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100+ Women Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers

• December 26, 2022

Trivia night is always fun, and you learn something new every time. There are a lot of trivia quizzes, but some are special and meant to tribute to the legends. This women's trivia quiz is also about the famous women who played significant roles in history.

So, the next time you host trivia night, challenge your family and friends with this women's trivia quiz. Let's see how much you know about them and did you score more than your friends.

1. In 1975: Junko Tabei was the first woman to achieve what?

2. Name the two elements discovered by Marie Curie.

3. Beyonce was born and raised in which city?

4. Name the actress who wins the Best Actress Academy Award for a non-English language in 1961 Two Women.

5. Who said: 'I married beneath me. All women do.'?

6. Who is regarded as the richest self-made woman in America?

7. Name the first American woman to become an astronaut.

8. Who was Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1952?

9. Which American state is named after a British queen?

10. After starring in which controversial film, Brigitte Bardot became world-famous in 1957?

11. Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to do what in 1926?

12. In the Catholic Church, Mother Teresa is known as Saint Teresa of where?

13. Name the first female aviator who flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

14. Which country music singer and songwriter is also known as The Coal Miner's Daughter?

15. Name the country to have the first female prime minister in the world.

16. Robyn Fenty is better known as what?

17. Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress Oscar for the 2002 film The Hours by which English writer?

18. In the early 18th century, what was the occupation of Mary Read?

19. Who was known for her catchphrases' walkies' and 'sit' in the early 1980s?

20. Name the youngest of the famous Bronte sisters.

21. In 1999, who was the most downloaded woman on the internet?

22. In classical mythology, who dressed as a woman and performed tasks to appease his fellow gods for three years?

23. In which movie Dustin Hoffman played an actor who pretended to be a woman?

24. Name the first woman awarded a degree in medicine in Italy.

25. What is Julie Andrews's birth name?

26. When did Prince Charles propose to Lady Diana?

27. The Queen Mother gives Diana as an engagement present what?

28. In 1931, Amelia Earhart set what world altitude record?

29. The psychologist William Moulton Marston created which comic book heroine?

30. Who was Gilda Radner?

31. Name the famous American actress who was also the first woman to run a U.S. airline.

32. In Shania Twain's song, Man! I Feel Like A .........?

33. Princess Diana excelled in what sports?

34. What type of dance did Princess Diana study?

35. What did Golda Meir respond to a question about how she felt to be a woman minister?

36. Amelia Earhart, the 16th woman in the United States, had what was issued on May 15, 1923?

37. Gilda Radner was featured on what radio show from 1974 to 1975?

38. What woman's name was initially used in the old barbershop quartet favorite, "Sweet Adeline"?

39. Madeline Albright is the first woman in the U.S. government to become what?

40. Who was the male star in Pretty Woman?

41. Name the woman who achieved the highest altitude for a woman astronaut in 1993.

42. In 1977, Gilda Radner won an Emmy Award for what?

43. What was the title of Barbara Streisand's 1980 hit song?

44. Diana Prince was able to turn into who?

45. Gilda Radner specialized in parodies of what persons?

46. Name the first American woman who wins Wimbledon.

47. Who was the only woman that James Bond married?

48. When did Lady Diana first meet Charles, Prince of Wales?

49. How old was Lady Diana when she first met Charles, Prince of Wales?

50. Demi Moore appeared in which low-budget 3-D horror movie in 1982.

51. Name the first film by Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

52. To whom did Michael Bolton neglect to thank while accepting a Grammy for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman"?

53. Earhart became the first aviator to do what on January 11, 1935?

54. Name the actress who starred with Richard Gere in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman?

55. Both grandmothers of Princess Diana had served as what?

56. After what Princess Diana became known as Lady Diana?

57. In what 90s movie, Al Pacino plays a retired Colonel, Frank Slade?

58. When did Gilda Radner die from ovarian cancer?

59. Name the female astronaut who spent more time in space than any woman or U.S. astronaut?

60. Name the woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps.

61. In which year was the world's first woman prime minister elected?

62. Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, was played by which ex-Bond Girl?

63. Amelia Earhart received what honor from Congress?

64. What was the birth name of Diana, Princess of Wales?

65. Princess Diana was the first Englishwoman to do what in 300 years?

66. What did Diana Princess of Wales do when she became Twenty-year-old?

67. Gilda Radner had a relationship with what SNL cast mate?

68. Radner was diagnosed with what on October 21, 1986?

69. Joan of Arc was nicked-named The Warrior Saint: True or False.

70. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?

71. Mother Teresa was born in which country?

72. Who wrote about Hitler's rise to power in World War II while living as a Jew in Germany?

73. Viola Davis wins an Emmy for best actress in what show?

[Answer: How to Get Away With Murder.]

74. Name the first woman who was to be named TIME Person of the Year?

75. Who wrote the award-winning memoir, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

76. Who chose to marry her country instead of a man and called herself The Virgin Queen?

77. Which Ancient civilization gave women equal rights to the throne?

78. International Women's Day originated more than 100 years ago: True or False.

79. Name the woman who survived a headshot and spoke about women's right to education.

80. What is the theme for International Women's Day 2022?

81. What were they called before they were known as "Destiny's Child"?

82. Aretha Franklin was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: True or False.

83. Three-quarters of the 10,000 staff members were women working on cracking German codes during WWII: True or False.

84. "Truth is powerful, and it prevails" who said that?

85. Who sang the "My Heart Will Go On" chart-topping song?

86. Which legendary heroine disguises herself as a man and takes her father's place in the army?

87. The original Mary Poppins film was released in which year?

88. Which Emma helped launch the UN Women campaign 'HeForShe'(gender equality)?

89. The theme for International Women's Day 2020 is what?

90. Name the first female computer programmer.

91. What is the name of the all-female park rangers protecting wildlife in South Africa?

92. Cleopatra believed herself to be a living goddess and clever enough to defeat allies and reinforce her divine status: True or False.

93. Which 2016 movie portrayed 3 African-American female mathematicians worked at NASA during the Space Race?

94. Which nickname was given to the all-female aviator crew who bombed Nazis by night in WWII?

95. International Women's Day was originally called what?

96. Where was National Women's Day first celebrated?

97. Name the first Hispanic woman who serves as U.S. Treasurer.

98. Name the first woman Poet Laureate of the United States.

99. Which First Lady developed her own political and media identity?

100. Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?

101. What journalist traveled around the world in 72 days in 1890?

102. Name of the author of world-famous detective bestsellers.

103. Who was the first programmer in the world's history?

104. What is the name of the Soviet and Russian ballet dancer who left the stage only at age 65?

105. Who is the most remarkable Spanish female opera singer?

106. Who of the Russian women scientists was named the first professor in a skirt?

107. Which famous woman was a brilliant singer and Muse of Ivan Turgenev?