True or False. Women outlive men in almost every society.
True. The average life expectancy at birth for women is 79 years for men and 72 years for men.
True or False. One woman has received more than one Nobel prize.
True. Marie Curie received the award for physics with her husband in 1903 and her second in chemistry in 1911.
What was the first nation/territory to formally allow women to vote in elections in 1893?
Russia
USA
Portugal
New Zealand
As of 2022, women still cannot legally vote in which of these countries?
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Egypt
Nigeria
True or False. As of 2019, there were more women than men in the world.
False. For the first time since 1960, 2019 UN estimates showed there are 101.7 men for every 100 women.
Who is this? Hint: youngest-ever Nobel laureate
Malala Yousafzai is a world-renowned advocate for educations for girls and gender equality.
Who is this? Hint: Conga
Gloria Estefan has sold over 100 million records and won seven Grammys. She is also an actress, songwriter, and humanitarian.
Who is this? Hint: radioactivity
Marie Curie is celebrated for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her significant contribution to finding treatments for cancer.
What celebrated female artist painted this?
Frida Kahlo
Name 5 female visual artists
Frida Kahlo, Hilma af Klint, Georgia O'Keefe, Mary Cassat, Cindy Sherman, Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun
Name 5 female authors
Beatrix Potter, J.K. Rowling, Sudha Murty, Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Beverly Cleary, Harper Lee, Meena Harris, Natalie Babbitt, etc.
Name 5 female scientists
Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Ada Lovelace, Dorothy Hodgkin, Katherine Johnson, Rachel Carson, Chien-Shiung Wu, Lise Meitner, Barbara McClintock, etc.
Name 5 female monarchs who ruled alone
Elizabeth I of England, Catherine the Great of Russia, Victoria of England, Hateshepsut of Egypt, Cleopatra of Egypt, Theodora of Byzantium, Cixi of China, etc
Name 5 famous female athletes
Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe, Danica Patrick, Diana Taurasi, Martina Navratilova, Lisa Leslie, Nacy Lopez, Mia Hamm, Nadia Comaneci, etc.
Name 5 female superheroes
Wonder Woman, Storm, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Supergirl, Scarlet Witch, Batgirl, She-Hulk, Jessica Jones, Jean Grey, Sailor Moon, Catwoman, Invisible Woman
Which of these popular children’s games was invented by a woman?
Uno
Checkers
Bingo
Jenga
