# The Daily Feud: Famous Females by ivan astikov \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 4, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809 "2008-08-04T15:06:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/41 "2008-08-04T17:19:04Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Katherine Hepburn 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Venus Williams 5. Madonna 6. J. K. Rowling 7. Leona Helmsley 8. Queen Elizabeth 9. Gloria Steinem 10. Lizzie Borden ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/42 "2008-08-04T17:23:13Z")
1. Madame Curie 2. Katharine Hepburn 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Mia Hamm 5. Barbra Streisand 6. Jane Austen 7. Debbi Fields 8. Queen Elizabeth II 9. Gloria Steinem 10. Lucrezia Borgia 11. Mrs. Fields of cookie fame. 12. I’ll be surprised if more than a handful name neither her, Victoria ,nor Elizabeth I (all of England/the UK). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/43 "2008-08-04T17:23:52Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Hilary Clinton 4. Laila Ali 5. Mariah Carey 6. JK Rowling 7. Martha Stewart 8. Elizabeth 9. Steinem 10. Lizzie Borden ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/44 "2008-08-04T17:35:13Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Nancy Pelosi 4. Venus Williams 5. Madonna 6. JK Rowling 7. Martha Stewart 8. Elizabeth II 9. Gloria Steinem 10.Lizzie Borden ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/45 "2008-08-04T17:41:19Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] Steinem! Dammit! [/QUOTE] You’re just a really bad speller! I’ll give it to you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/46 "2008-08-04T17:43:20Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Nancy Pelosi 4. Serena Williams 5. Celine Dion 6. Danielle Steel 7. Mary Kay Ash 8. Queen Elizabeth 9. Susan B. Anthony 10. Lizzy Borden I was torn over a lot of these. I don’t know what female athletes or businesswomen are famous at all. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/47 "2008-08-04T17:44:10Z")
[QUOTE=Chum] For the murderess, I have no idea if I listed a real person or, if so, if that person murdered someone. The name just popped into my had. Also, I suspect my spellings are quite bad. [/QUOTE] She didn’t murder anybody. She did cut off a head, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/48 "2008-08-04T17:45:02Z")
1. Madame Curie 2. Meryl Streep 3. Nancy Pelosi 4. Mia Hamm 5. Amy Winehouse 6. Danielle Steele 7. Carly Fiorina 8. Elizabeth II 9. Gloria Steinem 10. Lizzie Borden ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/49 "2008-08-04T17:47:25Z")
Venus Williams? Why did I put Serena Williams? I KNEW this would happen! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/50 "2008-08-04T17:59:18Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Nancy Pelosi 4. Babe Dedrikson 5. Barbra Streisand 6. J.K. Rowling 7. Martha Stewart 8. Queen Elizabeth II 9. Gloria Steinem 10. Lizzie Borden 11. Wanted to say Judy Dench but A.J. will be named more I’m afraid. 12. Want to say Madame C.J. Walker of hair care products, not brothels. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/51 "2008-08-04T18:10:01Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Hilary Clinton 4. Venus Williams 5. Edith Piaf 6. George Sands 7. Meg Whitman 8. Queen Elizabeth II 9. Betty Friedan 10. Lizzy Borden ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/52 "2008-08-04T18:23:06Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Julia Roberts 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Venus Williams 5. Ella Fitzgerald 6. Annie Proulx 7. Martha Stewart 8. Elizabeth 9. Gloria Steinem 10. Lizzy Borden ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/53 "2008-08-04T18:36:40Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Nancy Pelosi 4. Michelle Wie 5. Celine Dion 6. Jane Austen 7. Oprah Winfrey 8. Elizabeth II 9. Gloria Steinum 10. Susan Atkins ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/54 "2008-08-04T18:36:54Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] You’re just a really bad speller! I’ll give it to you. 😉 [/QUOTE] Hey, then I want my “Queen” to be accpeted as “KISS” in the Band Name thread! You know I’m not right in the head. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/55 "2008-08-04T18:41:23Z")
Hmm, will Delores count Elizabeth and Elizabeth II as the same answer for #9? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/56 "2008-08-04T18:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Hmm, will Delores count Elizabeth and Elizabeth II as the same answer for #9? [/QUOTE] Nope. Two different queens. Some people said Elizabeth I also. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/57 "2008-08-04T19:01:10Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Benazir Bhutto 4. Martina Navritalova 5. Barbara Steisand 6. Danielle Steele 7. Georgia Neese Gray 8. Queen Elizabeth II 9. Susan B. Anthony 10. Lizzie Borden For #3, well, I know some current female leaders, but don’t know how to figure who’s the conch, if anyone is. So I go with Bhutto, as she got me my only points in the Death Pool last year. #7 will be all over the place too. My choice was the first female head of the US Treasury. If one is in charge of all that money, that’s one hell of a businesswoman! ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/58 "2008-08-04T19:05:19Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Scarlett Johansen 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Michelle Wie 5. Madonna 6. Jane Austen 7. Carly Fiorina (HP woman) 8. Queen Elizabeth II 9. Germaine Greer 10. Eileen Wournos ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/59 "2008-08-04T19:23:28Z")
1. Marie Curie 2. Angelina Jolie 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias 5. Celine Dion 6. Ayn Rand 7. Joan Crawford 8. Elizabeth II 9. Gloria Steinem 10. Lizzie Borden ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809/60 "2008-08-04T19:39:17Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] You’re just a really bad speller! I’ll give it to you. 😉 [/QUOTE] I appreciate it, but I remembered the wrong name. I don’t think it should count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-famous-females-by-ivan-astikov-closed/458809.md?page=4)