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[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Timer starts...now!

List

  1. Venus Williams
  2. Serena Williams
  3. Naomi Osaka
  4. Maria Sharapova
  5. Michelle Wie
  6. Tara Lipinski
  7. Michelle Kwan
  8. Kim Yuna
  9. Mary Lou Retton
  10. Simone Biles
  11. Aly Raisman
  12. Shawn Johnson
  13. Mia Hamm
  14. Abby Wambach
  15. Brittany Griner (edit: should be Brittney)
  16. Nastia Liukin
  17. Eleanor Roosevelt
  18. Patricia Nixon
  19. Jackie Kennedy
  20. Nancy Reagan
  21. Hillary Clinton
  22. Madeline Albright
  23. Margaret Thatcher
  24. Liz Truss
  25. Angela Merkel
  26. Laura Bush (not counting Michelle Obama because she's in the prompt)
  27. Melania Trump
  28. Ivanka Trump (edit: Tiffany forever forgotten lmao)
  29. Jill Biden
  30. Elizabeth Warren
  31. Amy Klobuchar
  32. Marianne Williamson
  33. Kyrsten Sinema
  34. Marjorie Taylor-Green (edit: should be Taylor Greene)
  35. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
  36. Tammy Duckworth
  37. Nancy Pelosi
  38. Dianne Feinstein (rest in piss)
  39. Rashida Tlaib
  40. Rashida Jones
  41. Ilhan Omar
  42. Barbara Boxer
  43. Barbra Streisand
  44. Barbara Bush
  45. Emma Watson
  46. Charlotte Brontë
  47. Emily Brontë (sorry other Brontë sister I forgot your name WH OMEGALUL)
  48. Jane Austen
  49. Ursula K. Le Guin
  50. J.K. Rowling (ugh)
  51. Maggie Gyllenhall (edit: should be Gyllenhaal)
  52. Cate Blanchett
  53. Kiera Knightley (I definitely misspelled her name) (edit: FUCK I HAD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND THEN CHANGED IT)
  54. Mila Kunis
  55. Sandra Bullock
  56. Monica Lewinsky
  57. Meryl Streep
  58. Amy Adams
  59. Lindsay Lohan
  60. Britney Spears
  61. Paris Hilton
  62. Christina Aguilera
  63. Mariah Carey
  64. Whitney Houston
  65. Aretha Franklin
  66. Diana Ross
  67. Patti LaBelle
  68. Donna Summer
  69. Gloria Gaynor
  70. Chaka Khan
  71. Jennifer Hudson
  72. Ariana Grande
  73. Etta James
  74. Ella Fitzgerald
  75. Diana Krall
  76. Doris Day
  77. Ginger Rogers
  78. Judy Garland
  79. Audrey Hepburn
  80. Coco Chanel
  81. Elizabeth Hurley (I was trying to remember Elizabeth Taylor but blanked on the last name) (not counting Marilyn Monroe because she's in the prompt)
  82. Rosemary Clooney
  83. Bette Davis
  84. Betsy Ross
  85. Harriet Tubman
  86. Rosa Parks
  87. Rosa Luxemburg
  88. Angelina Jolie
  89. Park Geun-hye (disgraced South Korean president)
  90. Jennifer Lopez
  91. Beyoncé Knowles
  92. Kelly Rowland
  93. Taylor Swift (just squeaked in there!)
  94. Stevie Nicks
  95. Courtney Love
  96. Celine Dion
  97. Avril Lavigne
  98. Miranda Cosgrove
  99. Oprah Winfrey
  100. Jennifer Aniston

...time! Took me almost exactly 22 minutes. I got a little stuck after the small run of politicians because I was frustrated that I couldn't remember more (there were probably a half dozen that I could only remember last names of, for example), and then I went after meandering through a few actors and authors I went on an absolute tear of singers (I swear I did like 20 in the span of two or three minutes). My favorite parts were when I took wild turns because I pivoted on a similar name.

Haphazard category breakdown

1 through 16 are athletes:

  • 1-4: tennis
  • 5: golf
  • 6-8: figure skating
  • 9-12 + 16: gymnastics
  • 13-14: football/soccer
  • 15: basketball

17-21, 26, 27, 29, 44 are First Ladies of the United States (28 (Ivanka) is a daughter of a president)

22-25, 30-39, 41-42, 89 are various politicians (nearly all Americans with a few Br*ts, a German, and a South Korean)

40, 45, 51-55, 57-59, 77, 79, 81, 83, 88, 98, and 100 are actors (I'm not double counting people like Doris Day or Judy Garland)

46-50 are authors (couldn't remember Shelley's first name)

56 is Monica Lewinsky...not really sure what made me think of her at this point tbh

61 (Paris Hilton) is the lone "pure celebrity" on the list I think

43, 60, 62-76, 78, 82, 90-97 are singers (with some double- and triple-threats in there), going from 00s pop to divas to jazz to midcentury Hollywood and then a jumble at the very end

80 (Coco Chanel) is a fashion designer

84-87 are various historical figures

99 (Oprah Winfrey) is a TV host/billionaire mogul

Numbers by category:

27 singers

17 politicians

17 actors

16 athletes

9 FLOTUSes

5 authors

2 civil rights icons

1 amerikkka flagmaker

1 president's daughter

1 doomed socialist

1 reality star

1 woman who was treated horrifically by the media (not that others on this list weren't, but that's what she's known for)

1 fashion designer

1 TV host/billionaire

edit 2: I found it pretty funny that two other people listed

spoilerCourtney Love

which was kind of an asspull for me. Guess it just means we're of a certain age...

this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2024
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