40+ Inspiring Women's History Month Trivia Questions
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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.
1. Which artist was known for her self-portraits and depiction of Mexican folk culture?
Tamara De Lempicka
Frida Kahlo
Teresa Burga
2. ‘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 ‘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 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 ‘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 Menchú
Ana Mendieta
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
The First Woman To…
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.
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 ‘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 ‘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
Émilie du Châtelet
Sandra Faber
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