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QM – Siddharth Mishra

Women Of World Quiz



The main objective of this quiz is not to testyour grey cells, but to celebrate theenduring legacy of omen in our society!Questions are easy!Written set!Scoring " #$ for correct anser, % for rong

anser, &$ for leaving any question blan'!



Q$! (n a )oll carried out by **+ nes in $,

ho as voted as -the greatest oman ofthe )ast thousand years./



(ndira 0andhi



Madonna



6melia 3arhart



Q:!;We gather together to celebrate freedom, to

celebrate democracy, to celebrate thethree most beautiful ords in the 3nglishlanguage – ‘We the people.’ < – on 1nd

=ecember, $>>!

Quote by hom/



*enazir *hutto



Q?!

Who got her 5rst big brea' hile or'ing fora local munitions factory in *urban',+alifornia/

=avid +onver, a )hotogra)her, as coveringthe factory to sho omen at or'! 2e asstruc' by her )hotogenic nature and usedher in many shots, hich enabled her tostart her career!



Marilyn Monroe



Q@!

Who as the 5rst female to get a )erfect$%!% score in gymnastics/



Aadia +omaneci



QB!

-( long to ride a bi'e, dance, histle, loo' atthe orld, feel young and 'no that (.mfree and yet ( cant let it sho! Cust imaginehat ould ha))en if all eight of us ere to

feel sorry for ourselves or al' around ithdiscontent clearly visible on our faces!Where ould that get us/.

Quote by hom, from here/



6nne Dran'=iary of a Eoung 0irl



6udrey 2e)burn



Q!

Who is 'non as the -Mother of the Modern&=ay +ivil Gights Movement./



Gosa 4ar's



Q$%!

The FFFFF FFFFFFF boo' club has become oneof the most inHuential boo' clubs in theorld! 6 recommendation from herfrequently sends boo's to the to) seller

lists!

The sco)e of her inHuence can be measuredfrom the fact that her vocal su))ort for*arac' Obama hel)ed him again $ millionvotes in the .%> elections



O)rah Winfrey



Q$$!

Situated in Tavistoc' Square, 9ondonthis is a bust of a very famousauthor, one of the foremostmodernists of the tentieth century!

(dentify her!



Iirginia Woolf



*illie Cean ing



Q$7!Which eLtremely )o)ular female artist

started her career in a GN* grou) called=estiny.s +hild/



*eyonc noles



The only )erson to in the Aobel 4rizein to diPerent subjects and only

oman to in tice



Q$?!

Who as croned -S)orts)erson of the+entury. by the (ndian Olym)ic6ssociation/



4!T!Rsha



Q$@!

Who is the ins)iration for this *arbiemodel/



Dlorence 0rith Coyner



Q$B!

(= bothidentify the music connection!



6gnetha and 6nna&Drid! The 6**6 girls



Q$>!

To giants from the 5eld of literature! One is Truman +a)ote! The other being his bestfriend, someone in the nes recently forreleasing her second boo' ever! (dentify

her!



2ar)er 9ee



Q$!

This is a image of 8, at the 8 museum,visualizing her image for =ia losMuertos J=ay of the =eadK

Cust identify her!



Drida ahlo



Q1%!

Which famous author used the )seudonymGobert 0albraith to rite +uc'oo.s +alling/

The sales of the boo' ent through the roofas the true identity of the author asrevealed!



C! ! Goling



Q1$!

6n Olym)ic cham)ion and former orld

record holder in ? events, she asthe 5rst oman to sim across the3nglish +hannel!

She as called -Queen of the Waves.by the media!



0ertrude 3derle



Q11!

6n eLcer)t from a 1%$1 Telegra)h article "-(t is still early days for Ste)hanie

0ermanotta, but ith the myth&ma'ing ,self&mar'eting nous of Madonna, the

musical cho)s of 3lton Cohn and thecounter&culture boldness of =avid *oie,

FFFFFFFF is on the ay to becoming anultimate )o) icon, a 1$st century Ms 3lvis!.

Who is being tal'ed about here/



9ady 0aga



Q17!

The 5rst inductee to the infamous -1B +lub.,she as 'non for amazing vocals and hereclectic miL of blues and )sychedelic roc'!

non as the -Queen of the 4sychedelicSoul., she served as an ins)iration for avariety of female artists ranging fromStevie Aic's to 4UA!



Canis Co)lin



Q1:!

This is a still from 1%%B *ritish&(rish movie-*ecoming Cane., starring 6nne 2athaay!Who is 6nne 2athaay )ortraying in themovie/



Cane 6usten



Q1?!

Who, named the most )oerful oman inthe orld by Dorbes in 1%$:, is also 'nonas the -de facto leader of the 3uro)eanRnion./



6ngela Mer'el



Q1@

Who declined the ceremonial Aobel 4rizebanquet in$B, as'ing that the V$1,%%%fund be distribute among the )oor/



Mother Teresa



Q1B!

She is a orld renoned vocalist, and isres)onsible for introducing (ndian +arnaticmusic to the Western World! non for herdevotional recitals, she as also the 5rst

musician to receive the *harat Gatna! Whois she/



M S Subbula'shmi



Q1>

One of the most accom)lished)hotogra)hers of our time, her

)hotogra)hs frequently grace thecovers of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair,etc!

0iveaay hint " her most )o)ular)hotogra)h is that )hotogra)h of

Cohn and Eo'o!



6nnie 9eibovitz



Q1!

6n eLotic dancer of =utch origin, shegained much fame in Drance! =uring

the Dirst World War, she chargedith several charges of es)ionageand s)ying, and as ultimatelyeLecuted by a 5ring squad!

(dentify the damsel!



Mata 2ari



Q7%

Quote by hom/ –

;Once ( 'ne the de)th here no ho)eas, and dar'ness lay on the face of all

things! Then love came and set my soulfree! Once ( 'ne only dar'ness andstillness! Ao ( 'no ho)e and joy!<



2elen eller



Q7$!

She as a leading Drench modernist designer, hose)atterns of sim)licity and style revolutionisedomen.s clothing! She as the only designer to belisted in the Time $%% most inHuential )eo)le of the Tentieth +entury! 2er signi5cant introductions in

the 5eld of fashion involve "the collarless cardigan jac'etthe bias cut dress – labelled a Dord by one critic

because everyone had one!

The shoe string shoulder stra)! The Hoating evening scarf The earing together of jun' and real jeels!

Who is being tal'ed about here/



+oco +hanel



Q71!

6n 6merican auto racing driver,model, and advertisings)o'esoman, she is the most

successful oman in the historyof 6merican o)en&heel racing & herin in the 1%%> (ndy Ca)an 7%% isthe only omens victory inan (ndy+ar Series race and her third)lace in the 1%% (ndiana)olis?%% the highest 5nish there ever by

a oman!(dentify her!



=anica 4atric'



Q77!

When tales of her s)irituality reached 6'bar,being interested in diPerent religious )aths,he anted to meet her! This as diculthoever, because 6'bar as at ar ith

her family! *ut he 5nally decided to gomeet her in disguise, donning the disguiseof a beggar and ta'ing Tansen along ithhim! 2e as so enamoured ith her soulful

singing and devotion, that he )laced a)riceless nec'lace at her feet beforeleaving!

Who is the lady being tal'ed about here/



Mirabai



6gatha +hristie



Q7?!

8 about 2itchcoc' "-Mr! 2itchcoc' taught me everything about

cinema! (t as than's to him that (understood that murder scenes should be

shot li'e love scenes and love scenes li'emurder scenes!.

2itchcoc' about 8 "

-8.s a))arent frigidity as li'e a mountaincovered ith sno, but that mountain asa volcano.



0race elly



Q7@

Which queen in history in 'non to havemaintained amorous ties ith both Culius+aesar and Mar' 6nthony, for the bestinterests of her em)ire/



+leo)atra I((



Q7B

One of the 5rst )ublished oman riters, shealong ith 2omer is considered to be a trueliterary great! 2er greatness can bemeasured by the fact that the 6leLandrians

included her in the list of nine lyric )oets!While the bul' of her or' has been lost,her re)utation lives on through survivingfragments!



Sa))ho



Q7>

The )atron saint of Drance, she as 'nonfor ins)iring and encouraging Drench)eo)le at a very young age! She as sentalong ith the Drench troo)s to lay siege to

the city of Orleans, and rose to )rominenceafter the siege as lifted after nine days!9ater, she as ca)tured and burnt at thesta'e for heresy!

(dentify her!



Coan of 6rc



3nid *lyton



Ialentina Teresh'ova

Dirst oman in s)ace

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