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Quiz about The 2006 Above Rubies Awards
Quiz about The 2006 Above Rubies Awards

The 2006 Above Rubies Awards Trivia Quiz


Welcome to this year's awards, which honor women from more than a dozen nations who have made our world more just, more beautiful and more inspiring.

A multiple-choice quiz by LilahDeDah. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
LilahDeDah
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
231,868
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
695
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female African head of state, was elected president of what country (capital: Monrovia) in 2005? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Zaha Hadid's biography describes her as a "Deconstructionist" and mentions that she's the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. Which of the following is Ms. Hadid's profession? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Both Vanya Cullen and Laura Catena went into their families' businesses in the overwhelmingly male-dominated field of winemaking. Ms. Cullen's mother, Diana, was honored with the Order of Australia. In what up-and-coming Southern Hemisphere wine country does Dr. Laura Catena manage her grandfather's winery, Catena Zapata? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Chinese-American artist Hung Liu's story is a fascinating one. Her family was torn apart by revolution in China when she was a girl, and she herself was forced to spend years working as a farmer. It was during these years that she began to draw. What was Mao Zedong's program of proletariat re-education called? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. American Polly Letofsky spent five years walking more than 14,000 miles around the world. Why did Ms. Letofsky walk through 22 countries? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. For most of its existence, the voices of the Islamic religion have been those of men. Attempting to change that is Asra Nomani, called "the unmarried mother who wants to pray among men". Which of the following books was written by Ms. Nomani? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Welcome to the art of the extreme makeover. If you look closely at a seemingly benign collage by Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu, you may find parts of a "Cosmo" fashion spread, packing tape, items of medical paraphernalia, fabric, prostheses and motorbike parts. Her work is meticulously crafted and overworked with ink or acrylic.
Choose the answer that best describes the themes common to much of Ms. Mutu's work.
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Ngawang Sangdrol, born in 1977, was first arrested and imprisoned at the age of 13. Her crime was to be a member of a religious order and protest an oppressive government. She served nine months before being released but was soon arrested again in 1992 for taking part in another protest. This time she was subjected to severe physical and mental torture and degradation before political expediency gained her release in 2002. Of which country is Ngawang a native? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Texas resident and unlikely activist Shelby Knox first came to the world's attention as the 15-year-old subject of the film "The Education of Shelby Knox". What did Ms. Knox find disturbing about public education in Texas? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following pairs of amazing women did NOT carry in the Olympic flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Games in Torino? Hint



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1. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female African head of state, was elected president of what country (capital: Monrovia) in 2005?

Answer: Liberia

Elected in 2005, economist Sirleaf hopes to free Liberia of both economic dependence and political upheaval. Like so much of Sub-Saharan Africa, Liberia has struggled with corrupt governments, coups (including a brutal 14-year civil war) and staggering economic and health issues. It is devoutly to be hoped that Ms. Sirleaf is the leader her beleaguered country deserves.
2. Zaha Hadid's biography describes her as a "Deconstructionist" and mentions that she's the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. Which of the following is Ms. Hadid's profession?

Answer: She's an architect

Researching Ms. Hadid was interesting for me because I had no idea what "Deconstructivism" was. (If you haven't either, Wikipedia defines it as "a development in Postmodern architecture beginning in the late 1980s. It is characterised by ideas of fragmentation, non-linear processes of design, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and apparent non-Euclidean geometry, which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of architecture, such as structure and envelope. The final visual appearance of buildings that exhibit the myriad deconstructivist "styles" are characterized by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos.")

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the field's most prestigious--previous winners have included I.M Pei and Philip Johnson. Not only is Zaha Hadid the first woman to win the prize, she is also the first Iraqi to be so honored. (Ms. Hadid was born in Baghdad but moved to the UK in the 1970s.)
3. Both Vanya Cullen and Laura Catena went into their families' businesses in the overwhelmingly male-dominated field of winemaking. Ms. Cullen's mother, Diana, was honored with the Order of Australia. In what up-and-coming Southern Hemisphere wine country does Dr. Laura Catena manage her grandfather's winery, Catena Zapata?

Answer: Argentina

Although the wine-producing business remains largely male, Ms. Cullen and Dr. (she's also a physician!) Catena are hopefully harbingers of a growing trend. Dr. Catena is hopeful that wine production and sales will help her beloved Argentina emerge from an economic crisis that has persisted for many years.
4. Chinese-American artist Hung Liu's story is a fascinating one. Her family was torn apart by revolution in China when she was a girl, and she herself was forced to spend years working as a farmer. It was during these years that she began to draw. What was Mao Zedong's program of proletariat re-education called?

Answer: The Cultural Revolution

It was during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution (interestingly, officially repudiated by the Communist Party of China in 1981) that high school student Hung Liu was forced onto the farm. Today a college art professor, her work marries traditional Chinese and modern images, particularly in her 1988 and 2000 installation pieces, both titled "Where is Mao?".

Some of Hung Liu's work may be viewed online at http://www.kelliu.com
5. American Polly Letofsky spent five years walking more than 14,000 miles around the world. Why did Ms. Letofsky walk through 22 countries?

Answer: To raise money for breast cancer education

Polly Letofsky's journey can be viewed at www.globalwalk.org.
In total, she raised more than $200,000, completing her walk in 2004 and becoming the first American woman to walk around the world.
6. For most of its existence, the voices of the Islamic religion have been those of men. Attempting to change that is Asra Nomani, called "the unmarried mother who wants to pray among men". Which of the following books was written by Ms. Nomani?

Answer: Standing Alone in Mecca

All of the answer choices are by contemporary Muslim women writers. "Reading Lolita in Tehran" is by Azar Nafisi of Iran, "God Dies by the Nile" is by Egyptian feminist author Nawal El Saadawi, and "Distant View of a Minaret" is by Alifa Rifaat, also of Egypt. To say that the world is currently experiencing a brilliant cultural explosion of Islamic female talent is to understate the fact!
7. Welcome to the art of the extreme makeover. If you look closely at a seemingly benign collage by Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu, you may find parts of a "Cosmo" fashion spread, packing tape, items of medical paraphernalia, fabric, prostheses and motorbike parts. Her work is meticulously crafted and overworked with ink or acrylic. Choose the answer that best describes the themes common to much of Ms. Mutu's work.

Answer: Racism, genocide, and the modern obsession with beauty

"Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male", says Wangechi Mutu. Her work is a painstaking catalogue of the way the culture of war, famine, greed and obsession with personal beauty has marked all women today; from self-starved emulators of the catwalks to the malnourished refugees in a Saharan dustbowl. Now based in New York, Wangechi Mutu is a Master's graduate of the Yale School of Art.

Her work is exhibited in major shows throughout the USA and world-wide.
8. Ngawang Sangdrol, born in 1977, was first arrested and imprisoned at the age of 13. Her crime was to be a member of a religious order and protest an oppressive government. She served nine months before being released but was soon arrested again in 1992 for taking part in another protest. This time she was subjected to severe physical and mental torture and degradation before political expediency gained her release in 2002. Of which country is Ngawang a native?

Answer: Tibet

Tibetan Ngawang Sangdrol was imprisoned by the occupying Chinese government for a total of 21 years when her sentence was shortened, officially for good behavior, immediately prior to the visit by then-Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the ranch of U.S. President George W. Bush in October, 2002.

She now resides in the U.S.A., where she is an analyst for the International Campaign for Tibet.
9. Texas resident and unlikely activist Shelby Knox first came to the world's attention as the 15-year-old subject of the film "The Education of Shelby Knox". What did Ms. Knox find disturbing about public education in Texas?

Answer: By law, teachers could teach only abstinence in sex ed classes

In 1996, then-governor George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that made it a crime to teach any sex education but abstinence. Although Shelby personally signed a pledge to remain chaste until marriage, she couldn't help noticing the large numbers of pregnant teens in her high school hallways. Indeed, Lubbock, Shelby's hometown, had one of the highest teen pregnancy rates (and STD rates) in the USA. "The Education of Shelby Knox", which premiered at Sundance in 2005 (and was nominated for its Grand Jury Prize) follows Shelby's quest to be educated about some very basic processes.

"I think that God wants you to question," Shelby says, "to do more than just blindly be a follower, because he can't use blind followers. He can use people like me who realize there's more in the world that can be done."

For more information, please see www.pbs.org/pov/pov2005/shelbyknox/about.html and www.shelbyknox.org.
10. Which of the following pairs of amazing women did NOT carry in the Olympic flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Games in Torino?

Answer: Frida Kahlo & Georgia O'Keeffe

In addition to activists Sarandon, Mam, Maathai and Allende, the bearers included former female Olympians Nawal el Moutawakel and Maria Mutola, Italian IOC member Manuela Di Centa, and Italian national treasure Sophia Loren.

In my opinion, those eight women were stunningly selected. Dressed in white, they were an extraordinarily moving addition to the opening ceremonies. Bravissima!

Thank you for playing this quiz. If you would like to nominate a woman for next year's Above Rubies Awards, please send me a note and help celebrate all women, everywhere.
Source: Author LilahDeDah

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