Women’s Day Quiz Questions and Answers-Some quiz questions and answers on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
36 Quiz Questions and Answers for Women’s Day
1. When is International Women’s Day celebrated?
Answer: March 8.
2. In which year was the first International Women’s Day celebrated?
Answer: 1911.
3. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
Answer: New Zealand.
4. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie.
5. Who was the first woman to be elected head of an African country?
Answer: Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka.
6. Who was the first woman to be a United States Supreme Court Justice?
Answer: Sandra Day O’Connor.
7. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher.
8. Who was the first woman to sail solo across the Atlantic?
Answer: Amelia Earhart.
9. Who was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director?
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow.
10 Who was the first woman to serve as president of the United States?
Answer: America has never had a woman president.
11. Who was the first woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in tennis?
Answer: Lottie Dod.
12. Who was the first woman to run for president of the United States?
Answer: Victoria Woodhull.
13. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer: Edith Wharton.
14. Who was the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State?
Answer: Madeleine Albright.
15. Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Answer: Spyridon Lewis.
16. Who was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Answer: Janet Gaynor.
17. Who was the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
Answer: Judy Garland.
18. Who was the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Director of a Play?
Answer: Julie Taymor.
19. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Bertha von Suttner.
20. Who was the first woman to win the Golden Globe for Best Director?
Answer: Barbra Streisand.
21. Who was the first woman to win the World Chess Championship?
Answer: Vera Menchik.
22. Who was the first woman to win a stage of the Tour de France?
Answer: Marian Martin.
23. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: Junko Tabei.
24. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
Answer: Joe Akins.
25.Who was the first woman to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series?
Answer: Barbara Bel Geddes.
26. Who was the first woman to win a Formula One race?
Answer: Lella Lombardi.
27. Who was the first woman elected to the United States Senate?
Answer: Hattie Caraway.
28. Who was the first woman to serve as Chancellor of Germany?
Answer: Angela Merkel.
29. Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Answer: Aretha Franklin.
30. Who was the first woman to win the Booker Prize?
Answer: Bernice Rubens.
31. Who was the first woman to become a billionaire?
Answer: Elizabeth Holmes.
32. Who was the first woman to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival?
Answer: Jane Campion.
33. Who was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress?
Answer: Gale Sondergaard.
34. Who was the first woman to win a gold medal in Olympic wrestling?
Answer: Helen Maroulis.
35. Who was the first woman elected Chancellor of Germany?
Answer: Angela Merkel.
36. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher.
Women’s Day Quiz Questions and Answers