Can you name all these iconic women?

[dixiegrrrrl]

Multiple choice quiz, and the older you are the better you might do...
I missed 2, both of them contemporary singers

How about you?

http://offbeat.topix.com/quiz/17099

[hobbit709]

1. Missed 3

[MADem]

2. LOL--I missed one. I still have no idea who "Siouxie Sioux" is.

If she's not of native heritage (and I don't think she is), that sounds pretty racist to me! I don't think I've heard a single thing she's put out!

Here's the worst bit--she's apparently British, and was pretty "big" at a time when I was LIVING in UK. If I've never heard of her despite being plonked down smack dab in the middle of her stomping grounds, I don't think she qualifies as "iconic." Putting her in the same category as Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Anne Frank? I don't think so!

Fun quiz, though--thanks for bringing it to us! Fair warning to anyone taking it--some of the pictures are tricky (one pop icon is unrecognizable now from her more youthful and innocent days) --look twice, vote once!

[some guy]

20. Madonna,

Cyndi Lauper, Deborah Harry, Grace Jones all became famous in the late-70s / early-80s as much for their unique look as for their music. Sioxie Sioux fits well into that sub-genre of iconic women.

[IcyPeas]

24. Siouxsie and the Banshees...

were on Top of the Pops about 20 times in the late 70s and 80s. I don't know how you could have missed that if you were living there. I guess you weren't into punk music. (she was the first female to front a punk band) She was known for her punk style and attitude and has worn a swastika (which she got beat up for) and Star of David (not together). Punks did stuff like that to be outrageous - to be rebellious. In their beginning they did a 20 minute version of The Lord's Prayer. They formed shortly after the Sex Pistols. It's a genre of music not everyone cares for. Punk was very popular in Britain - not so much in the USA.

Anyway, there's tons of information if you wanted to find out. Wikipedia..... they have influenced many bands. I have seen them in concert half a dozen or so times - so I am a bit biased.

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[MADem]

34. You nailed it--I have to admit, I can't stand punk music. CLICK!

And I have a very cold opinion of anyone who would wear a swastika as a fashion statement, too.

I am usually open to most genres, but (and please, punk fans, don't berate me for my tastes, it won't change them) I really find punk music to be, well, shit. It comes off as lazy, unsophisticated, loud, and just AWFUL to my ear. Cats having sexual congress is more melodious and complex, IMO!

Now, those who like that stuff, more power to them--look at it this way, I'm not competing for those seats they want at that concert!

[whistler162]

27. This? Only scored 87%

[dixiegrrrrl]

57. Who is the guy playing the piano???????

I hate when I cannot place the character actors.


ahhh...never mind, I found him.

Sterling Holloway

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001359/?ref_=tt_cl_t4

[AngryOldDem]

55. Missed that one, too. My only miss.

I almost picked her, but didn't.

That was a long quiz!

[aidbo]

61. "Kiss them for me" Siouxsie & the Banshees.

Enjoy!

[greymouse]

3. I gave up after 30

there's a limit to how much click bait I'll mess with.

I miss Bette Davis and Eleanor Roosevelt.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Missed 1.

Got the punk singer wrong (and admittedly lucked out with wild-ass guesses for the Vogue editor and the silent film star/flapper).

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. That was the only one I had to guess

I knew from the picture it wasn't Joan Jett or Pat Benetar. I guessed it right. 100% - There are some advantages to being old as dirt.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. I'd heard of all of them but there was only one of the four I could have picked out of a lineup.

[panader0]

12. Those are the three I missed.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. A few of them I got by eliminating the other options

2 I got by lucky guess, but still missed the flapper one., and the Soixsi Soux or what ever it was.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Here's an interesting and coincidental bit of trivia I just found:

"For the Siouxsie and The Banshees album Peepshow and tour, singer Siouxsie Sioux sported a hairdo and costumes in (Louise) Brooks' style."
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brooks

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Now that's amazing, isn't it?

wow...

Maybe the internet pages are plotting behind our backs......

[femmocrat]

5. I missed one.... the "flapper".

I heard of the other three, but not the correct answer.

[MrScorpio]

6. I got them all right

Posted it to my FB page as well.

Are you happy now?

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. I am thrilled, blissed, ecstatic, over the moon, and doubly joyous!

Thank you very much......

[pressbox69]

21. Congratulations!

me too.

[Chan790]

37. I can share that laurels.

There were a few I had to think on for a second, but none that I had to guess.

Hooray for us!!

[LiberalElite]

8. How many are there? I'm up to 50

and getting tired... (score so far 48 correct)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. A little over 60. You're almost there.

[LiberalElite]

10. ok I'll hang in there LOL nt

[MowCowWhoHow III]

16. 91% That was beyond optimal quiztime I think

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Yeah, it was a bit long.....

I KNEW the name Louise Brooks, knew she was in early movies, but could not recognize her pic.

[NewJeffCT]

17. I missed one

the woman with the bobbed haircut - Louise Brooks, I think?

[pressbox69]

22. Check out

[NewJeffCT]

23. thanks

I think I've heard the name before, but don't really recall any of her work, so that was helpful.

[whistler162]

28. Got that one wrong...

I guessed it was the IT girl Clara Bow

[Duppers]

68. I missed that one too. And got one other one wrong...

One about the singer with the unusual name who influenced others.

[NewJeffCT]

69. I think two of mine

were ones where I narrowed down to two choices and got lucky both times.

[caraher]

18. Got them all

The Vogue person I got by process of elimination. If it were just pictures I'd have missed a bunch of them

[csziggy]

25. I consistently missed recent singers, sports figures and fashion people

Since I follow none of those.

But I still got 85%!

[RoccoR5955]

26. I don't believe

that I got them all!
Sometimes I scare myself with all the useless information I have in this tiny brain.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. 94% - I missed three.

I'm better at history than knowing entertainers. It helped that the vast majority were from the past. If I read the list of "today's birthdays," I generally have no clue if they're current singers or actors.

[DinahMoeHum]

36. Same here. 94%

n/t

[lovemydog]

30. Quite fun.

I got one wrong.

That was a lot of questions but pretty cool.

[Fla Dem]

32. Impressed with those that scored 100% or just got 1-2 wrong. I got 91% w/5 misses.

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. Might have something to do with age and/or being a serious social history buff.??

altho that does not explain whey I did not get the 80's singers...missed 2, got some others by good guesswork.

Oh.wait...I was not around a lot of media in the 80's......

[lunatica]

33. My score is 93%

I missed three.

[NV Whino]

35. I got 91%

Missed the flapper and the newer singers.

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. I guessed lucky with some of the newer singers.

Missed the flapper tho...

[3catwoman3]

40. 94% for me, as well.

That was too long by half.

[Skittles]

41. I missed only one

[Gidney N Cloyd]

42. C'mon, which one???

[Skittles]

43. *SPOILER!*

Edith Piaf

[MrMickeysMom]

44. I got 91%

I wasn't sure of some fashion and one scientist. I figure that baby boomers should do well on this!

[Behind the Aegis]

45. 100%

Most I actually knew from their pictures, a few I had to use the clue and I guessed on one.

[So Far From Heaven]

46. Damn! Only got 85 percent. (nt)

[Paper Roses]

47. 93%, not bad! Fun quiz. n/t

[cyberswede]

48. I missed Louise Brooks

I guessed Theda Bara, even though I should have known better. Bara didn't really wear a bob.

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[dixiegrrrrl]

49. The name at the bottom left of the pic says Theda Bara.

Many people missed Louise Brooks and I am not sure even the people who made the quiz were correct.

[OrwellwasRight]

52. I missed that one too. I thought the name was made up

as she was the only one I had never heard of. And yes, the quiz was way too long!

[Tikki]

54. The only one I missed, also.

Both women were fabulous looking and talented.


Tikki

[rbrnmw]

50. 100% I guessed on a couple

[MuseRider]

51. That was a long one! 100%

Had to guess on one, the punk singer I think? Good guess.

[PassingFair]

53. Missed one....

apparently I don't know my Annie Oakley from my Belle Starr.

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. About Belle Starr.....looked it up just now

Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889), better known as Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw.
Belle associated with the James-Younger gang and other outlaws. She was convicted of horse theft in 1883.

I knew her name was familiar, but happily chose Annie Oakley......

[IrishEyes]

56. I got 94%

I got three wrong. I got the suffragette, ice skater and the punk rocker questions wrong. Although I knew the suffragette answer and I just hit the wrong answer. I'm not very old but I was a history major.

[OriginalGeek]

58. missed 2

the french cabaret singer and the silent film actress.

I did guess on a couple but the singer and actress I missed were the only ones I never heard of.

[niyad]

59. I also missed two, also contemporary singers.

[bullsnarfle]

62. Tara Lipinsky -vs- Katerina Witt ---

flipped a mental coin and lost. Knew it was not Fleming or whats-her-name, but I don't follow ice skating...

[dixiegrrrrl]

63. That was a tuff one

I guessed lucky.

[sl8]

64. I only know of one and she wasn't listed.

Jaime Sommers:

[baldguy]

65. 100%

About 30 in I was wondering when it was going to end.

[dixiegrrrrl]

67. Well done!

It seemed long to me, also, but by then I was time invested, so plowed on.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

66. 93

Four incorrect.

[VOX]

70. 100%, but the women's suffrage question was tough...

The women named all figured in the movement, and I don't have a grasp of their images, so I went with Susan B. Anthony, which was correct.

[dixiegrrrrl]

71. Exactly the same for me, cause Anthony was not the only "correct" answer, in my mind.

But she is considered to be the head of the movement over here, back then.