Wicked Women in History

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1. In 330 BC, this courtesan is said to have taunted Alexander the Great into burning down the city of Persepolis. Zenobia Zoe Thais Chloe

2. She was the daughter of Ethbaal of Phoenicia, married King Ahab of Israel, and ended up being eaten by dogs for her evil ways. Who was this murderous idol worshipper? Jezebel Lilith Bathsheba Endora

3. In about 1479 BC, this Egyptian queen, the widow of Pharaoh Tuthmosis II, became regent for her infant stepson, Tuthmosis III. Six years later she usurped his throne, and had herself declared Pharaoh. She also engaged in a scandalous affair with a commoner named Senemut. Who was she? Hatshepsut Twosret Cleopatra Nefertiti

4. This traitoress betrayed the city of Rome to its Sabine enemies and received a gruesome death as her reward. Calpurnia Antonia Tarpeia Severina

5. This wife of the Emperor Claudius is remembered as one of the wickedest women in the history of the Roman Empire - quite a distinction! She was also the mother Claudius' son, Brittanicus. She was executed in 48 AD. Her first name was Valeria. Honoria Fausta Messalina Agrippina

6. This Hungarian noblewoman liked to bathe in the blood of young girls to maintain her youthful appearance. She is said to have killed over 600 of them before her death in 1614. Sylvia Plachy Elisabeth Bathory Henrietta Szold Maria Remenyi

7. Born in 1480, this notorious poisoner was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI. She was rumored to have had unnatural relations with both her father and her brother, Caesar. Both her second husband, Alfonso of Aragon, and her lover, Ercole Strozzi, were violently murdered. Who was she? Lucrezia Borgia Caterina Cittadini Anna Gattorno Caterina Volpicelli

8. This English queen got her jollies by burning Protestants at the stake (over 200 hundred of them). She was also prepared to turn her kingdom over to the Spanish. Who was this really awful daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon? Maud Mary I Anne Elizabeth I

9. Speaking of bad queens, who was the she-devil who ruled Madagascar from 1828 until 1861 and enjoyed throwing Christians off cliffs for amusement? Ranavalona II Ranavalona I Ravahiny Rasoherina

10. Now for something completely different. Who was the aristocratic English lady whom legend has falsely accused of engaging in highway robbery, and who was the subject of a 1945 film starring James Mason and Margaret Lockwood called, appropriately enough, "The Wicked Lady?" Nell Gwynne Aphra Behn Dame Sarah Cowper Lady Katherine Ferrers

11. Who was the notorious female pirate who, in company with Mary Read, became famous in 1700s along with their mutual lover, Calico Jack Rackham? Moll Flanders Anne Bonny Bonnie Parker Grace O'Malley

12. Who is Mary Mallon better remembered as? The Black Dahlia Mata Hari Lady Bluebeard Typhoid Mary

13. This notorious Nazi sadist is known to history as "The Bitch of Buchenwald." Irma Grese Emma Zimmer Greta Bosel Ilsa Koch

14. From 1920 to 1950, this woman made a fortune by stealing children from their mothers and selling them on the black market. Who was the heartless director of the Tennessee Children's home? Andrea Yates Emma Goldman Esther Hibner Georgia Tann

15. She was born November 29, 1900, in Portland, Maine. Her name at birth was Mildred Elizabeth Sisk, but who is she better known as? Tokyo Rose Axis Sally Belle Starr Ethel Rosenberg