right to vote)? A) Helen Kendrick JohnsonB) Isabella Beecher Hooker C) Maud YoungerD) Caroline Severance

CORRECT ANSWER IS A. Helen Kendrick Johnson $32,000

$64,000 Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was the 1st woman to be appointed to a presidential cabinet. Which leader did she serve under? A) Franklin D. RooseveltB) John F. Kennedy C) Calvin CoolidgeD) Harry S. Truman

CORRECT ANSWER IS A. Franklin D. Roosevelt $64,000

$125,000 The 1st female secretary of a branch of the U.S. military was Shelia Widnall. Which branch did she lead? A) The ArmyB) The Air Force C) The NavyD) The Marines

CORRECT ANSWER IS B. The Air Force $125,000

$250,000 Ellen Swallow Richards, the nation’s 1st female professional chemist, helped advance the place of women in science. She was also the 1st woman admitted to this prestigious university: A) Stanford UniversityB) Massachusetts Institute of Technology C) Carnegie MellonD) Harvard University

CORRECT ANSWER IS B. MIT $250,000

$500,000 King Henry VIII of England married which of these women in 1540? A) Anne of HanoverB) Anne of Cleves C) Anna LeonowensD) Ayn Rand

CORRECT ANSWER IS B. Anne of Cleves $500,000

$1,000,000 Who wrote the book, Leaves From the Journal of Our Life? A) Elizabeth BlackwellB) Susan B. Anthony C) Elizabeth BarrettD) Queen Victoria Browning

CORRECT ANSWER IS D. Queen Victoria $1,000,000

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