This week, Hallie celebrates Women’s History Month with a game all about… eh, you can read the title, it speaks for itself. We also delve into discussions of poets, pop music, and science history!
2:14: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What English poet known best for the sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” was in love with, and married, another English poet whose surname she took while also keeping her maiden name?
6:28: Q2 (Sports & Games): In 2019, Brittney Griner married Cherelle Watson, who then changed her name to Cherelle Griner. Griner plays for which WNBA team, located in Arizona?
12:07: Q3 (Times & Places): What was Princess Diana’s maiden name, which was recently the title of a biopic about her starring Kristen Stewart?
21:53: Q4 (Movies & TV): Although Lucille Ball did not take her husband’s surname in real life, her I Love Lucy character did. What were the last names of her first husband in real-life and her fictional husband?
27:23: Q5 (Everything Else): What scientist who studied chromosomes and who is still the only woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was originally born Eleanor, but her parents changed it because Eleanor was deemed too “feminine” and “delicate” for her?
34:01: Q6 (Music): Gloria Estefan (nee Fajardo) met her husband Emilio Estefan Jr. in 1975 and joined his Florida-based band, which two years later became what band known for the hits “Conga” and “Words Get in the Way”?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0