The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Famous Women. One of the reference resources recently added to the Credo Reference database is "The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography". These questions about notable women can all be answered from this source.. Answers here.
1. Who wrote the 1813 novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
2. Which US actress won her first Academy Award for "Kramer vs Kramer" and also appeared in "Sophie's Choice" and "Out of Africa"?
3. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?
4. Which American jazz singer sang in Chick Webb's band and took over his band after his death in 1939?
5. What was the pseudonym of the French writer Baronne Dudevant (1804-76), who had a ten-year relationship with Chopin?
6. Name the American zoologist who wrote "Gorillas in the Mist" in 1983.
7. Which 19th-century English poet wrote "Sonnets from the Portuguese" and "Aurora Leigh"? She had a jealous and tyrannical father.
8. Which British athlete broke the women's world javelin record in 1986 at the European Athletics Championships?
9. Which American playwright wrote the plays "The Children's Hour" and "Toys in the Attic"?
10. Which Burmese politician, co-founder and general secretary of the National League for Democracy, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991?
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