Braingle: 'Women of History I' Trivia Quiz

Women of History I

Women's History Month is celebrated in March in the U.S. Can you identify the famous women described in this quiz?

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#1 I rode through the city of Coventry, with only my hair to cover me, to protest the taxes levied by my husband.

Lady Hershey
Lady Godiva
Lady Dove
Lady Nestle

#2 I was queen of England for nine days.

Lady Jane Grey
"Bloody" Mary
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I

#3 I was the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

Butterfly McQueen
Halle Berry
Dorothy Dandridge
Hattie McDaniel

#4 I allegedly killed my father and stepmother in 1892 with an ax.

Lizzie Borden
Carrie White
Bonnie Parker
"Squeaky" Fromme

#5 I was in love with Marc Antony, and I was killed by a snake.

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#6 I was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Sally Ride
Dian Fossey
Anna Freud
Marie Curie

#7 I am a controversial figure today. Some say I was a prostitute, but others say that I was married to Jesus.

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#8 My diary, which describes 25 months of hiding from the Nazis during WWII, is still read in high schools across the U.S.

Harriet Tubman
Anne Frank
Corrie ten Boom
Eva Braun

#9 I was part of a famous crime duo. My partner and I went on a murderous crime spree from 1932-1934.

Bonnie Parker
Faye Dunaway
Bonnie Hunt
Lizzie Borden

#10 I heard voices telling me to free France from the English. I cut my hair, dressed in a man's uniform, and led my troops in the Battle of Orleans.

Mulan
Joan of Arc
Joan Van Ark
Marie Antoinette

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Women of History I

#1 I rode through the city of Coventry, with only my hair to cover me, to protest the taxes levied by my husband.

#2 I was queen of England for nine days.

#3 I was the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

#4 I allegedly killed my father and stepmother in 1892 with an ax.

#5 I was in love with Marc Antony, and I was killed by a snake.

#6 I was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

#7 I am a controversial figure today. Some say I was a prostitute, but others say that I was married to Jesus.

#8 My diary, which describes 25 months of hiding from the Nazis during WWII, is still read in high schools across the U.S.

#9 I was part of a famous crime duo. My partner and I went on a murderous crime spree from 1932-1934.

#10 I heard voices telling me to free France from the English. I cut my hair, dressed in a man's uniform, and led my troops in the Battle of Orleans.

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Women of History I

#1 I rode through the city of Coventry, with only my hair to cover me, to protest the taxes levied by my husband.

#2 I was queen of England for nine days.

#3 I was the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

#4 I allegedly killed my father and stepmother in 1892 with an ax.

#5 I was in love with Marc Antony, and I was killed by a snake.

#6 I was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

#7 I am a controversial figure today. Some say I was a prostitute, but others say that I was married to Jesus.

#8 My diary, which describes 25 months of hiding from the Nazis during WWII, is still read in high schools across the U.S.

#9 I was part of a famous crime duo. My partner and I went on a murderous crime spree from 1932-1934.

#10 I heard voices telling me to free France from the English. I cut my hair, dressed in a man's uniform, and led my troops in the Battle of Orleans.

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