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Women who changed history quiz — History

The “Women who changed history” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: Crowns and thrones, Pioneers of science, Sword and courage, Fight for rights, First at the helm. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Women who changed history

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Crowns and thrones

  1. 100

    Which last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt formed legendary political alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?

  2. 200

    Which British monarch reigned for over 63 years, giving her name to an entire era of industrial and imperial power?

  3. 300

    Which female pharaoh of…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Who was the only…

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  5. 500

    Which 12th-century duchess was…

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Pioneers of science

  1. 100

    Who remains the only person in history to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields, Physics and Chemistry?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which mathematician, the daughter of Lord Byron, created what is widely regarded as the first computer algorithm?

  3. 300

    Whose X-ray diffraction image…

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  4. 400

    Which astrophysicist discovered the…

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  5. 500

    Which physicist, working with…

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Sword and courage

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which French heroine lifted the English siege of Orleans in 1429 and led Charles VII to his coronation in Reims?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, pictured in the bronze statue by Westminster Bridge, led a major uprising against Roman rule in ancient Britain around 60 AD?

  3. 300

    Which escaped slave became…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which pirate commander headed…

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  5. 500

    Which SOE secret agent…

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Fight for rights

  1. 100

    Whose refusal to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955 ignited the American civil rights movement?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which British suffragette leader founded the Women's Social and Political Union with the motto 'Deeds, not words'?

  3. 300

    Which thinker published 'A…

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  4. 400

    Whose massive petition drive…

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  5. 500

    Which suffragist was arrested…

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First at the helm

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which British prime minister and Conservative Party leader earned the enduring media nickname 'The Iron Lady'?

  2. 200

    Which leader, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, served as the first and to date only female prime minister of India?

  3. 300

    Which Kyiv-born stateswoman signed…

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  4. 400

    Which leader made history…

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  5. 500

    Which Ceylonese stateswoman made…

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