Yussuf.net Quiz 57: activists and humanitarians

Questions

  1. Who founded the Red Cross?
  2. Who started the civil rights movement in the US by refusing to give up her bus seat?
  3. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting apartheid?
  4. Who is the Pakistani girl who advocates for girls’ education?
  5. Who founded the Missionaries of Charity in India?
  6. Who campaigned for women’s suffrage in the UK?
  7. Who was known as the “Mother of the Nation” in South Africa?
  8. Who is the environmental activist who started Fridays for Future?
  9. Who is the American known for nonviolent resistance and civil rights?
  10. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?

Answers

  1. Henry Dunant
  2. Rosa Parks
  3. Nelson Mandela
  4. Malala Yousafzai
  5. Mother Teresa
  6. Emmeline Pankhurst
  7. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
  8. Greta Thunberg
  9. Martin Luther King Jr.
  10. Marie Curie