International Women's Day Quiz

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#Women’sDay
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2. On 23 February 1917(Julian Calendar) textile
workers of Petrograd began a demonstration,
covering the whole city. This marked the
beginning of the February Revolution. On the
same day women in St. Petersburg went on strike
for "Bread and Peace" – demanding the end of
WWI, an end to food shortages, and the end of
czarism. It’s an official holiday in Russia.
How does the the rest of the world celebrate this
day ?
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3. International Women’s
Day

4. Logo of?
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5. United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment
of Women, also known as UN
Women.

6. Indian Women Teachers Day is
celebrated on her birthday (3rd
January). Identify her?
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7. Savitribhai Phule

8. Connect and give the
relation between first two.
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9. Women featured as Time Person
of the Years. First pic is Wallis
Simpsons, 2nd - Queen Elizabeth

10. Identify the personality?
Born at Madurai (1904)
1st ever woman to be nominated to the Rajya
Sabha
Revived an art form which was considered
Vulgar in 1920s.
Instrumental in passing Prevention of
Cruelty against Animals Act.
Established a famous dance school in
Chennai
Vice President of Intl. Vegetarian Union for
31 years from 1955 till her death in 1986
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11. Rukmini Devi Arundale

12. In 2007, Plan International started a social media
campaign to fight for an official emoji and
challenge the stigma around it. Over 72,000
people worldwide voted for five designs. The
winning design, a pair of …… ……. was presented
to unicode but the design was not approved. The
Plan international teamed up with the UK health
organisation NHS Blood and Transplant to submit
a different design to represent ……. . and in the
recently announced Emoji 12.0, the ….. drop was
finally approved.
Emoji of what?
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13. Periods - A Blood Drop

14. Red - Official holiday
Orange - Holiday for X?
Yellow - Non-official holiday
ID X and put funda
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15. Women And
International Women’s
Day

16. It was was first designed and patented by Edyth
Lacy in 1918
It was to be "made of a cheap readily destructible
material, such as stiff paper, which can be readily
disposed of after its use”
Urinelle, a French company is the first to start
mainstream manufacturing of X in 1996.
Snafe, a startup working closely with AIIMS doctors
created this product to market in India with
campaign tag line as #StandUpForYourself
What?
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17. Female urination device

18. COBOL
UNIVAC I
Born with Curiosity:The ….. …… Story (Movie)
United States Navy Rear Admiral
Mark II - First computer bug
Other names - Amazing ….., and Grandma
COBOL
Identify the inspiring woman associated with the
above.
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19. Grace Hopper

20. Dr. Subramanian Swamy in parliament on
March 8th 2018 : “Even in women
empowerment our tradition is if you see
Brahma’s cabinet, all the important
portfolios are with women. Finance is with
X, Defence is with Y, Education is with Z,
and only portfolio for man is Information
and broadcasting for Narmada Muni…”
Identify X, Y, and Z
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21. Lakshmi, Durga, &
Saraswati

22. Babbruddin Tyabji was instructed by
Nehru to setup X Committee headed by
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Laila Tyabji, recently recollected how
her father watched the first something
to be made under the supervision of his
wife Suraiya Tyabji by Edde Tailors &
Drapers at Connaught place
Suraiya Tyabji is also credited for
something that was included/replaced
by X Committee, which dismayed
Gandhiji.
What is Suraiya Tyabji credited with,
and identify X?
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23. She added Ashoka
Chakra, X- Flag
Committee

24. First Mayor of Delhi
Remembered for something she
had done on 9th August 1942
Close follower of Gandhiji.
Founded Link Publishing house
along with JP
She was member of Congress
socialist party and CPI in 50s
Returned to INC in 1956
Identify the personality?
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25. Aruna Asaf Ali

26. Longest serving governor in India
Her mother was the first female
governor in India
Himalayan Zoological park in
Darjeeling is named after her
She lived with Nehru for many
years and later in a bungalow at
Teen Murti Estate
She co-founded INC in Hyderabad
princely state
Identify the personality?
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27. Padmaja Naidu

28. Born in Britain(1949), moved to
New Delhi where her father
worked for Govt. and mother
volunteered for Mother Teresa
Until 22, she never gave thought to
what she is widely known for now
She along with Alex Pacheo started
X in 1980, which took up a
campaign against Institute of
Behavioural Research in Silver
Spring, Maryland
Identify her and X?
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29. Ingrid Newkirk

30. Born as Mehr-un-Nissa (1577) at Kandahar, she
was married to Sher Afghan Khan at 17
Sher Afghan Khan was killed(1607) in a
conspiracy, allegedly plotted by her 2nd
husband whom she married in 1611
Her daughter from the 1st marriage Ladli
Begum is married to Prince Shahryar, youngest
sibling and rival of Shah Jahan
She is the only woman in their dynasty to have
coins struck on her name. Identify her and her
2nd husband?
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31. Nur Jahan and Jehangir

32. Identify the famous Queen and the
region she ruled?
She is one of the earliest known female
rulers in India born near Kabul.
Reigning from 958 CE to 1003 CE
She took up the reigns of the empire after
the death of her husband King Ksemagupta
She founded Lohara dynasty which ruled
the region for next 3 centuries before it was
dominated by Muslims
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33. Didda of Kashmir

34. In Vanaparva, after years of practice a sanyasi had
developed yogic powers to burn birds with his mere look
One day, when he goes on begging for food a housewife
asks him to wait as she was nursing her ailing husband.To
this, the sanyasi thinks, "You wretched woman,You do not
know my power yet", to which the she says that she is not
a bird, to be burnt.The sanyasi is amazed and asks her
how she came to know about his thoughts. She said that
she did not practice any austerities. But just by doing her
duty with cheerfulness and wholeheartedness, she became
illumined and thus could clearly read his thoughts. And
directs him to a holy butcher in Mithila to get enlightened
What was thus born, which is considered predecessor to
Gita?
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35. Vyadha Gita (Vyadha -
Butcher)

36. Identify the warrior queen?
Born in a small village Kakati in
Karnataka
She was married at the age of 15 to
Raja Mallasarja
Mallasarja died in 1815 leaving behind
a minor son and a volatile state
Her son also died in 1824 leaving her
with a task of challenging British
occupation under the Doctrine of lapse
In her efforts she was supported by her
lieutenant Sangoli Rayanna Her statue at Parliament complex
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37. Kittur Chennamma

38. She was born at Badrinath from
Nara-Narayana’s thigh to drive
away two apsaras sent by Indra
to disturb sage’s meditation. She
gave birth to Rishyasringa from
Vibandhaka and Amavasu from
Pururavas. Her name in Sanskrit
means the one who can controls
the hearts.Who?
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39. Urvasi
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40. Connect the images and identify an
Irish teacher, author, social activist,
school founder etc.,?
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41. Sister Nivedita
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42. Identify the iconic woman?
In Arabic her name is Radhiyahbintiltutmish
She is the daughter of a slave of a slave
Malik Ikhtiaruddin Altunia was her
childhood friend and were strongly in love
with each other
But Turkic aristocracy spread rumours about
her involvement with Jamaluddin, which
crated rift between the lovers for a brief
period. Later they married and revolted
against the aristocracy led by Ulugh Khan.
During which the couple was assassinated
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43. Raziya Sultana
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44. Sweden*(1718-1772)
Corsican Republic* (1755)
Lynda Taft - First in colonial America* (1756)
Pitcairn Islands (1838)
Independent state of Tuscany (1848)
Isle of Man (1881)
Cook Island (1893)
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Saudi Arabia (Dec, 2015)(latest)
In-exhaustive list of what?
* limited and conditional
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45. Women’s Suffrage
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46. Identify both and their
claim to fame?
4646
19361951
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47. Prem Mathur(1st female commercial
pilot in India), Sarla Thakral(1st
Indian woman to fly an aircraft)
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48. Identify the social reformer?
Born in Mangaluru (1903)
Social reformer, Freedom fighter and a force
behind renaissance of indigenous art
Married to the brother of India’s first woman
Governor
1st woman to run for a legislative seat in India
(Madras Provincial Assembly)
Worked tirelessly to set up Faridabad for refugees
Received Ramon Magsaysay award in 1966
National School of Drama, Sangeet Natak Akademi,
Central Cottage Industries Emporium, and the
Crafts Council of India exist due to her vision
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49. Kamaladevi
Chattopadhyay
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50. Happy Women’s Day to all the amazing Women out there!

51. Thank you!
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