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Download LGBT+ Quiz Questions World AIDS Day 1 December LGBT+ Quiz Round 1: LGBT+ icons Round 2: LGBT+ history ROUND 1: LGBT+ icons Round 3: Pride headliners and performers 1 Marsha P. Johnson was an African-American gay rights Round 4: LGBT+ cinema and TV activist and self-identified drag artist whose activism in the 1960s and 70s had a huge impact on the LGBTQ+ Round 5: LGBT+ trivia community. What did Martha say the P stood for? A: Party everyday B: Pay it no mind C: Please everyone D: Peaceful 7 Laverne Cox made history as the first trans Emmy nominee for what show? A: House of Cards 2 Judy Garland played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. B: Orange Is The New Black Dorothy’s famous ruby red slippers weren’t originally red. In L. Frank Baum’s 1900 fantasy, The Wonderful C: Transparent World of Oz they were which colour? D: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt A: Gold B: Silver 8 Contrary to what Sam Smith previously said, who was C: Copper the first out gay person to win an Oscar? D: White A: Sir John Gielgud B: Sir Ian McKellen 3 With a record nine Wimbledon singles’ titles to her C: Jodie Foster name, openly lesbian tennis player Martina Navratilova D: Dustin Lance Black did a lot for LGBT visibility simply by being at the top her game. Where was she born? A: Czechoslovakia 9 Freddie Mercury was the frontman of Queen. In ‘I Want to Break Free’ the entire band dress in drag, but what is B: Croatia believed to have inspired them to do this? C: Argentina A: Women of Emmerdale D: Poland B: Women of Coronation Street C: Women of EastEnders 4 Now a famous talk show host, which TV personality D: Women of The Archers played the first starring character on a TV sitcom to come out as a lesbian? A: Ellen DeGeneres 10 In 1991, “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” was covered in a live version as a duet by which icons? B: Oprah Winfrey A: Elton John and George Michael C: Cynthia Nixon B: Elton John and Freddie Mercury D: Jane Lynch C: Elton John and Barry Manilow D: Elton John and Kiki Dee 5 Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in which US state? A: Texas B: New York C: Florida D: California 6 Madonna recently tweeted that she was fined for a gay rights speech in Russia. How much was the fine (which she didn’t pay)? A: 10 million USD B: 5 million USD C: 1 million USD D: Half a million USD World AIDS Day 1 December LGBT+ Quiz ROUND 2: LGBT+ history 18 In 2009 which Prime Minster apologised on behalf 11 When was the first Pride in the UK? of the Conservative party for the introduction of Section 28. A: July 1972 A: Margaret Thatcher B: July 1974 C: July 1976 B: John Major D: July 1978 C: Gordon Brown D: David Cameron 12 What was the name of the radical queer organisation founded by New York City trans activists Marsha P. 19 LGBT+ History month is celebrated in the UK in Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in 1970? which month? A: M.O.O.N A: January B: C.I.R.C.L.E B: February C: S.T.A.R C: March D: S.Q.U.A.R.E D: April 13 Barbara Gittings has been described as the ‘mother of 20 Why is LGBT+ History month celebrated in this the LGBT civil rights movement and formed the particular month? country’s first organisation for lesbians. What was A: To celebrate release of The Wizard of Oz it called? B: To coincide with the 2003 abolition of Section 28 A: Sisters of State B: Daughters of Bilitis C: To coincide with the start of the Stonewall Riots C: Women of the World D: To celebrate birth of opening of the first gay bar D: Ladies of America in America 14 During the Second World War, the Nazis deported up to 15,000 gay men to concentration camps. What symbol were they forced to wear to identify them as homosexual? A: Pink Square B: Pink Star C: Pink Circle D: Pink Triangle ROUND 3: Pride headliners and performers Under whose administration was ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ 15 21 NYC Pride was the official host of WorldPride 2019 and repealed from the US military? the legendary Grace Jones was the Saturday headliner. A: Bill Clinton Grace Jones starred as May Day in which Bond film? B: Barack Obama A: The Living Daylights C: Ronald Regan B: A View To A Kill D: Donald Trump C: Moonraker 16 Whose funeral took place on 27 June, the night before 22 The first Manchester Pride Live was headlined by the Stonewall Riots, which some have long reported Ariana Grande, marking her return to the city since heightened the emotions and spurred many to join One Love Manchester. Ariana headlined the Sunday the fight? night but which group headlined the Saturday? A: Judy Garland A: Years & Years B: Marilyn Monroe B: Pet Shops Boys C: Elizabeth Taylor C: Little Mix D: Jackie Onassis 23 The iconic Cher has been a performer at Pride events 17 When was homosexuality legalised in the UK? around the world, her celebratory song Pride is a bonus A: 1967 track on which album? B: 1957 A: Closer to the Truth C: 1947 B: Believe D: 1937 C: Living Proof World AIDS Day 1 December LGBT+ Quiz 24 Pop royalty Kylie Minogue headlined Brighton Pride ROUND 4: LGBT+ cinema and TV last year, what hit did she open her set with? 31 Openly gay character Stanford Blatch was a character on which TV programme? A: Locomotion B: Love At First Sight A: Sex and the City C: Can’t Get You Out of My Head B: Golden Girls C: Friends D: Will and Grace 25 In 2010, George Michael performed at the post Parade Mardi Gras Party in Sydney. Complete this George Michael lyric ... “In the absence of , I made 32 Billy Porter made history, becoming the first gay black my way into the night” man to win an Emmy. What show did he win his Emmy A: sobriety for? B: necessity A: Pose C: security B: Vogue C: Catwalk 26 In 2019, Madonna closed WorldPride with a massive D: Blossom concert at ‘Pride Island’ at Pier 97 in Manhattan, New York. Madonna left New York in 2017 to begin a new chapter of life. Where did she move to? 33 The first pre-watershed lesbian kiss in the UK took place on which soap in 1994? A: Lisbon, Portugal B: Madrid, Spain A: EastEnders C: Milan, Italy B: Brookside C: Coronation Street D: Emmerdale 27 The fabulous RuPaul performed at the Mardi Gras Party in 2012. How many seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race have there been? 34 Which popular US sitcom aired the first lesbian A: 11 wedding on TV? B: 12 A: Friends C: 13 B: Will and Grace C: Frasier D: Arrested Development 28 Which act was due to headline Brighton Pride this year? A: Diana Ross 35 What was the name of the LGBTQ+ movie that won B: Mariah Carey Best Picture at the Oscars in February 2017? C: J-Lo A: Moonshine B: Moonlight 29 Birmingham Pride has confirmed headliners Cheryl C: Moonrise and Kelly Rowland for 2021. What is the name of D: Moontime Cheryl’s son? A: Bear Black Payne 36 In an episode appropriately titled ‘True Love’, Jack B: Bear Brown Payne McPhee and his boyfriend Ethan locked lips and C: Bear Grey Payne became the first two men to kiss on a US primetime TV show. What is the name of the show? 30 The Village People’s YMCA has featured in many Pride A: Buffy The Vampire Slayer parades. Complete the lyric ... “Young man, there’s a B: Beverley Hills 90210 place you can go. I said, young man, when C: Dawson’s Creek you’re .” D: Beverley Hills 90201 A: Just in the know B: Short on your dough C: Ready to just go 37 Two major indie films came out in 2018 taking on gay conversion therapy. Which two? A: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ & ‘Hearts Beat Loud’ B: ‘Boy Erased’ & ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ C: ‘Giant Little Ones’ & ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ D: ‘Giant Little Ones’ & ‘Giant Little Ones’ World AIDS Day 1 December LGBT+ Quiz 38 Which was the first gender-role reversal film? 44 Name the toy company that launched the world’s first A: Glen or Glenda gender-neutral dolls? B: Some Like It Hot A: Barbie C: A Florida Enchantment B: Mattel D: The Crying Game C: Hasbro D: Fisher-Price 39 In “Beautiful Thing” two neighbour boys fall in love and in the end start a relationship. In the film there is also a 45 What European city boasts the Homomonument to girl who is the fan of a famous singer. I want the name victims of homophobia? of this singer! A: Paris A: Tina Turner B: Prague B: Mama Cass C: Amsterdam C: Aretha Franklin D: Berlin D: Ella Fitzgerald 46 In which month is the US-originated (but internationally 40 Which cancelled Netflix show famously introduced a observed) National Coming Out Day? non-binary character as a significant other for one of A: September the leads? B: October A: Glow C: November B: One Day at a Time D: December C: Santa Clarita Diet D: Carmilla 47 Artist Gilbert Baker is widely known as the creator of the rainbow flag with each colour presenting something.
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