From Abraham Lincoln to Catherine the Great, we're going to test you on Four great figures of history, representing politics, royalty, science and art. Can you answer True or False on all these questions?
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Part 1: Abraham Lincoln
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Is this TRUE?
Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert, from serious injury or death when Robert fell from a train platform in 1864.
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
Actually, Lincoln did not move to Illinois until he was 21.
True, he moved there as a little boy
False, he didn't move there until he was 21
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Is this TRUE?
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
Actually, he was a wrestler, but the 300 and 1 thing is real!
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
Investigations traced the milk to a cow that ate poisonous plants.
True
False
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Part 2: Pablo Picasso
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Is this TRUE?
His FULL name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso!
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
He actually had four children from three different women, two of them wives.
True
False
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Is this TRUE?
He loved music but his great love was Flamenco.
True
False
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Is this TRUE?
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
It was at the age of 9 that he completed his first serious painting.
True
False
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Part 3: Albert Einstein
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Is this TRUE?
He won ONCE.
True
False
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Is this TRUE?
According to him when interviewed for his biography, he was considered slow as a little boy.
True
False
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Is this TRUE?
As a child, his father showed him a compass and he was fascinated by the mysterious power that moved the needle
True
False
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Is this TRUE?
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
On the contrary, he hated socks and never wore them.
True
False
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Part 4: Catherine the Great
Ready!
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Is this TRUE?
She thought him pale and boring and hated his drinking. She usurped him in a coup.
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
On the contrary, she was one of the adopters of inoculations and supported their distribution
False
True
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Is this TRUE?
Voltaire was one of her close friends.
True
False
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Is this TRUE?
She had many lovers, although she was not as sex-crazed as her opponents painted her out to be, and would give them gifts of serfs, among many other things.
False
True
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Actually, it was Sophie. Her full name is Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst.
False
True
Didn't Go So Well
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You may not have got all questions right but you have gotten at least half or more of them, and that's not an easy feat!... READ MOREYou may not have got all questions right but you have gotten at least half or more of them, and that's not an easy feat! You definitely have some sense for history, as well as some good brains in your head and a sense of logic that allowed you to figure some of these out even without knowing the answer in advance. Why not look now at your mistakes and see where you went wrong?
Wow, you answered all or almost all questions correctly! You really know your way around the past. If you used your... READ MOREWow, you answered all or almost all questions correctly! You really know your way around the past. If you used your logic and not your knowledge - that's even more impressive! You correctly guessed or actually knew all about these famous figures of history - and that's really impressive! You've earned our deep respect!
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