Two of my songs are now on YouTube, Also in dark times sung by Cor Gobaith and Sisyphus song sung with Lotte Reimer. Both songs feature in the A Song For Us music project
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On Friday 19th March at 7pm you are warmly invited to put on your glad-rags and to attend the World Premiere of Côr Gobaith’s recording of Also in Dark Times
We have made this recording in defiance of Covid-19, learning new digital recording and mixing technologies, and making our first music video. It’s an act of resistance and it’s for fun, celebrating our 15th anniversary as a street choir. But it’s also to raise desperately needed funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. So please come to the Premiere, celebrate with us, and give generously 1. Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)?
Mary Wollstonecraft 2. Who is Princess Diana of Themyscira, whose secret identity is Diana Prince? Wonder Woman 3. The Suffragettes were a militant group who fought for women’s right to vote in Britain. What was the name of their sister group which believed in peaceful, constitutional campaign methods? Suffragists 4. What was the name of Simone de Beauvoir’s foundational feminist book, published in 1949? The Second Sex 5. In which year was the Representation of the People Act passed in the UK, giving women over the age of 30 the right to vote in general elections? (a) 1910; (b) 1918; (c) 1922 6. Who wrote The Female Eunuch, published in 1970? Germaine Greer 7. On 9th October 2012, who told her political opponent: “If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror.” Australia’s first woman prime minister Julia Gillard to Tony Abbot (The Misogyny Speech) 8. Name the education activist who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012? (1 point for first name, 5 points for surname!) Malala Yousafza 9. By what name was Indian female rights activist and politician Phoolan Devi more popularly known? Clue: she was assassinated in 2001 in Delhi The Bandit Queen 10. Name the British folk hero who led her Celtic tribe in a rebellion against the Romans in AD 60 or 61? Clue: at least five possible spellings and pronunciations! Boudica, Boudicca, Boadicea, Boudicea, and in Welsh Buddug 11. Name the two leading actors in 1991’s Thelma and Louise? Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise 12. Name the US football star and LGBT activist who famously refused to meet Donald Trump after winning the World Cup in 2019, saying: “I’m not going to the fucking White House!” Megan Rapinoe 13. Who was the first woman MP in the UK, serving from 1919 to 1945? Nancy Astor 14. Who beat Bobby Riggs in a famous tennis match in 1973? Billie Jean King 15. Published in 1929, what is the name of Virginia Wolf’s feminist text which argues for space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by men? A Room of One’s Own 16. Who wrote Fat is a Feminist Issue, published in 1978? Clue: She is married to the author Jeanette Winterson Susie Orbach 17. In 2014, American writer Rebecca Solnit published a collection of essays that has become a touchstone of the feminist movement: what was it called? Clue: The main essay in the book is called The New Republic Men Explain Things to Me 18. In 1973, Erica Jong published a book that was controversial because of its, then, radical view of female sexuality. What is it called? Clue: She also wrote How to Save Your Own Life Fear of Flying 19. Who wrote and first recorded Sisters Are Doing For Themselves in 1985? The Eurythymics (Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart) 20. What colours symbolise International Women’s Day? (Clue: 3 points) Green, purple and white 1. Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792)?
2. Who is Princess Diana of Themyscira, whose secret identity is Diana Prince? 3. The Suffragettes were a militant group who fought for women’s right to vote in Britain. What was the name of their sister group which believed in peaceful, constitutional campaign methods? 4. What was the name of Simone de Beauvoir’s foundational feminist book, published in 1949? 5. In which year was the Representation of the People Act passed in the UK, giving women over the age of 30 the right to vote in general elections? (a) 1910; (b) 1918; (c) 1922 6. Who wrote The Female Eunuch, published in 1970? 7. On 9th October 2012, who told her political opponent: “If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror.” 8. Name the education activist who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012? (1 point for first name, 5 points for surname!) 9. By what name was Indian female rights activist and politician Phoolan Devi more popularly known? Clue: she was assassinated in 2001 in Delhi 10. Name the British folk hero who led her Celtic tribe in a rebellion against the Romans in AD 60 or 61? Clue: at least five possible spellings and pronunciations! 11. Name the two leading actors in 1991’s Thelma and Louise? 12. Name the US football star and LGBT activist who famously refused to meet Donald Trump after winning the World Cup in 2019, saying: “I’m not going to the fucking White House!” 13. Who was the first woman MP in the UK, serving from 1919 to 1945? 14. Who beat Bobby Riggs in a famous tennis match in 1973? Clue: “The Battle of the Sexes” 15. Published in 1929, what is the name of Virginia Wolf’s feminist text which argues for space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by men? 16. Who wrote Fat is a Feminist Issue, published in 1978? Clue: She is married to the author Jeanette Winterson 17. In 2014, American writer Rebecca Solnit published a collection of essays that has become a touchstone of the feminist movement: what was it called? Clue: The main essay in the book is called The New Republic 18. In 1973, Erica Jong published a book that was controversial because of its, then, radical view of female sexuality. What is it called? Clue: She also wrote How to Save Your Own Life 19. Who wrote and first recorded Sisters Are Doing For Themselves in 1985? 20. What colours symbolise International Women’s Day? (Clue: 3 points) |
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