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Brian Lehrer: It's The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. One of the things we usually do during membership drives to make the fundraising weeks a little more fun, a little more palatable, is a short quiz on the show each day. Get two in a row right and you'll win a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap. Today, it's a 10-question quiz for the beginning of Women's History Month. Who wants to play? 212-433-WNYC. 212-433-9692. I can just about guarantee that you'll know the answer to the first question at very least. Who wants to play? 212-433-WNYC. 433-9692. Laura in Warren, New Jersey is ready to play. Hi, Laura.

Laura: Oh, hello.

Brian Lehrer: All right, are you ready?

Laura: I'm hoping I get the baseball cap.

Brian Lehrer: Oh, I'm hoping you are, too. First question. Can you name the first-ever woman vice president of the United States?

Laura: Kamala Harris.

Brian Lehrer: That was just to see if you were awake. Yes, that is right. Question number two, which constitutional amendment granted women in America the right to vote, and what year did Congress pass it? A hint, the same number answers both parts of that question. What constitutional amendment and what year did Congress pass it?

Laura: I think that it's 1920 and so, therefore, I would go with 20th, but I don't honestly know.

Brian Lehrer: I'll tell you what, you know the year that it was ratified, which was 1920, so I'll just give you one more hint, which was that Congress had to pass it first before it went to the states for final ratification.

Laura: Since you're saying it's the same number, I guess I'll say it's 19.

Brian Lehrer: It is. You did win a hat.

Laura: I honestly didn't know the answer. I'm sorry.

Brian Lehrer: You knew when the 19th Amendment was passed, so there you are. You know your 19th Amendment history pretty well. In fact, the text says, for those of you who haven't ever heard the actual words, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Laura, we'll get your address off the air and send you a baseball cap. Sandy in Manhattan, you're on WNYC. Hi, Sandy. Ready to play?

Sandy: Yes. Good morning.

Brian Lehrer: Good morning. True or false, in 1869, exactly 50 years before Congress passed the 19th Amendment and sent it on to the states, one state became the first to grant women the right to vote. True or false, that state was New York?

Laura: False.

Brian Lehrer: False is correct. It was actually Wyoming. Who would have guessed that? I only learned that when we were getting ready for this quiz today. Next question, question 4 in our 10-question quiz. A leading abolitionist, best known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, this extraordinarily brave woman also worked as a Union spy during the American Civil War. Can you name this icon?

Sandy: Can you give me a hint?

Brian Lehrer: Well, she was a leading abolitionist as well as somebody you might associate with women's rights, and her initials were HT.

Sandy: Harriet?

Brian Lehrer: You're halfway there.

Sandy: Oh, I'm going to have to pass.

Brian Lehrer: Oh, thanks for trying, Sandy. Well, that was Harriet Tubman. Joe in Greenwich Village, you're on WNYC. Ready to play?

Joe: Yes, thanks.

Brian Lehrer: Okay, question five. There are currently four women serving as justices of the US Supreme Court. Can you name any three?

Joe: Yes, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Jackson.

Brian Lehrer: Right, and the other one is Amy Coney Barrett. For the hat, question six. The first woman of color elected to Congress was Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii. In 1964, she was also the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?

Joe: To Congress. Oh, gosh, can I have a hint, Brian?

Brian Lehrer: New Yorker, Brooklynite.

Joe: Oh, yes, and she was in the TV show depicted in it. Oh, God, what is her name? There's a state park named after her. I can't remember her name.

Brian Lehrer: We did a segment on her just a couple of weeks ago for Black History Month. Three, two--

Joe: What are the initials?

Brian Lehrer: I gave the other guest the initials, I have to give you the initials, SC.

Joe: SC. Oh, Shirley Chisholm.

Brian Lehrer: Shirley Chisholm is right. Elected from Brooklyn four years after Patsy Mink from Hawaii, 1968. All right, Joe, with a little bit of help, you won yourself a WNYC baseball cap, so hang on, we'll take your address-- a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap, I should say. Hang on, we'll take your address off the air. Tanya in South Amboy. Hi, Tanya. Ready to play?

Tanya: Yes, I'm ready.

Brian Lehrer: True or false, Sally Ride was the first woman to travel into space?

Tanya: To travel into-- well, I'm going to think it's a Russian, but I'm going to say true.

Brian Lehrer: Ooh, you should have gone with your impulses. The answer was false. Sorry, Tanya. Thanks for trying. Tanya was right in her impulse because the reason that it was false is that though Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel into space, that was 1983, the first woman in space was actually Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova. That was about 20 years earlier. All right, Robin in Tuxedo, New York. You're on WNYC. Hi, Robin. Ready to play?

Robin: Yes, Brian. Thank you.

Brian Lehrer: Kathy Hochul is the first woman governor of New York. Four states have each had at least three women governors. That's how behind the times New York was, which we think of as a progressive state. Four states have each had at least three women governors. Can you name any one of those states?

Robin: I'm pretty sure there's been women governors in Massachusetts and Arizona. I'll say Massachusetts, final answer.

Brian Lehrer: Well--

Robin: I'll say Arizona, final answer.

Brian Lehrer: Yes, Arizona is right. We will accept your pivot there because you were honing in on it. Yes, Arizona has the most, five women governors in its history. Kansas, New Hampshire, and Oregon all have had three women governors. Then Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington State have all had two women governors. 21 states, now including New York, have had one woman governor, and 18 states still have had no women governors.

All right, for The Brian Lehrer Show baseball hat. Question number nine. The Oscars aren't for another week or so, but one actress has already made history for her role in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. She became the first native woman, indigenous woman, nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actress category. Can you name this history-making actress?

Robin: Oh, man, this is hard because I am not much of a movie person. I'm trying to think. I think her name is Lily.

Brian Lehrer: Oh, you got the hard part because I was going to give you the hint. Same last name as our On the Media host.

Robin: Oh, okay, Lily Gladstone.

Brian Lehrer: That is right, Lily Gladstone. Robin, thank you very much. We only have one more question. Georgia in Manhattan, if you're ready to play, if you get this one right, you will win a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap. Hi, Georgia.

Georgia: Thank you. I'm ready. I thought that my poor memory holds up.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Who is the first and only Latina to achieve an EGOT? What is an EGOT? That is an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, EGOT. Only one Latina, super famous, hit that quadfecta. Do you know who that was?

Georgia: No.

Brian Lehrer: Sorry. Thanks for trying.

Georgia: Is there a hint?

Brian Lehrer: Well, I'll give you the initials. RM. I'm not thinking right off hand if-- her biggest role might have been in West Side Story.

Georgia: Rita Moreno.

Brian Lehrer: Rita Moreno is right. There you go, Georgia. Way to go. Georgia wins WNYC Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap for getting one in a row right because that was the 10th question in our 10-question quiz and we didn't have a question 11th. That's it for today's quiz. Thanks to all of you for playing. We'll do another quiz Monday. That's going to be a New York City subway quiz and another quiz Tuesday. That's going to be a commuter rail stops quiz. We're going to cover the city, in public transportation on Monday with a quiz and the suburbs on Tuesday. Thanks for playing our Women's History Month quiz today. More Brian Lehrer Show coming up.

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