Trivia Quiz Questions And Answers About Women
In 1999 the most downloaded woman on the internet was who?
A: Cindy Margolis.
What god, in classical mythology, dressed as a woman, spun
wool,
and performed other womanly tasks for three years to appease his
fellow gods?
A: Hercules.
What was the name of the movie that Dustin Hoffman made where he
played an actor who pretends to be a woman?
A: Tootsie.
Who was the first woman in Italy to be awarded a degree in
medicine?
A: Maria Montessori.
What is Julie Andrews birth name?
A: Julia Elizabeth Wells.
When did Prince Charles propose to Lady Diana?
A: On 6 February 1981.
What did the Queen Mother give Diana as an engagement present?
A: A sapphire and diamond brooch.
In 1931,
Amelia Earhart set what world altitude record?
A: An altitude of 18,415 feet (5,613 m), flying a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogyro borrowed from Beech-Nut Chewing Gum.
What comic book heroine was created by psychologist William
Moulton Marston, inventor of the polygraph machine?
A: Wonder Woman.
Who was Gilda Radner?
A: Gilda Radner was an American comedian and
actress who was the first of the seven original members cast for the comedy show Saturday Night Live.
A famous American actress was the first woman to run a U.S.
airline, what was her name?
A: Maureen O'Hara.
In Shania Twain's song, Man! I Feel Like A Woman! has what as the
last word?
A: Woman.
Princess Diana excelled in what
sports?
A: Swimming and diving.
What type of
dance did she study?
A: She studied ballet and tap dance.
Who was
Amelia Earhart?
A: Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author.
What political wife snapped: "I'm not sitting here like some
little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette"?
A: Hillary Clinton.
Golda Meir responded to a question about how it felt to be a
woman minister was what?
A: "I don't know - I've never been a man minister?
On May 15, 1923, Amelia Earhart became the 16th woman in the United States to be issued a what?
A: A pilot's license.
From 1974 to 1975 Gilda Radner was a featured player on what radio show?
A: The National Lampoon Radio Hour, a comedy program syndicated to some 600 U.S. radio stations.
Sacagawea, the Indian woman who helped guide
Lewis and Clark
on
their 1804 journey of exploration was a member of which tribe?
A: Shoshone.
What woman's name was originally used in the old barbershop
quartet favorite "Sweet Adeline"?
A: Rosalie. The song didn't sell well so they renamed it.
Madeline Albright became the first woman what in the U.S.
government?
A: Secretary of State.
In Toronto Gilda Radner made her professional acting debut in what?
A: The 1972 production of Godspell with future stars Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Victor Garber, Martin Short, and Paul Shaffer.
Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A: Amelia Earhart.
Who was the male star in Pretty Woman?
A: Richard Gere.
What woman achieved the highest altitude for a woman astronaut in
1993?
A: Kathryn Thornton.
In 1977, Gilda Radner won an Emmy Award for what?
A: Her performances on Saturday Night Live.
What was the title of Barbara Streisand's 1980 hit song?
A: Woman in Love?
Diana Prince was able to turn into who?
A: Wonder Woman.
In her routines, Gilda Radner specialized in parodies of what?
A: Television stereotypes, such as advice specialists and
news anchors.
The first American woman to win Wimbledon was who?
A: May Sutton.
Which woman was the only woman that
James Bond married?
A: Teresa Draco in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
When did Lady Diana first meet
Charles, Prince of Wales, the Queen's eldest son and heir apparent?
A: In November 1977.
How old was she?
A: She was 16.
Demi Moore early in her career, appeared in a low budget 3-D
horror movie in 1982.
A: Parasite. A film where a young woman is menaced by giant slugs.
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's first film together was
called what.
A: Woman of the Year.
On October 22, 1922 what did Amelia Earhart do?
A: She flew the Airster to an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), setting a world record for female pilots.
Michael Bolton neglected to thank what singer while accepting a
Grammy for "When a Man Loves a Woman"?
A: Percy Sledge.
On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first aviator to do what?
A: To fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland,
California.
What actress starred with Richard Gere in the 1990 movie Pretty
Woman?
A: Julia Roberts.
Both of Princess Diana’s grandmothers had served as what?
A: Ladies-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Princess Diana became known as Lady Diana after what?
A: Her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo where?
A: Across the North American continent and back.
Al Pacino plays a retired Colonel, Frank Slade, in what 90s
movie?
A: Scent of a woman.
When did Gilda Radner die from ovarian cancer?
A: In 1989.
Who was the first American woman to fly the Atlantic solo in
1932?
A: Amelia Earhart.
What female astronaut spent more time in space than any woman or
any U.S. astronaut after NASA delayed her ride home by six weeks in
1996?
A: Shannon Lucid.
What woman has been described as a woman who pulled herself up by
her bra straps?
A: Madonna.
The worlds first woman prime minister was elected in what year?
A: 1960.
Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, was played by what ex-Bond Girl?
A: Jane Seymour.
As the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, Earhart received what honor from Congress?
A: The Distinguished Flying Cross.
Who was Diana Princess of Wales?
A: Diana, Princess of Wales was a member of the British royal family.
What was Diana Princess of Wales birth name?
A: Diana Frances Spencer.
Princess Diana was the first Englishwoman in 300 years to do what?
A: Become the spouse of an heir apparent.
Twenty-year-old Diana became Princess of Wales when she did what?
A: When married the Prince of Wales on 29 July 1981 at
St Paul's Cathedral.
Gilda Radner had a relationship with what SNL cast mate?
A: Bill Murray, with whom she worked at the National Lampoon, which ended badly.
On October 21, 1986, Radner was diagnosed with what?
A: Stage IV ovarian cancer.
