Left-Handed and Famous Trivia Quiz

Answer: Victoria

Queen Victoria was crowned when she was 18, and her reign lasted 67 years, making her one of the longest reigning monarchs of Great Britain and longest reigning queens in the world. She married her first cousin, Prince Albert, and together they had five daughters and four sons.

The Victorian era was a time period of prosperity for Great Britain. Great Britain had a growing population and a changing culture, largely caused by the Industrial Revolution. Authors, such as Charles Dickens and Emily Bronte, also wrote many classic English works during this time period. Queen Victoria became the "Empress of India" when India officially became part of the British Empire.

Answer: Henry Ford

Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Company. He did not invent the automobile, but his goal was to create a car that middle class Americans could afford. He succeeded at this with the invention of the Model T. He helped develop assembly lines which increased mass production of cars instead of hand crafted vehicles.

Henry Ford became one of the most famous industrialists and richest men in the world.

Answer: False

Contrary to many popular beliefs, there is no proof Einstein was left handed. According to www.albert-einstein.org,"As photos show him holding a pen in his right hand, seizing a paper with the right hand and playing the violin like a right-hander, and as no evidence was found of him being or originally having been left-handed, one may take for granted that he was a right-hander. All this being said, little, though, is known about Albert Einstein's early years." Einstein is most famous for his formula "E=mc2" which calculates mass energy equivalence.

Answer: H.G Wells

Herbert George Wells was an English writer known for his science fiction novels. Along with "War of the Worlds", he also wrote "The Invisible Man" and "The Time Machine". "War of the Worlds" was one of the earliest science fiction novels that had conflict between Earth and aliens, making it a science fiction and literary classic.

Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Curie was one of the few women of her time to earn a doctorate in science and make several contributions to the scientific field. She married Pierre Curie, another scientist, and together they formed their own laboratory to research radioactivity.

They both were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on uranium. Marie Curie became a distinguished scientist in her own right and the first woman to win a Nobel prize twice. Marie Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her discovery of the elements, polonium and radium. During World War I Marie demonstrated the use of the X-Ray and taught the technology to others.

She created radiology units that gave aid to soldiers on the battlefield in France, and many times worked near the front lines.

The long years of studying and working with radioactivity did take a toll on Marie during her later years and she died of aplastic pernicious anemia. The scientific work of Marie and her husband is still contributing to several advances in the medical field, including cancer treatment.

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix was a famous rock guitarist during the 1960s and was naturally left handed. Inspired by rock and roll and electric blues, Jimi combined the two to make his own unique style of blues rock. He also is recognized for his twists to rock music by amplifying guitar sounds.

His style of music gave him popularity and fame in the United States and Great Britain. He played at the Woodstock Music Festival along with other well known musicians of his time in 1969, with a performance of "The Star Spangled Banner".

Hendrix's life was cut short a year later when he died of Asphyxia at age 27. Hendrix was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Some of Hendrix's most famous songs include "Wind Cries Mary", "All Along the Watchtower", and "Bold As Love".

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon was one of the most famous military commanders in history. He fought during the French Revolution and afterwords crowned himself Emperor when the Republic of France failed. Napoleon prided himself in elaborate uniforms and outfits when he presented himself in public.

When he posed for paintings he tucked his right hand in his coat. It is believed he had his armies march on the right side so he could easily draw his sword to give commands with his left hand. He built a great empire, and led many successful military conquests, but his attempted invasion of Russia became his largest military failure.

Answer: using the atomic bomb

President Truman made the decision to use nuclear weapons with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Truman saw an invasion of Japan as too costly in American soldiers lives with the number of soldiers that had already been lost in the invasions of Europe and other war fronts.

He also viewed an invasion as too costly in time. The bombs devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wiping out many Japanese. Japan still did not surrender immediately. Following an air raid on Tokyo, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. Truman successfully saw the end of World War 2 and helped establish the United Nations.

He was elected again as president and was also the president during the beginnings of the Cold War. He believed in a strong foreign policy and opposed communism, helping nations in whatever way he could to avoid falling under the communism regime.

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Charlie Chaplin, Sylvester Stallone, and Tom Cruise are all left handed.

Charlie Chaplin was a British actor who became popular for his role in silent films, which were some of the first cinema pictures before sound. Most of these used Chaplin's mime skills. His most famous character was the "Tramp", a homeless man who tries to position himself as a gentleman.

Sylvester Stallone is an actor known for his action films. His most famous roles were "Rambo" and the boxer, "Rocky". "Rocky" became an American classic for it's portrayal of a young boxer that fulfills the American dream of rising from rags to riches when he gets a shot at become a heavyweight champion.

Tom Cruise has been noted for several Hollywood blockbusters and has been in years past one of Hollywood's highest paid actors. One of his classic roles is in the movie "Top Gun", for his role as Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator who falls in love with his flight instructor and also overcomes the tragedy of losing his best friend in a training accident.

Answer: baseball

Babe Ruth was a legendary figure in baseball in the 1920's and was one of the first players to be put in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In his career he played the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, and the Boston Braves. He pitched, hit, and caught left handed.

He set many records that were not broken for several years with a career record of 714 home runs and 2,873 hits. He made it to the World Series seven times.