Q 01/05

The 1973 Battle of the Sexes match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs was played in which arena?

A) Madison Square Garden

B) Houston Astrodome

C) The Forum in Los Angeles

D) Caesars Palace

Answer · why

B) Houston Astrodome

The crowd of 30,472 was still the largest ever to watch a tennis match in the United States four decades later, and Riggs was paid $50,000 to wear a S...

Q 02/05

Which reigning champion did 55-year-old Bobby Riggs rout 6-2, 6-1 in 1973's 'Mother's Day Massacre'?

A) Chris Evert

B) Evonne Goolagong

C) Virginia Wade

D) Margaret Court

Answer · why

D) Margaret Court

Court took a $20,000 guarantee for the match, more than she earned for winning that year’s first two majors combined; her loss is what convinced King ...

Q 03/05

After a Billie Jean King boycott threat, which tournament first offered equal prize money in 1973?

A) US Open

B) Wimbledon

C) French Open

D) Australian Open

Answer · why

A) US Open

King had won the 1972 title and received $15,000 less than men's champion Ilie Năstase; Wimbledon and the French Open did not follow until 2007.

Q 04/05

Title IX, the 1972 law barring sex discrimination in federally funded education, was signed by which president?

A) Lyndon Johnson

B) Gerald Ford

C) Richard Nixon

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

C) Richard Nixon

At the signing he talked mostly about desegregation busing; the law's 37 opening words were written by Senator Birch Bayh.

Q 05/05

In 2002 Congress renamed Title IX in honor of which congresswoman, one of its authors?

A) Shirley Chisholm

B) Bella Abzug

C) Barbara Jordan

D) Patsy Mink

Answer · why

D) Patsy Mink

Mink, of Hawaii, was the first woman of color elected to Congress; the renaming followed her death that year.