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Question Number: 1
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Question: When her husband’s murderer sent envoys to demand her hand in marriage, she buried the first group alive by dumping their boat into a pit, she burned the second group alive after locking them in the bath house, then marched on the murderer’s town, laid siege to it and burned it to the ground by attaching burning straw to the pigeons given her as tribute. Who was she?
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Question Number: 2
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Question: Her cousin had been laying siege to the city with the express purpose of capturing and killing her. A blizzard was enveloping the soon-to-fall fortress. So she covered herself in a sheet, let herself down the side of the wall in the deep of night with a few close comrades and traveled through the enemy lines to safety in the next city. Who was she?
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Question Number: 3
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Question: Had the woman in the previous question not escaped, it wouldn’t have been the first time she would have been thrown on her cousin’s mercy. He’d captured her once before, but given her an escort to her brother’s troops. How did she repay this kindness when the tables were turned and she had captured him?
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Question Number: 4
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Question: She married the man who accidently killed her husband. Later she learned that her new husband was once the victim of attempted murder and she was the guilty one.
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Question Number: 5
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Question: This woman ruled jointly with her husband. Her husband showed little interest in her and she and her new lover (the brother of a eunuch) weren’t too unhappy when he died in his bath. They married that night and the lover became emperor. After her second husband died, the new ruler tried to exile her, so she deposed and blinded him. She married again and ruled jointly with her husband and sister, ruling wisely for seven years. Who was she?
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Question Number: 6
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Question: This young maiden turned down all of her suitors because she wanted to study. Since it was shameful for girls to go to school, she dressed as a boy and went to a mountain academy where she met a young man and fell in love with him. (This despite the fact that they were roommates for three years.) Alas, their tale ends tragically as her father forces her into marriage with another man. Who was she?
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Question Number: 7
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Question: This woman was queen three times, married seven times, had affairs with six powerful officials and many other men. Unfortunately for her lovers, they had the habit of falling victim to violent deaths. Who was this plump, charming woman with delicate skin?
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Question Number: 8
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Question: After her father died, she conspired against her brother to have her husband put on the throne. The plot failed, she retired to a convent and wrote a 15-volume history book. Who was she?
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Question Number: 9
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Question: Lover to a fellow writer/philosopher, she joined the French resistance. She and her lifelong love decided not to marry to leave themselves open to ‘contingent loves.’ Who was she?
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Question Number: 10
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Question: Labeled an aggressive woman by the Roman emperor with whom she’d been allied, she was captured and imprisoned. Before this, she served as a regent for her son after being implicated in the assassination of her husband. Who was she?
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Question Number: 11
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Question: She was a leading warrior of the Zazzua calvary, spending many years in training even though the region over which she was to rule was a peaceful one. For 34 years, she expanded her territory, forcing others to become her vassals. Who was she?
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