Women's Sports

How much do you know about women's sports?

Points available: 10

1:

When was the Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) inaguaral season?

  • A) 1986
  • B) 1991
  • C) 1996
  • D) 2001
2:

How many women's football leagues are there currently in the United States?

  • A) 0
  • B) 1
  • C) 2
  • D) 4
3:

How many female athletes in the U.S. play high school football?

  • A) 100
  • B) 300
  • C) 500
  • D) 700
4:

Where did Danica Patrick place in the 2005 Indianapolis 500?

  • A) 4th
  • B) 17th
  • C) 29th
  • D) She didn't
5:

Who was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500?

  • A) Danica Patrick
  • B) Janet Guthrie
  • C) Sue Bird
  • D) Julie Foudy
6:

Who scored the 1999 World Cup winning goal for the U.S. National soccer team?

  • A) Mia Hamm
  • B) Carla Overbeck
  • C) Brandy Chastain
  • D) Christine Lilly
7:

When asked if there was anything she didn't play, what female athlete replied, "Yeah, dolls."

  • A) Babe Didrikson
  • B) Marion Jones
  • C) Cynthia Cooper
  • D) Jackie Joyner-Kersee
8:

Which of the following is not a feat accomplished by Billie Jean King?

  • A) Coach of the 1996 Olympic tennis team
  • B) She appeared in the world tennis rankings at age 17
  • C) She defeated Bobby Riggs (a former men's Wimbledon champion) in a tennis match
  • D) She was the first woman tennis player to officially turn professional
9:

What Olympic Gold Medal winning gymnast went on to play Peter Pan on Broadway?

  • A) Mary Lou Retton
  • B) Kathy Johnson
  • C) Cathy Rigby
  • D) Kendall Beck
10:

Which of the following boxer does not have a father who was a professional boxer?

  • A) Laila Ali
  • B) Lucia Rijker
  • C) Jaqui Frazier-Lyde
  • D) J'Marie Moore