International Women's Week- Quiz on Women (Answers on Page 2)

[Moghedian]

All answers to this quiz should be PMed to me (Moghedian ;D). As it is more of a general knowledge quiz let's not have any cheating!  :P The winner will be announced on Sunday.  :)

 

1.What was the first (self governed) country to give women the right to vote in 1893?

2.Who was the Greek/Roman Goddess of Love?

3.Who is generally considered to be the ultimate ‘Girl Power’ band of the 90s? ;D

4.Finish the phrase; ‘Hell hath no fury like…’

5.In what century is modern feminism believed to have started?

•A: 15th

•B: 18th

•C: 20th

6.  What colour hair did Queen Elizabeth I have?

7.  Name the Polish physicist who was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes.

8. What name is Kamarile Maradim Nindar better known as?

9. In 2008 Rolling Stone released a list of who it believed to be the 100 greatest singers of all time. Which female singer was ranked #1?

•A: Aretha Franklin

•B: Mariah Carey

•C: Whitney Houston

10.  Who is this woman?

 

Extra for experts (to quote my maths teacher :D): In the painting Mona Lisa, is Lisa Gheradini really smiling? Why/why not?

 

[Mystica]

:o um... *puts research hat on* ;D

 

I take it people have to send in their answers all at once, Moggie?

[Leane_Shariff]

I take it cheating is looking it up on google? lol  ;D

which in case I know only like 4...if that...

[Raeyn]

 

Ha yes, I can feel the Google urges rising in my fingers.  I'll endeavor to answer without peeking though. ;)

[Dwynwen]

I managed to resist the Google temptation and sent my answers in.  Please don't laugh at the stupid guesses I had for a few of them.  :-[

[Quisalas Selene]

I feel slightly dirty after sending in my answer for 3, but the quiz was a lot of fun to do!

[Samuraiflip05]

Quis?.....I wouldn't have thought you could blush?  ;)

[Talya]

I have done it...I guessed a few there and one I had no idea, but it was fun!

[Raeyn]

 

I just turned mine in and ran to Google to check an answer.  I was -way- off on #8 way, WAY off.  *gigglesnorts*  I'll have to to try and remember my answer to share this weekend. :)

[Elgee]

Mine is sent  ;D

[Samuraiflip05]

I sent answers in.....I'm not gonna google, as I don't wanna know how badly I did until it's over.  :D

[claireducky]

I think I got most of em...wasn't sure on the 1893 vote or the rolling stone question.

[Tynaal Consen]

Oh my.. I only know like 3  :'(

[Chiyuki]

Done... I knew some of them... >_>

[Mystica]

finally was able to send mine in!!! *dances*

[Taymist]

Sent mine yesterday  :D

[Bursius]

I sent my answers in on Saturday evening.

[Mystica]

I can't wait to see how I did.... didn't get them all, but I 'think' I got at least a few right! :D

[Jeran]

I couldn't resist checking #8 after I sent my answers in.  Needless to say I was WAY off.  :D

[Mystica]

I still don't have a clue :look Didn't even occur to me to check after I sent my answers in. *shifty*

[Quisalas Selene]

I got number 8.  *preens*  Of course, I have a hidden advantage I will reveal after the quizzes are over.

 

Which is today, right?

[Mystica]

it ain't over till the Red Accepted sings ;)

[Samuraiflip05]

*Taps his feet and drums on his legs while listening to Van Halen*  ;D

[Moghedian]

1.What was the first (self governed) country to give women the right to vote in 1893? New Zealand  ;D

2.Who was the Greek/Roman Goddess of Love? Aprhodite/Venus

3.Who is generally considered to be the ultimate ‘Girl Power’ band of the 90s? Spice Girls  :D

4.Finish the phrase; ‘Hell hath no fury like…’ That of a woman scorned Everyone got this one :)

5.In what century is modern feminism believed to have started?

•A: 15th

•B: 18th Probably the most debatable of all the answers but there was a book (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman) written in 1792 by Mary Wollstonecraft that is believed to have been the spark of modern feminism.

•C: 20th

6.  What colour hair did Queen Elizabeth I have? RED  8)

7.  Name the Polish physicist who was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. Marie Curie

8. What name is Kamarile Maradim Nindar better known as?The Forsaken Graendal It was a curveball and I received some amazing guesses  :D

9. In 2008 Rolling Stone released a list of who it believed to be the 100 greatest singers of all time. Which female singer was ranked #1?

•A: Aretha Franklin The list can be found here

•B: Mariah Carey

•C: Whitney Houston

10.  Who is this woman?

 

Mother Theresa Predictably, you all got this one right ;D

 

Extra for experts (to quote my maths teacher :D): In the painting Mona Lisa, is Lisa Gheradini really smiling? Why/why not? I wouldn't have a clue... :D

 

[Mystica]

ignore the second part of my pm! LMAO. I need to drink more coffee before sending pms.

 

 

I didn't do all that bad it seems! and DOH for missing Spice Girls. I thought you were looking for 'one' spice girl's name. Serves me right for not reading the questions correctly. And DOH for missing Marie Curie. OF COURSE! I knew that.  8)