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Women in Pants

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Something in Common : Women in Pants

Introduction:
"This is a follow-up to my Men in Skirts quiz which seemed to be popular. This quiz concerns women in entertainment and literature that posed as men. Enjoy."


1. What academy award winning actress starred as a women pretending to be a man that impersonates women in the 1982 movie "Victor, Victoria?"
    Julie Andrews
    Shirley Maclaine
    Maggie Smith
    Barbra Streisand


2. What academy award winning actress posed as a man in the movie "Yentl" in order to study Jewish scripture like men?
    Barbra Streisand
    Jodie Foster
    Meryl Streep
    Vanessa Redgrave


3. What academy award winning actress posed as a man in order to act in plays in the movie "Shakespeare in Love?"
    Judi Dench
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Maggie Smith
    Helen Hunt


4. What male pen name was used by the famous British novelist Mary Ann Evans?
    George Eliot
    Ayn Rand
    Charles Dickens
    Frances Bacon


5. What actress won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of a girl living as a boy in the 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry?"
    Marisa Tomei
    Julia Roberts
    Hilary Swank
    Mira Sorvino


6. What actress won a Best Supporting Oscar for her portrayal of a male character in the 1983 movie "The Year of Living Dangerously?"
    Angelica Houston
    Mercedes Ruehl
    Jessica Lange
    Linda Hunt


7. What famous 1950's sitcom superstar dressed up as Charlie Chaplin in an episode of her show?
    Donna Reed
    Eve Arden
    Ann Southern
    Lucille Ball


8. What teen movie in 1985 starring Joyce Hyser was about a teenage girl posing as a boy in another High School in order to enter a journalism competition?
    Girl Interrupted
    About a Boy
    Just One of The Guys
    Where The Boys Are


9. Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell were the male pen names of 3 famous sister authors that published their first work of poetry in 1846. Who were these famous sisters?
    Answer: (3 words (First word "the", Last word "sisters", same initials as pen name))


10. What academy award winning actress was known for always wearing pants both in the movies and real life?
    Katherine Hepburn
    Helen Hayes
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Claudette Colbert


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