Famous Women Quiz

[Carl]

• 1. What nationality was Catherine the Great ?

• 2. Which novelist wrote Emma and Mansfield Park ?

• 3. Andree de Jongh, known as Dedee, set up the Comet Line aged 24 and was later awarded the George Medal by King George VI. What was the Comet Line ?

• 4. In what field did Sarah Siddons achieve fame in the 18th Century ?

• 5. Name the singer known as the Swedish Nightingale ?

• 6. What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to help a lot of black slaves in America ?

• 7. With what slogan are Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters associated ?

• 8. In which country was Israeli leader Golda Meir born ?

• 9. Who was nicknamed 'The Iron Lady' ?

• 10. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two Irish women in 1976. Mairead Corrigan was one; who was the other ?

• 11. What was Nancy Reagan's occupation before she devoted herself to helping her husband's political career ?

• 12. Which 19th Century Englishwoman campaigned for prison reform ?

• 13. Which Bronte sister wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ?

• 14. Which famous opera singer left her husband for Greek shipping magnet Onassis, who in turn left her to marry Jacqueline Kennedy ?

• 15. In which film did Elizabeth Taylor achieve child stardom in 1944 ?

• 16. What disability did actress Sarah Bernhardt suffer from ?

• 17. Where was musician and singer Joan Armatrading born ?

• 18. Name the 19th Century pioneer of women's rights in the British medical profession after which a famous women's hospital in London wasa named ?

• 19. Which young woman stabbed Jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, in his bath ?

• 20. Who portrayed missionary Gladys Aylward in the film Inn of the Sixth Happiness ?

• 21. Which American state is named for Queen Elizabeth I ?

• 22. Who was the only person to win Nobel prizes for physics and chemistry ?

• 23. What is Mother Teresa's given name ?

• 24. Name the woman who was elected President of the Philippines after Ferdinand Marcos fled ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

6 She wrote Uncle Tom´s Cabin
7 Votes for Women

[stowie39]

14.Maria Callas
15. National velvet

[elcarretero]

21 Virginia
22 Marie Curie

[freddo]

20 Ingrid Bergman

21 The Virginias

[LucindaC]

9 Margaret Thatcher
11 actress

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What nationality was Catherine the Great ? German

• 2. Which novelist wrote Emma and Mansfield Park ? Jane Austin

• 3. Andree de Jongh, known as Dedee, set up the Comet Line aged 24 and was later awarded the George Medal by King George VI. What was the Comet Line ? An escape route through Nazi occupied Europe, which ran from Brussels to the Pyrenees, that helped Allied forces escape to freedom

• 4. In what field did Sarah Siddons achieve fame in the 18th Century ? Acting

• 5. Name the singer known as the Swedish Nightingale ? Jenny Lind

• 6. What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to help a lot of black slaves in America ? She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

• 7. With what slogan are Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters associated ? Votes For Women !

• 8. In which country was Israeli leader Golda Meir born ? Russia

• 9. Who was nicknamed 'The Iron Lady' ? Margaret Thatcher

• 10. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two Irish women in 1976. Mairead Corrigan was one; who was the other ? Betty Williams

• 11. What was Nancy Reagan's occupation before she devoted herself to helping her husband's political career ? Film Actress

• 12. Which 19th Century Englishwoman campaigned for prison reform ? Elizabeth Fry

• 13. Which Bronte sister wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ? Anne

• 14. Which famous opera singer left her husband for Greek shipping magnet Onassis, who in turn left her to marry Jacqueline Kennedy ? Maria Callas

• 15. In which film did Elizabeth Taylor achieve child stardom in 1944 ? National Velvet

• 16. What disability did actress Sarah Bernhardt suffer from ? She had a leg amputated

• 17. Where was musician and singer Joan Armatrading born ? West Indies

• 18. Name the 19th Century pioneer of women's rights in the British medical profession after which a famous women's hospital in London wasa named ? Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

• 19. Which young woman stabbed Jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French Revolution, in his bath ? Charlotte Corday

• 20. Who portrayed missionary Gladys Aylward in the film Inn of the Sixth Happiness ? Ingrid Bergman

• 21. Which American state is named for Queen Elizabeth I ? Virginia

• 22. Who was the only person to win Nobel prizes for physics and chemistry ? Madame Curie

• 23. What is Mother Teresa's given name ? Agnes

• 24. Name the woman who was elected President of the Philippines after Ferdinand Marcos fled ? Corazon Aquino