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Question 1

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

  • A
    Amelia Earhart
  • B
    Betty Davis
  • C
    Joan Crawford
  • D
    Elanor Roosevelt

Question 2

Taking primarily feisty roles in films such as in, Susan Slept Here, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Bundle of Joy with her future husband Eddie Fisher, who is this multi-talented singer, dancer and actress?

  • A
    Debbie Reynolds
  • B
    Ingrid Bergman
  • C
    Claire Trevor
  • D
    Jane Powell

Question 3

Not only was _____ the highest-paid actress in the world in 2010 and 2014, but she was also chosen as People's Most Beautiful Woman in 2015.

  • A
    Halle Berry
  • B
    Sandra Bullock
  • C
    Katie Holmes
  • D
    Cate Blanchett

Question 4

Born as Frances Ethel Gumm and getting her start as one of the singing Gumm Sisters, this actress went on to be one of the most loved teenage stars of all time. On the job, she was a professional in every sense, rarely needing to reshoot scenes, especially when singing was involved.

  • A
    Gloria Stewart
  • B
    Ann Sheridan
  • C
    Gene Tierney
  • D
    Judy Garland

Question 5

Who is this beautiful actress with the pouty lips that played the determined Lucy Muir opposite Rex Harrison in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and the woman you loved to hate in "Leave Her to Heaven" opposite Cornell Wilde?

  • A
    Rozalind Russell
  • B
    Gene Tierney
  • C
    Gloria Grahame
  • D
    Olivia de Havilland

Question 6

As the longest-standing British Prime Minister in the 20th century, who became the first woman to take on the role, serving from 1979 to 1990?

  • A
    Theresa May
  • B
    Queen Elizabeth
  • C
    Sanna Marin
  • D
    Margaret Thatcher

Question 7

She once said: “There are no great things, only small things with great love.” Who is this charitable woman?

  • A
    Saint Mary Magdalene
  • B
    Saint Martha
  • C
    Saint Anne
  • D
    Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Question 8

Who of the following was the first African American woman to become the United States Secretary of State?

  • A
    Condoleezza Rice
  • B
    Miriam A. Ferguson
  • C
    Patience Sewell Latting
  • D
    Angela Bassett

Question 9

Nominated for Academy Awards four different times for her films, Stella Dallas, Ball of Fire, Sorry, Wrong Number, and Double Indemnity, who is this talented and beautiful actress with a hint of Brooklyn in her voice?

  • A
    Barbara Stanwyck
  • B
    Teresa Wright
  • C
    Celeste Holm
  • D
    Judy Holiday

Question 10

The first woman in space was from what country?

  • A
    Canada
  • B
    United States
  • C
    Japan
  • D
    Soviet Union

Question 11

Born as Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, this actress played a tormented teenager with suicidal and self-destructive tendencies because of a failed love interest in the 1961 film, Splendor in the Grassopposite actor Warren Beatty.

  • A
    Natalie Cole
  • B
    Anna Nicole Smith
  • C
    Nicole Kidman
  • D
    Natalie Wood

Question 12

Perhaps her most famous movie line of her career was, "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Who was this gutsy blonde?

  • A
    Doris Day
  • B
    Mae West
  • C
    Marilyn Monroe
  • D
    Marlene Dietrich

Question 13

This stunning, one-of-a-kind actress was a powerhouse of personality. Acting in such films as Hitchcock's Charade, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and My Fair Lady, she showed her versatility and was believable in every role, co-starring with powerhouse actors such as Cary Grant in Charade and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. Who is this actress, dancer, and humanitarian?

  • A
    Myrna Loy
  • B
    Audrey Hepburn
  • C
    Ginger Rogers
  • D
    Katharine Hepburn

Question 14

What is the name of the cultural icon most closely associated with women factory and naval yard workers during World War II?

  • A
    Mother Goose
  • B
    Wonder Woman
  • C
    Lady Liberty
  • D
    Rosie the Riveter

Question 15

This quiz is getting heavy. On a lighter note, who was the first African American woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress?

  • A
    Halle Berry
  • B
    Oprah Winfrey
  • C
    Lupita Nyong'o
  • D
    Whoopi Goldberg

Question 16

Who was the first woman to co-host the network evening news?

  • A
    Connie Chung
  • B
    Katie Couric
  • C
    Diane Sawyer
  • D
    Barbara Walters

Question 17

Who was the first female Attorney General of the United States?

  • A
    Janet Reno
  • B
    Joanne Pierce
  • C
    Brenda Jett
  • D
    Hillary Clinton

Question 18

Born in Czechoslovakia, who was the first woman to win six consecutive ladies singles titles at Wimbledon?

  • A
    Martina Navratilova
  • B
    Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
  • C
    Steffi Graf
  • D
    Martina Hingis

Question 19

What was the name of President Ronald Reagan's first wife?

  • A
    Nancy Reagan
  • B
    Jane Wyman
  • C
    Teresa Wright
  • D
    Agnes Moorehead

Question 20

Who was the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree?

  • A
    Sally Ride
  • B
    Belva Lockwood
  • C
    Antoinette Blackwell
  • D
    Elizabeth Blackwell

Question 21

In 2018, this powerhouse singer-actress became the first African American woman to headline the Coachella music festival. Who is she?

  • A
    Janet Jackson
  • B
    Jennifer Hudson
  • C
    Beyoncé
  • D
    Alicia Keys

Question 22

Which beautiful actress starred with handsome leading men such as Clark Gable in, Mogambo, Gregory Peck in The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Tyrone Power in The Sun Also Rises, but was married to boyish actor Mickey Rooney?

  • A
    Ava Gardner
  • B
    Rhonda Fleming
  • C
    Joan Fontaine
  • D
    Mabel Normand

Question 23

Who is this actress, most famous for her roles as Melanie in Gone with the Wind and Maid Marion to Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, as well as her lifelong feud with her actress sister, Joan Fontaine?

  • A
    Jean Crane
  • B
    Jean Simmons
  • C
    Helen Burgess
  • D
    Olivia de Havilland

Question 24

Playing the wise but gentle femme-fatale in several of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers opposite such actors as James Stewart and Cary Grant, this beautiful actress later became royalty.

  • A
    Lana Turner
  • B
    Sophia Loren
  • C
    Myrna Loy
  • D
    Grace Kelly

Question 25

In a spectacular setting, the 1953 dramatic noir 'Niagara' is about honeymooners who get involved with a disturbed war veteran and his unfaithful wife. What famous beauty plays this cheating woman?

  • A
    Elizabeth Taylor
  • B
    Marilyn Monroe
  • C
    Jayne Mansfield
  • D
    Olivia de Havilland

Question 26

This stunning blonde was often cast in roles where she portrayed the dumb blonde image, although, in reality, she had an IQ of 160. She was famous for non-spoken communication through squeals, sighs, and wiggles in movies such as Kiss Them for Me, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

  • A
    Grace Kelly
  • B
    Marilyn Monroe
  • C
    Ann-Margaret
  • D
    Jayne Mansfield

Question 27

"Don't cry for me, Argentina!" Who is featured on this country's 100-peso note?

  • A
    Eva Perón
  • B
    Grace Kelly
  • C
    Selina
  • D
    Madonna

Question 28

This actress was famous for her roles depicting hard-hearted, sardonic or even horrifying characters such as she played in, "Of Human Bondage" and "The Nanny." She was one of Hollywood's most iconic leading ladies. Her most endearing role came later in life when she played Apple Annie opposite Glenn Ford in "Pocketful of Miracles."

  • A
    Betty Grable
  • B
    Betsy Drake
  • C
    Bette Midler
  • D
    Bette Davis

Question 29

What British woman was featured on Time Magazine's January 5, 1953 cover for coming into her own, as well as three other times?

  • A
    Princess Diana
  • B
    Queen Elizabeth II
  • C
    The Duchess of Cambridge
  • D
    Margaret Thatcher

Question 30

When did Air Force pilot training first include women?

  • A
    1976
  • B
    1967
  • C
    1948
  • D
    1973

Question 31

This actress was well-known for her dramatic roles in such films as "Citizen Kane," "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and "The Magnificent Ambersons" long before taking on perhaps her most memorable role as Endora in the television series "Bewitched."

  • A
    Marilyn Monroe
  • B
    Loretta Young
  • C
    Eva Marie Saint
  • D
    Agnes Moorehead

Question 32

Actress Bette Davis, who passed away on October 6, 1989, was the first woman to be presented with which award by the American Film Institute?

  • A
    Best Actress Award
  • B
    Free Spirit Award
  • C
    Lifetime Achievement Award
  • D
    Cable Ace Award

Question 33

Born Constance Frances Marie Ockleman, this beautiful actress, noted for her iconic long blonde bangs that always swept across her face, played a femme fatale in film noir pieces with Alan Ladd as well as some comedic roles such as, I Married a Witch opposite Frederic March.

  • A
    Veronica Lake
  • B
    Marilyn Maxwell
  • C
    Katharine Hepburn
  • D
    Ann Sheridan

Question 34

Which gymnast was the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal at the Olympics?

  • A
    Mary Lou Retton
  • B
    Nastia Liukin
  • C
    Carly Patterson
  • D
    Gabby Douglas

Question 35

Who is the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of National Geographic?

  • A
    Elisabeth Bumiller
  • B
    Susan Goldberg
  • C
    Cindi Leive
  • D
    Myrna Blyth

Question 36

Winning an Academy Award for her role in It Happened one Night, starring opposite Clark Gable, this American actress was known more for her character and acting than for her beauty, although she was attractive enough to place opposite the likes of Jimmy Stewart, Fredric March, and Robert Young. One of her more famous comedic roles was in The Egg and I, a comedy co-starring Fred MacMurray.

  • A
    Marjorie Maine
  • B
    Rhonda Fleming
  • C
    Claudette Colbert
  • D
    Vivien Leigh

Question 37

What was the name of the character played by actress Kathy Bates in the movie "Misery"?

  • A
    Dominique Wilkes
  • B
    Annie Jilkes
  • C
    Annie Wilkes
  • D
    Penny Wilson

Question 38

This explosive actress, with her stunning red hair and hourglass figure, played in dramas, romances and even comedies. Reaching her dream of dancing with Fred Astaire, she partnered with him in two films, "You'll Never Get Rich" and "You Were Never Lovelier." "The Strawberry Blonde" was Hollywood's leading lady in the mid-1940s and was considered a real bombshell. Who was this energetic movie star?

  • A
    Lauren Bacall
  • B
    Rita Hayworth
  • C
    Ava Gardner
  • D
    Rozalind Russell

Question 39

This Olympian kills it in the breaststroke. In 1926, who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel?

  • A
    Ariel
  • B
    Gertrude Ederle
  • C
    Fanny Durack
  • D
    Dawn Fraser

Question 40

Ever wondered why your windscreen doesn't reflect, causing you to crash? Because this inventor created non-reflective glass.

  • A
    Marion Donovan
  • B
    Katharine Blodgett
  • C
    Kim Kardashian
  • D
    Mary Anderson

Question 41

This strong, beautiful and sometimes frightening actress got her start as a dancer in a traveling chorus line. From her portrayal of the manipulative Mildred Pierce to the vulnerable and dependent Blanche Hudson in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? she has left her mark on Hollywood.

  • A
    Bette Davis
  • B
    Jane Russell
  • C
    Joan Crawford
  • D
    Hedy Lamarr

Question 42

This actress had a child with actor Clark Gable, whom she worked with in the films "Key to the City" and "Call of the Wild." She was adept at comedic roles as well and "The Farmer's Daughter" is a fan favorite. Who is this high-fashion beauty?

  • A
    Deborah Karr
  • B
    Greer Garson
  • C
    Loretta Young
  • D
    Elizabeth Taylor

Question 43

In 1983, riding on board the Challenger, which of the following became the first American woman in space?

  • A
    Judith Resnik
  • B
    Jerrie Cobb
  • C
    Sally Ride
  • D
    Sharon Christa McAuliffe

Question 44

Often paired with actor Jimmy Stewart, she portrayed his mother as well as the mother or grandmother of many other actors. This actress had a sweet demeanor and quiet wisdom in most of her roles. Because of the character in her face, she would play aging mothers, though she was only in her forties.

  • A
    Beulah Bondi
  • B
    Vanessa Redgrave
  • C
    Maureen O'Hara
  • D
    Jean Simmons

Question 45

Who was the first female four-star general in the United States Army?

  • A
    Rebecca Marier
  • B
    Ann Dunwoody
  • C
    Elizabeth Hoisington
  • D
    Anna Mae Hays

Question 46

Ella Grasso was the first woman to be elected governor of a state in American history. What northeastern state was she governor of?

  • A
    New York
  • B
    Florida
  • C
    Michigan
  • D
    Connecticut

Question 47

"Fly me to the moon..." In 1963, who became the first woman in space?

  • A
    Dr. Ryan Stone
  • B
    Mae Jemison
  • C
    Valentina Tereshkova
  • D
    Sally Ride

Question 48

Who is the first woman to serve as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

  • A
    Elena Kagan
  • B
    Sonia Sotomayor
  • C
    Sandra Day O'Connor
  • D
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Question 49

From her serious role in the biopic, "Strategic Air Command" with Jimmy Stewart, to her role in the romantic comedy, "My Man Godfrey" with David Niven, this versatile actress's characters always had a good moral compass. She was a personal friend of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and a regular guest at the White House. In her older age, she was a spokesperson for the Depends company and an advocate for incontinence products for senior citizens. Who is this cute blonde actress?

  • A
    Jane Powell
  • B
    Joan Leslie
  • C
    June Allyson
  • D
    June Lockhart

Question 50

In 2010, she became the first woman to ever win the Academy Award for Best Director. Can you name her?

  • A
    Barbra Streisand
  • B
    Kathryn Bigelow
  • C
    Agnès Varda
  • D
    Sofia Coppola

Question 51

Which tennis legend was the first African American woman to rank #1 in the Open Era?

  • A
    Serena Williams
  • B
    Taylor Townsend
  • C
    Sloane Stephens
  • D
    Venus Williams

Question 52

Who was the first woman to run 100 meters in under 11 seconds in the Olympics?

  • A
    Margaret Abbott
  • B
    Asaffa Powell
  • C
    Ingrid Swednersen
  • D
    Evelyn Ashford

Question 53

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become United States Secretary of State, was born in which country?

  • A
    Czechoslovakia
  • B
    Poland
  • C
    Algeria
  • D
    Hungary

Question 54

In 1965, who became the first-ever Women's National Skateboard Champion?

  • A
    Ellen O'Neal
  • B
    Lizzie Armanto
  • C
    Patti McGee
  • D
    Peggy Oki

Question 55

This woman took it to the top! Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

  • A
    Maria Sharapova
  • B
    Junko Tabei
  • C
    Huliwanna Scroggins
  • D
    Santosh Yadav

Question 56

Who was the first woman to become the head of the government of an Islamic nation?

  • A
    Silva Pintasilgo
  • B
    Gro Harlem Brundtland
  • C
    Indira Gandhi
  • D
    Benazir Bhutto

Question 57

Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal for the marathon?

  • A
    Joan Benoit
  • B
    Rosa Mota
  • C
    Grete Waitz
  • D
    Katherine Switzer

Question 58

In the history of the New York Stock Exchange, what is the significance of a woman named Muriel Siebert?

  • A
    She redesigned the building at 23 Wall Street
  • B
    First female CEO of a Dow Jones company
  • C
    First woman to become a stock broker
  • D
    First woman to buy a seat on the exchange

Question 59

Who became the first African American female director to oversee a $100 million feature film when she directed the 2018 big-screen adaptation of 'A Wrinkle in Time'?

  • A
    Regina King
  • B
    Ava DuVernay
  • C
    Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • D
    Oprah Winfrey

Question 60

What German player took home her very first Wimbledon women’s singles title in 2018?

  • A
    Maret Ani
  • B
    Elena Dementieva
  • C
    Elena Baltacha
  • D
    Angelique Kerber

Question 61

Who is the most decorated female athlete in the history of the Winter Olympic games?

  • A
    Bonnie Blair
  • B
    Peggy Fleming
  • C
    Lindsey Vonn
  • D
    Kristi Yamaguchi

Question 62

Which of the following was the first President to be elected after women were granted the right to vote?

  • A
    Herbert Hoover
  • B
    George Washington
  • C
    Calvin Coolidge
  • D
    Warren Harding

Question 63

Though she hadn't realized she'd broken any sort of glass ceiling, who is credited as the first woman to complete a marathon?

  • A
    Paula Radcliffe
  • B
    Serena Williams
  • C
    Arlene Pieper
  • D
    Joan Benoit

Question 64

Who was the first woman to host SNL?

  • A
    Phyllis Diller
  • B
    Candace Bergen
  • C
    Joan Rivers
  • D
    Lily Tomlin

Question 65

"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them."

  • A
    Oprah Winfrey
  • B
    Harriet Tubman
  • C
    Sojourner Truth
  • D
    Frances Ellen Watkins Harpe

Question 66

Called "China's Joan of Arc," this revolutionary was a martyr of feminism and republicanism. Name that heroine.

  • A
    Yu Xuanji
  • B
    Qiu Jin
  • C
    Ti Ying
  • D
    Mulan

Question 67

The world's first female licensed pilot is also believed to be the first woman to fly a plane. Name that aviator.

  • A
    Nelly Furtado
  • B
    Jerrie Mock
  • C
    Raymonde de Laroche
  • D
    Amelia Earhart

Question 68

Who holds the record for most Time Magazine covers for a woman?

  • A
    Michelle Obama
  • B
    Queen Elizabeth II
  • C
    Margaret Thatcher
  • D
    Hillary Clinton

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