ExQUIZite Week of Women

A quiz that highlights women’s accomplishments in science, literature, sport, and more. There are 5 rounds, with a total of 25 points up for grabs. (You'll find the answers later in this issue)

Scientific superstars

1. Which Hollywood film star also invented a communication system that paved the way for vital tech like Bluetooth, GPS, and WiFi?

2. Who wrote the landmark book Silent Spring, which detailed the environmental destruction leading from the misuse and overuse of pesticides?

3. In which disciplines did Marie Curie win her two Nobel prizes?

4. Which mathematician is the namesake of both a computer programming language and a day celebrating the achievements of women in STEM?

5. Who was the first American woman in space? (Hint: she’s mentioned in the song We Didn’t Start the Fire.)

Literary legends

1. Which author can be said to have spawned the Gothic and horror genres with her creepy creation at age 18?

2. Which author connects My Cousin Rachel and The Birds?

3. Sethe is the protagonist in which renowned Toni Morrison novel?

4. How many of the 6 novels shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize were written by women?

5. The first openly trans woman was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in which year?
A) 1998
B) 2004
C) 2013
D) 2021

Quotable characters - books

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Sports stars

1. Which US gymnast has won a total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals?

2. In which sport did Laurel Hubbard compete for New Zealand in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, held in 2021?

3. Which tennis player has won the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era? (Hint: she’s won 23, which is more than another other woman or man during this era.)

4. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won New Zealand’s first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for which sport?

5. New Zealand and Australia are hosting which major women’s sporting event in 2023?

Quotable characters - movies

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Answers

Image credits
Image from Pixabay

Sources (all available from Dunedin Public Libraries)
· Monster, she wrote: the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction – Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
· Headstrong: 52 women who changed science and the world – Rachel Swaby
· 10 women who changed science and the world – Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans