By leah jones
International Women’s Day is upon us! To celebrate, here are some trivia questions all about women’s achievements in entertainment and pop culture to test your knowledge.
1. When was the first official International Women's Day celebrated? 2. Which female artist became the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys four times? 3. Who was the first Black woman to own a successful hair care business, becoming one of the first female self-made millionaires in the U.S.?
1. Answer: 1911. 2. Answer: Taylor Swift. 3. Answer: Madam C.J. Walker.
4. Who was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993? 5. Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award (Oscar) for acting? 6. Which Black woman co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement?
4. Answer: Toni Morrison. 5. Answer: Hattie McDaniel (for Gone with the Wind, 1939). 6. Answer: Alicia Garza (along with Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi).
7. Who was the first Black woman poet to be featured at a U.S. presidential inauguration? 8. Which Black female athlete became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympic Games? 9. Who was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress?
7. Answer: Maya Angelou ("On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration). 8. Answer: Wilma Rudolph (1960 Olympics). 9. Answer: Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball, 2002).
10. Which female singer holds the record for the most Grammy wins of all time? 11. Who was the first female rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? 12. What show did Viola Davis become the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for starring in?
10. Answer: Beyoncé. 11. Answer: Missy Elliott (2023). 12. Answer: How to Get Away with Murder.
13. Who was the first woman to ever be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? 14. What was the first film directed by a woman to make over $1 billion at the box office? 15. Which female comedian and talk show host was the first woman to host the Academy Awards solo?
13. Answer: Aretha Franklin (1987). 14. Answer: Barbie (directed by Greta Gerwig, 2023). 15. Answer: Whoopi Goldberg (1994).
16. Which female artist was the first to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show as a solo act? 17. Who was the first female rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100 with a solo song? 18. Which all-female music group became the best-selling girl group of all time?
16. Answer: Diana Ross (1996). 17. Answer: Lauryn Hill ("Doo Wop [That Thing]", 1998). 18. Answer: The Spice Girls.