Historical Children, or Who was that kid? Quiz

Answer: George Washington

The story of Washington chopping down the cherry tree is considered to be apocryphal. The story first appeared in Mason Weems' biography, published after Washington's death. However, true or not, it is certainly indicative of the President-to-be's personality.

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Answer: Snorri

Thorfinn and his wife Gudrid were settlers at L'Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland. They stayed three years and then returned to Iceland. Snorri was born while they were in Newfoundland.

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Answer: Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was a peasant girl from Domrémy, France who started having visions telling her to free her homeland from the English. By the age of 18 she was leading an army against the English. At 19 she was captured, tried as a heretic and sentenced to death. She was burned at the stake while only 19.

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Answer: John F. Kennedy, Jr.

Born 16 days after his father, John F. Kennedy, was elected as the youngest American President in 1960, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was only two years old when his father was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He stepped out to salute the passing flag-draped coffin, a photographer snapped his photo, and JFK, Jr. was forever immortalized. His father's funeral was held on the day of JFK, Jr.'s third birthday, and his amazingly brave and caring mother held a birthday party for him after this funeral. John F. Kennedy, Jr. died in a plane crash on July 16, 1999.

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Answer: Edward and Richard

There are many theories as to who actually killed the two boys. However, they were never seen alive after the summer of 1483. The skeletons of two children were exhumed from under a step in the Tower of London in 1674. The remains were reburied in Westminster Abbey by the order of King Charles II.

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Answer: Anne Frank

Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was born in Germany in 1929. She and her family emigrated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 1933 but again came under Nazi rule when Germans invaded the Netherlands in World War II. The family went into hiding in 1942 as persecution of Jewish people by the Nazis increased. Her diary is an accurate record of the daily activities of several people hidden in a small attic. Someone turned them in to the German Security Police and Anne and six others hiding with her were sent to concentration camps. Sadly Anne perished just weeks before the Allies liberated the camp.

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Answer: Helen Keller

Helen's illness robbed her of sight and hearing. Her teacher, Annie Sullivan, through patience and determination, managed to break through Helen's barriers.
A play titled "The Miracle Worker", and the movie made from it, dramatize their story.

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Answer: Alexei

Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was the youngest of the five children and the last Crown Prince of Imperial Russia. He and the rest of his family were murdered on July 17, 1918, following the Russian Revolution, when Alexei was only 13. Alexei suffered from hemophilia and was a very frail and sickly child. He was treated for this illness by Gregori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk."

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Answer: Tutankhamen

Tutankhamen, or King Tut, as he is more affectionately called in most circles, ruled Egypt from BC 1333-1323. Given that he was born around BC 1341, that would put him at approximately eight years old when he took the throne.


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Answer: Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in 1967 to join the group, Traffic. In 1969, he formed the group Blind Faith with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. He began his solo career in 1977 and has been going strong ever since.

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