Famous Women
About the Quiz
- The objective is for you to enjoy learning and to explore as much as you'd like about each famous person. There are 5 questions, each with three names labeled A, B, and C.
- Getting the answer right the first time isn't as important as learning more — every choice links to a full profile.
- Where quotes were available, a single quote is shown for each person on the reference list below, with a link to their full Pocket Quotes profile.
She is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII during the Hundred Years' War. She was declared guilty of heresy and burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, aged about nineteen. Who is this woman?
She was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Who is this woman?
Although disabled by polio as a child, she had been a promising student headed for medical school until being injured in a bus accident at age 18. During her recovery she returned to art. Her politics led her to join the Mexican Communist Party in 1927, through which she met Diego Rivera. The couple married in 1929. Who is this woman?
She was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband Peter III, and under her long reign Russia experienced a renaissance of culture and sciences and was recognized as one of the great powers of Europe. Who is this woman?
She gained fame posthumously and became one of the most-discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944. Who is this woman?
Famous Persons Referenced
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