Quiz  /  Women in Entertainment and the Arts Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which famed American jazz singer had the nickname “Lady Day”?

  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Nina Simone
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Billie Holiday

  • 2. 
    Which of these actresses is also an outspoken animal rights activist?

  • Helen Mirren
  • Brigitte Bardot
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Mila Kunis

  • 3. 
    Where was Australian actress Isla Fisher born?

  • Muscat, Oman
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Warsaw, Poland
  • London, England

  • 4. 
    What was the name of Elizabeth Taylor’s first film?

  • There’s One Born Every Minute
  • National Velvet
  • An American Tragedy
  • Lassie Come Home

  • 5. 
    In which of Agatha Christie’s novels did she introduce the fictional detective Miss Marple?

  • A Pocket Full of Rye
  • The Murder at the Vicarage
  • They Do it With Mirrors
  • At Bertram’s Hotel

  • 6. 
    Which of these Australian singers was born Helen Mitchell?

  • Joan Sutherland
  • Helen Reddy
  • Nellie Melba
  • Kylie Minogue

  • 7. 
    In which ballet did iconic English ballerina Margot Fonteyn first perform with Rudolf Nureyev?

  • Swan Lake
  • Giselle
  • The Sleeping Beauty
  • Ondine

  • 8. 
    Which of these comedic entertainers had a song that made the U.S. top 10?

  • Tracey Ullman
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Fran Drescher
  • Rebel Wilson

  • 9. 
    Although she denied the connection, Frida Kahlo is often associated with which movement in visual arts?

  • Surrealism
  • Constructivism
  • Cubism
  • Post-Impressionism

  • 10. 
    Which of these novelists also wrote under the pseudonym Barbara Vine?

  • Ruth Rendell
  • Jackie Collins
  • Sue Grafton
  • Janet Evanovich

  • 11. 
    For which of these films did director Kathryn Bigelow receive the Academy Award for best director?

  • Lady Bird
  • The Piano
  • Nomadland
  • The Hurt Locker

  • 12. 
    Which singer received the 1991 Grammy Award for best album of the year?

  • Natalie Cole
  • Céline Dion
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Bonnie Raitt
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