Question 1
Which ruler of ancient Egypt formed alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
- Cleopatra VII
- Hatshepsut
- Nefertiti
- Boudica
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Cleopatra VII
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Historical Women trivia quiz
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- Abolition
- Ancient Egypt
- French Revolution
- Imperial China
- Byzantium
- Egyptian Feminism
- Indian Rebellion
- Roman Britain
- Chinese Revolution
- Civil Rights
- Computing
- Delhi Sultanate
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Question 2
Which French heroine led troops during the Hundred Years' War and was later canonized?
- Catherine de' Medici
- Joan of Arc
- Marie Antoinette
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Joan of Arc
Question 3
Which American activist refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955?
- Coretta Scott King
- Harriet Tubman
- Rosa Parks
- Ida B. Wells
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Rosa Parks
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