Answers to Quiz - 72

1. Who became the world’s first woman president in 1974?

Isabel Perón of Argentina

2. Who in 1960 became the world’s first elected woman Prime Minister?

Sirivamo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka

3. Who is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?

Marie Curie in 1903

4. Name the first woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal

Charlotte Cooper in 1900

5. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest in 1975?

Junko Tabei

6. Who was the first woman to land on moon?

Till today no woman has landed on moon.

7. Who in 1889 became America’s first female corporate CEO?

Anna Bissell

8. Who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis?

Maureen Connolly in 1953

9. Who in 1762 became the first woman newspaper editor?

Ann Franklin

10. Who in 1976 became the first woman to receive an Oscar nomination for the Best Director?

Lina Wertmüller

QUIZ - 72

Ten questions to mark International Women’s Day

1. Who became the world’s first woman president in 1974?

2. Who in 1960 became the world’s first elected woman Prime Minister?

3. Who is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?

4. Name the first woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal

5. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest in 1975?

6. Who was the first woman to land on moon?

7. Who in 1889 became America’s first female corporate CEO?

8. Who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis?

9. Who in 1762 became the first woman newspaper editor?

10. Who in 1976 became the first woman to receive an Oscar nomination for the Best Director?