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The Facts of Wife Trivia Quiz


Do you really know women? Then what do you know about these famous women?

A multiple-choice quiz by Limba. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Limba
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
350,424
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2595
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Hayes1953 (10/10), Guest 75 (8/10), Guest 198 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This lady was never married, but formed the Women's State Temperance Society, was part of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association. She wrote an amendment, which after her death, became the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Who was she? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. She was the Angel of the Battlefield. During the Civil War, she received permission to go to wherever sick soldiers were taken, so she could further take care of them. After the war, she vacationed in Europe and began helping the International Red Cross. She decided to create the Red Cross in the United States and became its first president. Name this "Angel of the Battlefield". Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. She was born with the last name of Skladowska in Warsaw, Poland. Later, she went to Paris, met her husband, married, and working together they discovered Polonium and Radium. She and her husband, along with another man, won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Years later she won a second Nobel Prize. In 1934, she died of leukemia, probably due to her exposure to radiation during her experiments. Name this brilliant lady. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was borne in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia. She took her vows in 1937 to become a nun, which included the vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and service to the poor. She helped to form the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, and in 1979 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Name this incredible, giving woman by her more commonly-known name. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This lady published one of her first writings in serial format in an abolitionist paper, "The National Era". Soon she had an offer from a publisher in Boston to print it as a book. It sold 3,000 copies the first day, and 300,000 copies over the first year. It was the first American book to sell a million copies and was the best selling book of the 19th century. Name the author of this anti-slavery novel. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This lady was born as Isabella Baumfree and was the child of slaves. She grew up as a slave. At one point, she ran away, had a spiritual vision, and changed her name. She then traveled about, lecturing that God is the savior. She worked with Olive Gilbert, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglas for the abolition of slavery. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. She is known as "The Moses of her people" for her tireless efforts to help slaves escape the South using the Underground Railroad, as she had done. She helped up to 300 slaves escape to safety. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse, a scout for the Union, and even as a Union spy. Who was "The Moses of her people"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. As the First Lady, she acted as her disabled husband's "eyes and ears". She held regular press conferences, wrote a daily news column, and pressed for causes including child welfare, housing reform and equal rights laws for minorities and women. Later she became a delegate to the United Nations. Name this first lady. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. With her death at an executioner's blade in 1793, her name has become synonymous with the luxury and excesses of the members of the royalty. Their opulence made her an easy target, and she became the first French female monarch ever to be executed. Don't lose your head thinking of her name. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This American actress has won more Academy Awards for best actress than any other actress in the 20th century. Name her. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This lady was never married, but formed the Women's State Temperance Society, was part of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association. She wrote an amendment, which after her death, became the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Who was she?

Answer: Susan B. Anthony

She and Elizabeth Stanton published a paper called "The Revolution", sending out a call for women's rights. For all of her work for women, she was honored in 1979, with the Susan B. Anthony dollar created in her honor.
2. She was the Angel of the Battlefield. During the Civil War, she received permission to go to wherever sick soldiers were taken, so she could further take care of them. After the war, she vacationed in Europe and began helping the International Red Cross. She decided to create the Red Cross in the United States and became its first president. Name this "Angel of the Battlefield".

Answer: Clara Barton

After serving with the International Red Cross while in Europe, Clara Barton was honored by receiving the Iron Cross of Merit from the German Emperor. After the Civil War, she also supervised a missing soldier search, worked with Susan B. Anthony in the suffrage movement, and was a black rights activist.
3. She was born with the last name of Skladowska in Warsaw, Poland. Later, she went to Paris, met her husband, married, and working together they discovered Polonium and Radium. She and her husband, along with another man, won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Years later she won a second Nobel Prize. In 1934, she died of leukemia, probably due to her exposure to radiation during her experiments. Name this brilliant lady.

Answer: Marie Curie

After Marie Curie's husband, Pierre, died, she became the first female head of the laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She was the first person ever to win two Nobel Prizes. She has craters named after her on both the moon and on Mars.
4. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was borne in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia. She took her vows in 1937 to become a nun, which included the vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and service to the poor. She helped to form the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, and in 1979 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Name this incredible, giving woman by her more commonly-known name.

Answer: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa named herself after Theresa, the patron saint of foreign missionaries. She established the Pure Heart Home for Dying Destitutes in Calcutta.
5. This lady published one of her first writings in serial format in an abolitionist paper, "The National Era". Soon she had an offer from a publisher in Boston to print it as a book. It sold 3,000 copies the first day, and 300,000 copies over the first year. It was the first American book to sell a million copies and was the best selling book of the 19th century. Name the author of this anti-slavery novel.

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote another book called "A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin". She received hate mail for these books, including one letter with the ear of a slave that threatened what else would happen to the slave if she kept writing. She continued to write books about slaves during the 1850s. Later in life, she wrote about religion.
6. This lady was born as Isabella Baumfree and was the child of slaves. She grew up as a slave. At one point, she ran away, had a spiritual vision, and changed her name. She then traveled about, lecturing that God is the savior. She worked with Olive Gilbert, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglas for the abolition of slavery.

Answer: Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth gave a famous speech entitled "Ain't I a Woman?" at the 1851 Ohio Women's Rights Convention. She was once sold as a slave, along with a herd of sheep, for $100.
7. She is known as "The Moses of her people" for her tireless efforts to help slaves escape the South using the Underground Railroad, as she had done. She helped up to 300 slaves escape to safety. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse, a scout for the Union, and even as a Union spy. Who was "The Moses of her people"?

Answer: Harriet Tubman

Because of her prolonged efforts to free slaves, she became a hunted woman in the South, with a price of as much as $40,000 on her head.
8. As the First Lady, she acted as her disabled husband's "eyes and ears". She held regular press conferences, wrote a daily news column, and pressed for causes including child welfare, housing reform and equal rights laws for minorities and women. Later she became a delegate to the United Nations. Name this first lady.

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt

For her work at the United Nations, President Truman called Eleanor Roosevelt the "First Lady of the World". In 1999, she was ranked as one of the top ten of Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the Twentieth Century.
9. With her death at an executioner's blade in 1793, her name has become synonymous with the luxury and excesses of the members of the royalty. Their opulence made her an easy target, and she became the first French female monarch ever to be executed. Don't lose your head thinking of her name.

Answer: Marie Antoinette

She was born to a high station in life. Her husband, King Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette were blamed for all the inequities and injustices of the royal system, and the guillotine awaited them both.
10. This American actress has won more Academy Awards for best actress than any other actress in the 20th century. Name her.

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards for "Best Actress". They were for "Morning Glory" in 1932, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in 1967, "The Lion in Winter" in 1968, and "On Golden Pond" in 1981. Meryl Streep has had the most nominations for best actress with 14, and Bette Davis had 10 nominations. Elizabeth Taylor has had 5 best actress nominations. Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, and Meryl Streep have each won best actress twice.
Source: Author Limba

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