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Quiz about Women of Canada
Quiz about Women of Canada

Women of Canada Trivia Quiz


Here are ten of most well known women in different fields of study. How many do you know?

A multiple-choice quiz by dcpddc478. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
dcpddc478
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
392,137
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
226
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Question 1 of 10
1. Kenojuak Ashevak is an Inuit artist.


Question 2 of 10
2. Which Canadian actress starred in the film "Barb Wire" in 1996? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which of these women is a famous Canadian author? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of these women was a famous Canadian ornithologist? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which singer/actress had a breakthrough hit with "Complicated" in 2001?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This woman was one of the first female politicians in Canada? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these women was an important figure in Trade Union organization? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What was Molly Kool's claim to fame? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Rachel Herz is a specialist in which field of study? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Augusta Stowe-Gullen is the first Canadian woman to go into space.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Kenojuak Ashevak is an Inuit artist.

Answer: True

Kenojuak Ashevak is a world famous worker in the field of Inuit art. She is known for her carving and for her drawing. She passed away in 2013.
2. Which Canadian actress starred in the film "Barb Wire" in 1996?

Answer: Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson is a Canadian actress who is very popular in the United States. She has acted in television and movies as well as modeling for "Playboy". She is very much into animal rights.
3. Which of these women is a famous Canadian author?

Answer: Margaret Atwood

Born in Ottawa, Margaret Atwood is a famous author of Canadian descent. Her novel, "The Blind Assassin" won the Man Booker Prize. She is a feminist with interests in the environment and animal rights.
4. Which of these women was a famous Canadian ornithologist?

Answer: Margaret Knox Howell Mitchell

Mitchell was the first internationally recognized ornithologists and botanists.
She was the head of the Royal Ontario Museum and wrote about the passenger pigeon and their extinction. Mitchell was born in Toronto and graduated from college there.
5. Which singer/actress had a breakthrough hit with "Complicated" in 2001?

Answer: Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne had her big breakout hit with "Complicated" in 2001. Born in Bellville, Ontario, Lavigne has also modeled and done some film and television.
6. This woman was one of the first female politicians in Canada?

Answer: Agnes Macphail

Agnes Macphail (1890-1954) was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. She was also one of the first two women to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
7. Which of these women was an important figure in Trade Union organization?

Answer: Lea Roback

Lea Roback (1903-2000) was a very important figure in Trade Union organization. She was also a feminist and opened the first Marxist book store in Montreal.
She was also a member of the Communist party.
8. What was Molly Kool's claim to fame?

Answer: First female Canadian sea captain

Molly Kool was the first North American sea captain. She graduated from the Merchant Marine Institution in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1939. She was the captain of the Jean K. which was a 21 meter scow.
9. Rachel Herz is a specialist in which field of study?

Answer: The sense of smell

Rachel Herz is a specialist in the science of smell. She wrote "The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell". She works in perfuming and how the how the human scent attracts the opposite sex.
10. Augusta Stowe-Gullen is the first Canadian woman to go into space.

Answer: False

Augusta Stowe-Gullen was the first woman to graduate from a Canadian medical school. She helped start the of the Ontario Medical College for Women. The first Canadian woman in space was Roberta Bondar.
Source: Author dcpddc478

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