Famous and Influential LGBTQ+ People Quiz

Famous and Influential LGBTQ+ People Quiz

Questions

1. Which famous English mathematician and cryptographer, responsible for cracking the enigma code and is referred to as the father of modern computing, was chemically castrated under then-UK law for his sexual orientation?
2. Which famous bisexual English female essayist and novelist, writer of Mrs Daloway and To The Lighthouse, pioneered women’s rights?
3. Famous for her post-colonial surrealist Mexican folk art, which bisexual artist also had an association with the Mexican Communist Party?
4. Malcolm Michaels Jr, born in 1945, a prominent American gay liberation activist, drag-queen, and prominent figure in the Stonewall riots, goes by what other name?
5. What is the name of the current CEO of Apple, who is openly gay and a prominent supporter of LGBTQ+ rights?
6. Known for his epigrams, plays and poems, which Irish playwright was sentenced in the 1890s to two years of manual labour for gross indecency (for consensual homosexual acts)?
7. What is the stage name of the famous English singer and pianist born Reginald Dwight, famous for hits such as “Your Song”? He is an avid campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and against HIV/AIDS.
8. Which MP for Islington South and Finsbury was the UK’s first openly gay politician, having come out in 1984?
9. Best known for his role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, which knighted actor was a co-founder of the English LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall?
10. Which American writer and activist, famous for works such as “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, was a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and for the civil rights movement?
11. “A Streetcar Named Desire” is a classic American play written by which man?
12. Which American Politician, later assassinated, was the first openly gay man to be elected to office in California in 1977? He was also the subject of a 2008 biopic starring Sean Penn.
13. “O Captain My Captain” was a poem written by which presumed bisexual or homosexual 19th-century American poet?
14. Which woman, who was only revealed to be homosexual in her obituary, was the first American female astronaut?
15. Which English actor, comedian and writer famous for his roles in "Jeeves and Wooster" and "Blackadder", in addition to hosting QI, is openly gay and a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and for the mental health charity Mind?
16. Who was the first transgener woman to have sex reassignment surgery in the United States?
17. Which female Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (the origin of the term "lesbian"), famous for writing “Ode to Aphrodite”, was believed to be homosexual?
18. Who was the iconic lead singer of the band Queen, who tragically lost his life to HIV/AIDS-related complications in 1991?
19. Which Italian renaissance sculpturer, famous for works such as “David”, wrote intimate poems about the Roman patrician Tommaso dei Cavalieri?
20. What was the surname of the transgender siblings responsible for directing the Matrix films?
21. Which male Italian renaissance polymath, responsible for the fresco "The Last Supper", is believed to have had numerous relationships with other young men?
22. Which reality television star and former Olympic champion, came out as trans in the 2010s before then going on to win Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” award?
23. Which Ancient Macedonian Leader, famous for leading the Greeks to conquer Egypt, and Persia, is believed to have had multiple homosexual relationships?
24. What is the name of the female Czech tennis player who has won 18 Grand Slam Singles titles?
25. Who was the first professional football player to publicly come out as gay?
26. Which American composer, conductor and social activist, famous for writing the score for the Musical “West Side Story” came out as gay after a failed marriage with his wife Felicia Montealegre?

1. Which famous English mathematician and cryptographer, responsible for cracking the enigma code and is referred to as the father of modern computing, was chemically castrated under then-UK law for his sexual orientation?

   Alan Turing
2. Which famous bisexual English female essayist and novelist, writer of Mrs Daloway and To The Lighthouse, pioneered women’s rights?

   Virginia Woolf
3. Famous for her post-colonial surrealist Mexican folk art, which bisexual artist also had an association with the Mexican Communist Party?

   Frida Kahlo
4. Malcolm Michaels Jr, born in 1945, a prominent American gay liberation activist, drag-queen, and prominent figure in the Stonewall riots, goes by what other name?

   Marsha P. Johnson
5. What is the name of the current CEO of Apple, who is openly gay and a prominent supporter of LGBTQ+ rights?

   Tim Cook
6. Known for his epigrams, plays and poems, which Irish playwright was sentenced in the 1890s to two years of manual labour for gross indecency (for consensual homosexual acts)?

   Oscar Wilde
7. What is the stage name of the famous English singer and pianist born Reginald Dwight, famous for hits such as “Your Song”? He is an avid campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and against HIV/AIDS.

   Elton John
8. Which MP for Islington South and Finsbury was the UK’s first openly gay politician, having come out in 1984?

   Chris Smith
9. Best known for his role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, which knighted actor was a co-founder of the English LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall?

   Sir Ian McKellen
10. Which American writer and activist, famous for works such as “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, was a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and for the civil rights movement?

    James Baldwin
11. “A Streetcar Named Desire” is a classic American play written by which man?

    Tennessee Williams
12. Which American Politician, later assassinated, was the first openly gay man to be elected to office in California in 1977? He was also the subject of a 2008 biopic starring Sean Penn.

    Harvey Milk
13. “O Captain My Captain” was a poem written by which presumed bisexual or homosexual 19th-century American poet?

    Walt Whitman
14. Which woman, who was only revealed to be homosexual in her obituary, was the first American female astronaut?

    Sally Ride
15. Which English actor, comedian and writer famous for his roles in "Jeeves and Wooster" and "Blackadder", in addition to hosting QI, is openly gay and a campaigner for LGBTQ+ rights and for the mental health charity Mind?

    fry
16. Who was the first transgener woman to have sex reassignment surgery in the United States?

    Christine Jorgensen
17. Which female Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (the origin of the term "lesbian"), famous for writing “Ode to Aphrodite”, was believed to be homosexual?

    Sappho
18. Who was the iconic lead singer of the band Queen, who tragically lost his life to HIV/AIDS-related complications in 1991?

    Freddie Mercury
19. Which Italian renaissance sculpturer, famous for works such as “David”, wrote intimate poems about the Roman patrician Tommaso dei Cavalieri?

    Michelangelo
20. What was the surname of the transgender siblings responsible for directing the Matrix films?

    Wachowski
21. Which male Italian renaissance polymath, responsible for the fresco "The Last Supper", is believed to have had numerous relationships with other young men?

    Leonardo da Vinci
22. Which reality television star and former Olympic champion, came out as trans in the 2010s before then going on to win Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” award?

    Caitlyn Jenner
23. Which Ancient Macedonian Leader, famous for leading the Greeks to conquer Egypt, and Persia, is believed to have had multiple homosexual relationships?

    Alexander the Great
24. What is the name of the female Czech tennis player who has won 18 Grand Slam Singles titles?

    Martina Navratilova
25. Who was the first professional football player to publicly come out as gay?

    Justin Fashanu
26. Which American composer, conductor and social activist, famous for writing the score for the Musical “West Side Story” came out as gay after a failed marriage with his wife Felicia Montealegre?

    Leonard Bernstein