Pride quiz questions and answers reveal fun facts about the LGBT community. In 2023, biggest festivals are organized worldwide.
1. Question: When did Pride Month become a thing?
- Answer: June 1970
2. Question: Which country was the first to lawfully establish same-gender marriage?
- Answer: The Netherlands
3. Question: How many colors are there in a Pride Flag?
- Answer: Eight (hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, and violet)
4. Question: Who was the first openly gay Black actor to win an Emmy?
- Answer: Billy Porter
5. Question: Where was the Stonewall Inn Located?
- Answer: Greenwich Village, New York City
6. Question: When did the Stonewall Riot take place?
- Answer: June 28, 1969.
7. Question: Why is June selected to be the pride month?
- Answer: Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the June 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan
8. Question: In the United States, when is the "National Coming Out Day" celebrated?
- Answer: October 11
9. Question: Which female activist is popularly regarded as "The Mother Of Pride"?
- Answer: Brenda Howard
10. Question: How many years was Oscar Wilde sentenced behind bars for the crime of "Homosexuality?"
- Answer: For 2 years
11. Question: What does the orange color in Pride Flag represent?
- Answer: Healing
12. Question: Which country has the record of holding the largest pride parade?
- Answer: Brazil
13. Question: Who designed the pride flag?
- Answer: Gilbert Baker
14. Question: When was the Rainbow Pride Flag first used?
- Answer: June 25, 1978
15. Question: Where was the Rainbow Pride Flag first used?
- Answer: San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade
16. Question: The activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was led by which activists?
- Answer: Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson
17. Question: Which television show featured the largest number of the transgender cast in history?
- Answer: Pose (2018 - 2021)
18. Question: Which state became the first to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples?
- Answer: Vermont
19. Question: Which United States of America government employee was fired for being openly gay?
- Answer: Frank Kameny
20. Question: The activist group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded by which activist?
- Answer: Larry Kramer
21. Question: When was the first protest for gay and lesbian rights?
- Answer: July 4, 1965
22. Question: Where was the first protest for gay and lesbian rights?
- Answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
23. Question: Which of the following show aired the first-ever same-sex marriage on American television?
- Answer: Friends
24. Question: What does the Yellow color in Pride Flag represent?
- Answer: Sunlight
25. Question: What does the Violet color in Pride Flag represent?
- Answer: Spirit
26. Question: In which year did the first legal same-sex marriage take place in the United States?
- Answer: 2004
27. Question: Which American president was the first to officially recognize Pride Month?
- Answer: Bill Clinton
28. Question: Which was the first American novel to touch on the subject of homosexuality?
- Answer: Joseph and His Friend
29: Question: Who is the first openly gay CEO of a prominent multinational company?
- Answer: Tim Cook (Apple)
30. Question: How many countries have legalized same-sex marriage?
- Answer: 30
31. Question: For most of the 20th century, many researchers often associated homosexuality with what?
- Answer: Upbringing
32. Question: Maureen Colquhoun became the first openly gay member of the parliament of the United Kingdom in 1974 when she came out as what?
- Answer: A Lesbian
33. Question: Which was the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage in 2019?
- Answer: Taiwan
34. Question: When did the first same-sex marriage take place in the United Kingdom?
- Answer: 2014
35. Question: During WWI, gay people were required to put on which symbol in Nazi concentration camps?
- Answer: A Pink Triangle
36. Question: Which country became the first one in the world to elect an openly gay politician as head of government?
- Answer: Iceland
37. Question: Which three colors make up the Bisexual Pride Flag?
- Answer: Pink, Purple, and Blue
38. Question: What year was homosexuality decriminalized in the UK?
- Answer: 1967
39. Question: Which UK city is generally considered to be the unofficial Gay capital in the country?
- Answer: Brighton and Hove
40. Question: Who was the first-ever winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race?
- Answer: BeBe Zahara Benet
41. Question: The Asexual Pride flag is composed of what color stripes?
- Answer: Black, Grey, White, and Purple
42. Question; Which dance craze made mainstream by gay icon Madonna originated in the LGBT+ underground ball culture?
- Answer: Vogue (Dance)
43. Question: In 2016, which British Olympic team featured the first married, same-sex couple winning a gold medal?
- Answer: Hockey
44. Question: Who are the same-sex couple winning a gold medal with the British Olympic Hockey team in 2016?
- Answer: Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh
45. Question: Who was the first openly gay person to win an Oscar?
- Answer: Sir John Gielgud
46. Question: Which oasis in early modern Egypt was a hotspot of homosexuality in Egypt?
- Answer: Siwa Oasis
47. Question: Under its new Penal Code of 1791, which European country was the first to decriminalize homosexuality?
- Answer: France
48. Question: In what year did the American Psychological Association remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders?
- Answer: 1973
49. Question: Which gay African-American author wrote: "The Fire Next Time?"
- Answer: James Baldwin
50. Question: In 2014, this Canadian city hosted the WorldPride event, marking the first time a North American city held the event. What lucky city was that?
- Answer: Toronto
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