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Women in Media and History

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Attempt a diverse range of questions highlighting the achievements of women in history, global media, politics, and literature. The set covers famous celebrities, historical firsts, influential leaders, and notable authors. This material helps build a strong foundation for the general knowledge sections of various competitive exams.

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Women in Media and History Questions

Multiple choice

Which woman is credited with being the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company?

  1. Katharine Graham

  2. Ursula Burns

  3. Meg Whitman

  4. Mary Barra
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Katharine Graham was the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. She took over as CEO of The Washington Post Company in 1972 after the death of her husband, Philip Graham.

Multiple choice

Who was the first woman to receive a patent in the United States?

  1. Mary Kies

  2. Sarah Goode

  3. Elizabeth Freeman

  4. Hannah Adams
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Mary Kies was the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. She received a patent for a new method of weaving straw in 1809.

Multiple choice

Which woman is credited with inventing the first computer program?

  1. Ada Lovelace

  2. Grace Hopper

  3. Margaret Hamilton

  4. Evelyn Boyd Granville
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Ada Lovelace is credited with inventing the first computer program. She wrote a program for the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage, in the 1840s.

Multiple choice

Which woman is credited with being the first female stockbroker on Wall Street?

  1. Muriel Siebert

  2. Nancy Pelosi

  3. Hillary Clinton

  4. Madeleine Albright
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Muriel Siebert was the first woman to be a member of the New York Stock Exchange. She founded her own brokerage firm, Muriel Siebert & Co., in 1967.

Multiple choice

Which woman is credited with being the first female CEO of a Fortune 100 company?

  1. Ursula Burns

  2. Meg Whitman

  3. Mary Barra

  4. Indra Nooyi
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Ursula Burns was the first woman to be the CEO of a Fortune 100 company. She was the CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016.

Multiple choice

Who is known for his work on the classification of stars?

  1. Annie Jump Cannon

  2. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

  3. Henrietta Leavitt

  4. Vera Rubin
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Annie Jump Cannon is known for her work on the classification of stars, which led to the development of the Harvard spectral classification system.

Multiple choice

Who is the only person to have won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 10 times?

  1. Rick Swenson

  2. Martin Buser

  3. DeeDee Jonrowe

  4. Susan Butcher
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Rick Swenson is an American musher who has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 10 times, more than any other musher in history.

Multiple choice

Who is the only person to have completed the "Triple Crown of Hiking", consisting of the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail?

  1. Jennifer Pharr Davis

  2. Scott Jurek

  3. Heather Anderson

  4. Andrew Skurka
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Jennifer Pharr Davis is an American long-distance hiker who became the first person to complete the "Triple Crown of Hiking" in 2011. The Triple Crown consists of the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail, totaling over 7,900 miles.

Multiple choice

Who is the first woman to win the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award?

  1. Cristina Mittermeier

  2. Sylvia Earle

  3. Ruth Bernhard

  4. Annie Leibovitz
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Cristina Mittermeier is a Mexican-American underwater photographer and marine biologist. She is the first woman to win the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, which she received in 2018 for her image of a humpback whale calf and its mother.

Multiple choice

Which volleyball player is known for her powerful spikes and is often referred to as the "Queen of Volleyball"?

  1. Gabriela Guimarães

  2. Zhu Ting

  3. Misty May-Treanor

  4. Kerri Walsh Jennings
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Zhu Ting, a Chinese volleyball player, is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, earning her the nickname "Queen of Volleyball".

Multiple choice

Who were the plaintiffs in the Obergefell v. Hodges case?

  1. Jim Obergefell and John Arthur

  2. Richard Hodges and David Bozell

  3. Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer

  4. Edith Windsor and Roberta Kaplan
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Jim Obergefell and John Arthur were the lead plaintiffs in the Obergefell v. Hodges case.

Multiple choice

Who was the first woman to run for president of the United States?

  1. Victoria Woodhull

  2. Susan B. Anthony

  3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  4. Lucretia Mott
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Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president of the United States. She ran as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party in 1872.

Multiple choice

Which women's rights activist was known as the 'angel of the battlefield' during the Civil War?

  1. Clara Barton

  2. Dorothea Dix

  3. Mary Livermore

  4. Hannah Adams
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Clara Barton was a women's rights activist who served as a nurse during the Civil War. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881.

Multiple choice

Who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States?

  1. Sandra Day O'Connor

  2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  3. Sonia Sotomayor

  4. Elena Kagan
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Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

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Who was the first woman to give birth to a child conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF)?

  1. Louise Brown

  2. Elizabeth Carr

  3. Judith Arndt

  4. Anna Johnson
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Louise Brown was the first woman to give birth to a child conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). She was born in 1978 in England.