Question 1

What was the name of the first black woman to be elected to the US Senate in 1964?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 2

What was the name of the British rock band that released the album 'OK Computer' in 1997?

Accepted Answer

Radiohead

Question 3

What was the name of the first commercially available personal computer released in 1981?

Accepted Answer

IBM PC

Question 4

What was the name of the first space station launched in 1971?

Accepted Answer

Skylab

Question 5

What was the name of the famous music festival held on a dairy farm in New York in 1969?

Accepted Answer

Woodstock

Question 6

Who is the first female to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

Accepted Answer

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Question 7

What is the name of the first female Prime Minister of Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo

Question 8

Who is the first female to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Accepted Answer

Elinor Ostrom

Question 9

What is the name of the first female Prime Minister of Denmark?

Accepted Answer

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Question 10

Who is the first female to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Accepted Answer

Selma Lagerlöf

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