Women’s Day Quiz Questions and Answers

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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

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