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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

This article will feature 40 Women’s History Month trivia questions to help you celebrate and honor the occasion with your team!



March is Women’s History Month, an opportunity to honor and celebrate women and women’s contributions and impact on the world and our culture. Women’s history has oftentimes been under-recognized, and it is important to shine a light on the past and present women who have been trailblazers and pioneers and serve as inspiration for the future. 

To celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we have compiled a list of Women’s History Month icebreakers and trivia questions on women who have changed the world, including scientists, athletes, artists, activists, and politicians, and hope you and your teams will have fun and learn together in honor of Women’s History Month. 


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Artists, Authors, Activists 

 
Women’s History Trivia Questions For Work.

Women’s History Trivia Questions For Work.

 



1. Which artist was known for her self-portraits and depiction of Mexican folk culture? 

  • Tamara De Lempicka

  • Frida Kahlo

  • Teresa Burga


2. β€˜Hope is the thing with feathers’ is one of the most well-known poems by which renowned writer?

  • Emily Dickinson

  • Sylvia Plath

  • Elizabeth Bishop


3. Which activist co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association?

  • Ann D. Gordon

  • Susan B. Anthony

  • Lucretia Mott


4. Which disability and women’s rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor’s Degree?

  • Elizabeth Ware Packard

  • Judith Heumann

  • Hellen Keller


5. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique and coined the term β€˜the problem that has no name’?

  • Betty Friedan

  • Mary Field Belenkey

  • Christine Stansell

6. Which singer won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year most often (3 times)?

  • Adele

  • Taylor Swift

  • Lauryn Hill


7. Jane Austen’s most famous novels include Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and _____.

  • Jane Eyre

  • Emma

  • Wuthering Heights


8. Rosa Parks’ activism led to which key moment in the Civil Rights Movement?

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Greensboro Sit-In

  • March On Washington


9. Who was the first woman to receive EGOT status (winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)?

  • Helen Hayes

  • Audrey Hepburn

  • Barbra Streisand


10. Who is known for being the first African American prima ballerina?

  • Anne Benna Sims

  • Aesha Ash

  • Janet Collins


Trailblazing Women

 
Women's History Month Trivia Questions To Celebrate Women's History Month.

Women's History Month Trivia To Celebrate Women's History Month.

 


1. Which soldier fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man?

  • Deborah Sampson

  • Ruby Bradley

  • Opha May Johnson


2. Which of the following women was the first female US Secretary of State?

  • Madeleine Albright

  • Condolezza Right

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton


3. Who was the first woman to co-anchor a news show?

  • Marlene Sanders

  • Barbara Walters

  • Susan Stambeg


4. What US state was Kamala Harris a senator for before becoming Vice President?

  • Illinois

  • New Mexico

  • California


5. Who wrote the classic gothic novel, Frankenstein?

  • Mary Shelley

  • Virginia Woolf

  • Margaret Atwood


6. Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which of the following sports?

  • Athletics

  • Figure skating

  • Gymnastics


7. Malala Yousafzai is the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Price laureate for her work in which cause?

  • Education of women and children

  • Promoting the rights of refugees

  • Contribution to sustainable development


8. Dolores Huerta was a key labor leader and activist for which group of workers?

  • Domestic workers

  • Healthcare workers

  • Farm workers


9. Which abolitionist was known as β€˜Moses’ in the Underground Railroad?

  • Sojourner Truth

  • Elizabeth Freeman

  • Harriet Tubman


10. Which Guatemalan activist is known for her work for ethnocultural reconciliation and Indigenous rights?

  • Rigoberta MenchΓΊ

  • Ana Mendieta

  • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 


The First Woman To…

 
Women’s History Month Trivia Questions And Answers.

Women’s History Month Trivia Questions And Answers.

 


1. Which US First Lady is known for being the first to take on responsibilities beyond hosting and entertaining in the White House?

  • Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Jackie Kennedy

  • Rosalynn Carter


2. Who was the first openly transgender woman to appear on the cover of Time magazine?

  • Janet Mock

  • Indya Moore

  • Laverne Cox


3. Who was the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood?

  • Anna May Wong 

  • Michelle Yeoh

  • Rosalind Chao


4. Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?

  • Bell Hooks

  • Toni Morrison

  • Alice Walker


5. Madam C.J Walker is known as the first self-made Black female millionaire. What products led to her success?

  • The Barbie doll

  • Beauty/Hair care products

  • Electric refrigerator 


6. Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?

  • Ella Fitzgerald

  • Aretha Franklin

  • Joni Mitchell


7. Eileen Gu is the first Chinese American to win an Olympic gold medal in which category?

  • Snowboarding

  • Freestyle skiing

  • Speed skating


8. Which politician was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress?

  • Shirley Chisholm

  • Barbara Jordan

  • Carol Moseley Braun


9. Who was the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court?

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  • Sandra Day O’Connor

  • Sonia Sotomayor


10. Who is the first and only tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles?

  • Steffi Graf

  • Serena Williams

  • Martina Navratilova


Women in STEM

 
Women’s History Month Trivia Questions For The Office.

Women’s History Month Trivia Questions For The Office.

 


1. Which scientist’s contribution led to the discovery of the structure of DNA?

  • Rosalind Franklin

  • Lisa Meitner

  • Rachel Carson


2. Jane Goodall was a primatologist best known for being an expert on which of the following?

  • Gorillas

  • Chimpanzees

  • Orangutans


3. Which mathematician was known as β€˜the human computer’ and helped calculate trajectories for the first man in space?

  • Kitty O’Brien Joyner

  • Sally Ride

  • Katherine Johnson


4. Which of the following pilots was the first female pilot to operate a transatlantic flight in 1932?

  • Amelia Earhart

  • Aida de Acosta

  • Harriet Quimby


5. Who is known as the founder of β€˜modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services?

  • Florence Nightingale

  • Clara Barton

  • Virginia Henderson


6. Which of the following astronauts was the first Black woman to travel into space?

  • Kathy Sullivan

  • Mary Jackson

  • Mae C. Jemison


7. Which of the following mathematicians is considered to be the first computer programmer?

  • Ada Lovelace

  • Amy Noether

  • Julia Robinson


8. Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?

  • Mary McLeod Bethune

  • Bessie Coleman

  • Barbara Smith


9. Which scientist was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes?

  • Gerty Cori

  • Marie Curie

  • May-Britt Moser


10. Which astronomer and physicist discovered the composition of stars?

  • Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

  • Γ‰milie du ChΓ’telet

  • Sandra Faber

We hope you and your teams have fun celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. For more fun content like this, check out some of our other trivia posts:

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