2. WHO WANTS TO BE A WOMEN’S HISTORY EXPERT

3. 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?

4. 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).

5. 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.

6. $100 International Women’s Day was first celebrated in 1911 in Europe in which month? A) MayB) April C) OctoberD) March

7. CORRECT ANSWER IS D. March $100

8. $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

9. CORRECT ANSWER IS B. Joan of Arc $250

10. $500 Who was an English novelist who wrote ‘Pride & Prejudice’? A) Martha GrahamB) Golda Mieir C) Jane AustenD) Helen Keller

11. CORRECT ANSWER IS C. Jane Austen $500

12. $1000 Elizabeth Blackwell was the 1st woman what? A) professorB) doctor C) dentistD) college graduate

13. CORRECT ANSWER IS B. doctor $1000

14. $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

15. CORRECT ANSWER IS C. Raymonde de la Roche $2000

16. $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

17. CORRECT ANSWER IS C. Elizabeth Blackwell $4000

18. $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

19. CORRECT ANSWER IS D. Eleanor Roosevelt $8000

20. $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

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

22. $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

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

24. $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

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

26. $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

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

28. $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

29. CORRECT ANSWER IS B. MIT $250,000

30. $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

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

32. $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

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

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