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International Women’s Day Quiz Breakfast event at Arendt & Medernach
8 March 2018
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Question °1
Women’s right to vote:
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote? And in which year?
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Answer °1
New Zealand in 1893
Women’s right to vote:
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote? And in which year?
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Question ° 2
Which British author wrote A Vindication of the
Rights of Women in 1790?
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Answer °2
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which British author wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1790?
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Question °3
What’s the name of the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
How old was he/she at the time? And in which year was he/she awarded it?
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Answer °3
Malala Yousafzai, aged 17
in 2014 for her work
against the suppression of
children and young people
and for the right of all
children to education.
What’s the name of the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
How old was he/she at the time? And in which year was he/she awarded it?
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Question °4
Which French author wrote the Declaration of the Rights of
Women and the Female Citizen in 1791?
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Answer °4
Which French author wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female
Citizen in 1791?
Olympe de Gouges
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Question °5
Which famous actress recently started the « He for She » UN campaign for gender
equality? In what year did she launch this campaign?
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Answer °5
Which famous actress recently started the « He for She » UN campaign for gender
equality? In what year did she launch this campaign?
Emma Watson
in 2014
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Question °6
Which famous French author wrote The second sex (1949)
and Memoirs of a dutiful daughter (1958)?
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Answer °6
Simone de Beauvoir
Which famous French author wrote The second sex (1949) and Memoirs of a dutiful
daughter (1958)?
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Question °7 What is the pay gap between men and women in Luxembourg to the nearest 5%?
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Answer °7
It was 3.4% in 2014, according to the OECD
What is the pay gap between men and women in Luxembourg to the nearest 5%?
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Question °8 Which country has made having a pay gap between men and women illegal?
What year did they do this?
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Answer °8
Iceland on 1 January 2018
Which country has made having a pay gap between men and women illegal?
What year did they do this?
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Question °9 Which country has the highest representation of women on the Board of Directors?
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Answer °9
Norway : 44% of women on the Board
Since 2002, a law has enforced a quota
requiring 40% female representation
Which country has the highest representation of women on the Board of Directors?
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Question °10 How many countries are led by women ?
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Answer °10
16 countries (out of 193 countries) :
• 9 in Europe : United Kingdom, Germany, Croatia, Poland, Lithuania,
Malta, Norway, Switzerland, Estonia
• 3 in Africa : Liberia, Mauritius, Namibia
• 2 in Asia : Bangladesh, Nepal
• 1 on the American continent : Chile
• 1 in Oceania : Marshall Islands
Source : UNO 2017
How many countries are led by women ?
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Question °11
Which speakers would you be interested in hearing from at future LILLA events?
Send your suggestions to [email protected]
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Question °12
If LILLA were to hold a roundtable discussion for both men and women in the future,
what topics would you like to be addressed?
Send your suggestions to [email protected]