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1. Huma Abedin is an accomplished political staffer who has worked closely with Hilary Clinton. Who is Huma's husband that wronged her?
2. After almost 30 years of marriage, U.S. Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards wronged his wife by having an affair and a child with his mistress. What was his wife's name?
3. Members of an all-woman Russian punk collective band have been imprisoned in that country and Amnesty International terms them "prisoners of conscience". What is the name of this band of largely anonymous women?
4. Which U.S. sports star wronged his wife Elin Nordegren, a Swedish former model and mother of his two children?
5. Actress Robin Givens found success in the 80s sitcom "Head of the Class". Her one-year marriage to which boxing great was much less successful?
6. Bibi Aisha was a promised bride at 12, married at 14 and, after she ran away from an abusive husband, was captured and mutilated. Her husband was a member of which Islamic fundamentalist movement?
7. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Paula Coughlin was the most famous of 83 women and 7 men that were sexually assaulted at a Navy association meeting in September 1991. What is the name of that association?
8. Kay Summersby was driver/aide to a married U.S. general with whom it was alleged she had a wartime affair. Who was this general?
9. Lucrezia, daughter of a Renaissance Pope, had many marriages arranged for her by her male kinsmen in order to advance their own careers. What was Lucrezia's maiden name?
10. Malala Yousafzai was 15 years old when she was shot for advocating what for Pakistani women?
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