Famous Men born in the month of November Quiz

Answer: Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was born on November 14 in Paris, France. He is the founder of French Impressionist painting with his most famous works being "Impression, Sunrise", "London Parliament series", "Water Liles" and "Haystacks". If you ever get to Paris it is only a short train ride, 80 kms to Giverny, where you can wander through his home and gardens where he did much of his painting.

Answer: Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was born on November 25 in Dunfermline, Scotland. His family emigrated to the USA in 1848 and one of his first jobs was that of a telegrapher. By the time he was in his 30s he had accumulated investments in railroads, oil derricks and bridges. Over the years he accumulated enormous wealth and at one time was the wealthiest man in the USA. He donated millions of dollars to libraries and education around the world and he has towns and streets (even as far afield as Belgrade, Serbia) named in his honour.

Answer: Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was born on November 30 in Oxfordshire, England. He was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and entered politics in 1900. He was Lord of the Admiralty from 1911-1915, but after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign he was demoted from the position.

He stayed in politicians and his finest hour came during WWII when he became Prime Minister in 1940 and led Britain and her allies to victory against Nazi Germany. His famous words "We shall never surrender" and his "V" for victory became a rallying cry for all in Britain during those darkest days.

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30 in Missouri, USA. He was an American writer, humorist, publisher and lecturer. He is famous for his novels including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884).

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) was born on November 25 in California. He played his entire baseball career in MLB with the New York Yankees (1936-1942 and 1946-1951). He was a nine time World Series champion with the Yankees. Considered one of the greatest players to play the game and had a 56 game hitting streak that still stands today as a record. Two of his brothers Don and Vince both played MLB. Joe was married to Marilyn Monroe from 1954-56.

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born on November 13 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a novelist and travel writer and is best known for his novels "Treasure Island"(1883), "Kidnapped" (1886) and " Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"(1886).

Answer: Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was born on November 15 in Germany. He joined the army as an 18 year old and was a highly decorated officer in WWI. However, it was in WWII during the North African campaign and his command of his Africa Korps that he earned the nickname the "Desert Fox" and his British adversaries admired his chivalry.

He commanded Germany forces opposing the Normandy landings in June 1944 and was implicated in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler. He was given the choice of suicide and his name would be immortalised or he would face execution as a traitor.

He chose the former by taking a cyanide pill.

Answer: Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was born on November 2 in Pennsylvania. He was an American pioneer, woodsman, explorer, frontiersman, businessman, soldier and politician and possibly the first American folk hero. Three generations of Daniel Boone's descendants have been MLB players, Ray Boone, Bob Boone, Bret Boone and Aaron Boone.

Answer: Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) was born on November 2 in Ohio, USA. He was the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. During his term in office but after his death there were two scandals that damaged his popularity being the Teapot Dome scandal and his extramarital affair with Nan Britton.

The Teapot Dome scandal involved Navy petroleum being leased to Teapot Dome oil field near the Teapot Rock in Wyoming. The Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall was the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison.

The Teapot scandal is considered "the greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics" before the "Watergate scandal" of the 1970s.

Answer: Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) was born on November 22 in Lille, France. In 1912 he graduated from the military academy Saint-Cyr and joined the French Army. He served in WWI having been wounded, taken prisoner but came out of the war as a decorated officer.

After the invasion of Germany into France in May 1940 he led a Government in exile in England and became the undisputed leader of the Free French. He led the march down the Champs-Élysées in the liberation of Paris in August 1944. After WWII he moved out of politics but in 1959 he was elected President of France, a position he held until 1969.