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International Women’s Day Quiz

This week’s theme is dedicated to International Women’s Day. Three lucky winners will receive a USD 100 Amazon voucher. We’ll announce the winner on March 23 across all Karma Group and Karma Concierge social media channels.

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    1. What Ancient civilization gave women equal rights to the throne?

    2. The first official International Women’s Day took place in what year?

    3. International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time by the United nations in which decade?

    4. The first woman to receive a Nobel Prize received it in what field and which year?

    5. Who is the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize?

    6. What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?

    7. Women who worked for women's right to vote were called?

    8. Approximately how many people living in poverty in the world are women or girls?

    9. What is the name of the Mexican artist who began painting self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident?

    10. In some regions Women’s Day is celebrated wearing the ribbons of which color?

    11. Who was the astronomer who discovered a comet, named for her, on October 1, 1847, and who was the first woman elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850), and the first professor of astronomy at Vassar College?

    12. Who introduced America to French cooking in her books and television series from 1963 through the 1990’s?

    13. What woman has won a total of 56 Grand Slam tennis competitions events and 9 Wimbledon women’s singles titles?

    14. Who was the first woman mountaineer to climb over 23,000 feet on Nun Kun in the Himalayas in 1906, a record unbroken until 1934?

    15. She took her job as “First Lady” seriously, traveling the country and the world to gather information about the problems and concerns of workers, children, minorities, and the poor. She wrote a daily newspaper column and made frequent radio broadcasts. Who was this active wife of a president?

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    1. Happy Women’s Day to all the members: Karma Odyssey! Thanks always for your beautiful quizzes.

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    6. Thank you to everyone who entered, this quiz is now closed! A huge congratulations to our winners – Jennifer Tarrant, Ajay Thomas and Andree Lupton for each winning a US$100 Amazon Voucher.
      If you would like to check your answers, please see below:

      1. What Ancient civilization gave women equal rights to the throne? – Ancient Egypt / Egypt
      2. The first official International Women’s Day took place in what year? – 1911
      3. International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time by the United nations in which decade? – 1970s / 1970
      4. The first woman to receive a Nobel Prize received it in what field and which year? – Physics, 1903
      5. Who is the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize? – Mother Teresa
      6. What was the first country that granted women the right to vote? – New Zealand
      7. Women who worked for women’s right to vote were called? – Suffragist
      8. Approximately how many people living in poverty in the world are women or girls? – 70%
      9. What is the name of the Mexican artist who began painting self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident? – Frida Kahlo
      10. In some regions Women’s Day is celebrated wearing the ribbons of which color? – Purple
      11. Who was the astronomer who discovered a comet, named for her, on October 1, 1847, and who was the first woman elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850), and the first professor of astronomy at Vassar College? – Maria Mitchell
      12. Who introduced America to French cooking in her books and television series from 1963 through the 1990’s? – Julia Child
      13. What woman has won a total of 56 Grand Slam tennis competitions events and 9 Wimbledon women’s singles titles? – Martina Navratilova
      14. Who was the first woman mountaineer to climb over 23,000 feet on Nun Kun in the Himalayas in 1906, a record unbroken until 1934? – Fanny Workman
      15. She took her job as “First Lady” seriously, traveling the country and the world to gather information about the problems and concerns of workers, children, minorities, and the poor. She wrote a daily newspaper column and made frequent radio broadcasts. Who was this active wife of a president? – Eleanor Roosevelt

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