We Remember Them Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Following her death, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title of 'Blessed Teresa of Calcutta'.

Answer: Horatio Lord Nelson

Nelson was born in 1758. He is the naval hero who is remembered by English school-children for having disobeyed an order, during the Battle of Copenhagen, to cease firing at the Danish fleet. He put the telescope to his blind eye and, saying that he couldn't see the signal, continued firing. This action resulted in a victory for the English fleet.
Aside from all his heroic deeds, he is surely to be honoured for coping with sea-sickness all his life - every time he went to sea.

Answer: Grace Darling

Grace and her father saved nine people from the wreck of the Forfarshire. When the story became known, Grace was an instant heroine. She and her father were awarded specially-minted Royal Humane Society Gold Medals.
Sadly, Grace died at the early age of 27 from tuberculosis.

Answer: Hannibal

Many historians think that Hannibal was one of the most gifted and able commanders in military history and that this crossing of the Alps is one of the outstanding strategies of ancient warfare, despite the fact that he lost roughly half of the army which he set out with.
Roman chroniclers of the time considered him to be the greatest enemy Rome had ever faced.

Answer: Helen Keller

As a child, Helen learned the name of an object and how to write it when a friend spelled out its name on the palm of one of her hands whilst her other hand was made to touch and feel the object.
After she qualified, she was very active in the American Socialist Party. She campaigned for women's suffrage and workers' rights plus other socialist causes.
She was truly a marvellous person.

Answer: Lakota

Sitting Bull was a Lakota chieftain who was born in 1831 in what is now South Dakota. Unlike so many American Indians, he tried hard all his life to settle the disputes with the Whites and with the American government, without any marked success. Had he lived longer, he might have achieved some measure of agreement but, after his death, attempts to subdue the American Indians escalated.
He fought when he felt compelled to do so. At one time, in 1876, he joined with Crazy Horse and Gall to fight at Little Big Horn against Custer. As is well-known, the latter lost his life there.

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina made 48 orbits of the earth, staying in space for almost 3 days.
Later she became very prominent in Russian public life and always hoped that she would be able to repeat her space flight but, sadly, for her, she never did so.

Answer: Laurence Oates

Although his party reached the South Pole, their return journey was marked by bad luck. Oates himself had been taken ill and, thinking that he would be a hindrance to his companions, he went outside the tent to die. Not long afterwards the others in the group died too - from the cold and lack of food.

In his diary, which was discovered the following year, Scott wrote the following words about what Oates had done: 'It was the act of a very gallant gentleman'.

Answer: Boudica and the Romans

The Romans conquered Southern England in AD 43 and, later, confiscated the Iceni lands, in the east of England. It is said that they stripped Boudica naked, whipped her and made her witness the rape of her daughters. She became a warrior queen and led successful revolts against the invaders, taking many Roman cities including London. She was eventually defeated in AD 61.

Answer: Solomon

Solomon has been accepted as a symbol of wisdom, pomp and magnificence. In the Bible, in the First Book of Kings, chapter 3, we can read how Solomon asked God, in a dream, for 'an understanding heart to judge thy people'. This pleased God so much, that Solomon had not made a selfish request and he answered, 'Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.' (King James' Version) His reputation spread to other lands.

His name crops up in Muslim literature - in 'The Arabian Nights' for example.