International Women’s Day 2023 might be over, but I think every day should be spent remembering all the wonderful women past and present (no, not the superheroine). Yet amid the most renowned women known across the world, there are so many unsung heroines that deserve a mention. As a result, you might not know some of the names that appear in this quiz, which is okay, because we are learning all the time – I certainly am!
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1 In 1955, a time of racial segregation, which Black lady refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus?
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Josephine Baker
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Rosa Parks
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Harriet Tubman
Correct!Wrong!
Rosa Parks
The United States Congress has honoured Mrs Parks as the "first lady of civil rights" and "mother of the freedom movement".
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2 Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
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Marie Curie
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Gerty Cori
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Florence Nightingale
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Mother Theresa
Correct!Wrong!
Marie Curie
Ms Curie is also the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, as well as the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two science fields. Her first Nobel Prize was shared with her husband Pierre, making them the first married couple to win! Talk about couple goals!
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3 Which of these was NOT a Bronte sister?
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Anne
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Charlotte
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Jane
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Emily
Correct!Wrong!Jane
The writing Jane we know is Jane Austen - who lived and died long before the Brontes' time. Though Charlotte Bronte did pen Jane Eyre, a novel considered very much ahead of its time with how it approaches gender roles, class, religion and how Jane herself is an individual character.
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4 Which Hollywood actress was an ambassador for UNICEF?
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Audrey Hepburn
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Grace Kelly
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Marilyn Monroe
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Elizabeth Taylor
Correct!Wrong!
Audrey Hepburn
In her later life, Dutch-British Ms Hepburn worked in some of the poorest communities in Africa, Asia and South America. She also spent her childhood and teens doing ballet to raise money for the Dutch resistance against the Nazis.
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5 Whose book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising Elsa the lion cub?
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Joy Adamson
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Joy Behar
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Joyce Carol Oates
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Joy Harjo
Correct!Wrong!
Joy Adamson
Together with her husband George, Joy raised Elsa then decided to set her free. Elsa was the first lioness to be successfully released back into the wild.
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