Braingle: 'Women of History II' Trivia Quiz

Women of History II

Throughout the years, many women have changed history. Can you identify the women described in this quiz?

Quiz ID:	#14982
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Difficulty:	(0.87)
Category:	People
Created By:	jppbl

#1 I wanted to be the first woman to fly around the world, but on July 2, 1937, my plane was lost somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

Mary Baker Eddy
Clara Barton
Amelia Earhart
Gertrude Stein

#2 I am known best for saving the portrait of George Washington from the White House during the War of 1812.

Abigail Adams
Dolley Madison
Barbara Bush
Betsy Ross

#3 I was nicknamed "Moses" after I helped free 300 slaves during the Civil War using the Underground Railroad.

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#4 During the "Reign of Terror", I was sent to the guillotine on October 21, 1793, just eight months after my husband, Louis XVI, was beheaded.

Maria Theresa
Marie Antoinette
Claude of France
Margaret Tudor

#5 I established the American Red Cross.

Clara Barton
Florence Nightingale
Molly Pitcher
Lemonade Lucy

#6 My husband and I not only began the Spanish Inquisition, but we also financed the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Mary I
Catherine de Medicis
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Isabella I

#7 I was the first American woman to fly in space.

Amelia Earhart
Christa Mcauliffe
Sally Ride
Laura Ingalls

#8 I co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association and had a silver dollar made in my memory.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Clara Barton
Susan B. Anthony
Sacajawea

#9 I taught a blind and deaf girl named Helen Keller.

Annie Sullivan
Anne Frank
Annie Warbucks
Annie Oakley

#10 I am known for my anti-slavery novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Louisa May Alcott
Toni Morrison
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Women of History II

#1 I wanted to be the first woman to fly around the world, but on July 2, 1937, my plane was lost somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

#2 I am known best for saving the portrait of George Washington from the White House during the War of 1812.

#3 I was nicknamed "Moses" after I helped free 300 slaves during the Civil War using the Underground Railroad.

#4 During the "Reign of Terror", I was sent to the guillotine on October 21, 1793, just eight months after my husband, Louis XVI, was beheaded.

#5 I established the American Red Cross.

#6 My husband and I not only began the Spanish Inquisition, but we also financed the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

#7 I was the first American woman to fly in space.

#8 I co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association and had a silver dollar made in my memory.

#9 I taught a blind and deaf girl named Helen Keller.

#10 I am known for my anti-slavery novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

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Women of History II

#1 I wanted to be the first woman to fly around the world, but on July 2, 1937, my plane was lost somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

#2 I am known best for saving the portrait of George Washington from the White House during the War of 1812.

#3 I was nicknamed "Moses" after I helped free 300 slaves during the Civil War using the Underground Railroad.

#4 During the "Reign of Terror", I was sent to the guillotine on October 21, 1793, just eight months after my husband, Louis XVI, was beheaded.

#5 I established the American Red Cross.

#6 My husband and I not only began the Spanish Inquisition, but we also financed the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

#7 I was the first American woman to fly in space.

#8 I co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association and had a silver dollar made in my memory.

#9 I taught a blind and deaf girl named Helen Keller.

#10 I am known for my anti-slavery novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

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