Q 01/05

Which famous Boston Patriot lent Deborah Sampson money and wrote to a congressman on her behalf?

A) Samuel Adams

B) John Adams

C) Paul Revere

D) Josiah Quincy

Answer · why

C) Paul Revere

Paul Revere sent her the ten dollars she asked to borrow in 1806. His letter to a congressman vouched for her character after he had asked around abou...

Q 02/05

Under which male alias did Deborah Sampson serve 17 months in the Continental Army?

A) Robert Shirtliff

B) Benjamin Gannett

C) George Webb

D) William Shepard

Answer · why

A) Robert Shirtliff

Robert Shirtliff was the name she gave the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, and records also spell it Shurtleff. The other three were real men in her story...

Q 03/05

Which comedian voiced Deborah Sampson in the animated history series Liberty's Kids?

A) Rosie O'Donnell

B) Lily Tomlin

C) Ellen DeGeneres

D) Whoopi Goldberg

Answer · why

D) Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg joined a starry voice cast that had Walter Cronkite as Benjamin Franklin and Ben Stiller as Thomas Jefferson. Her episode aired in 200...

Q 04/05

Which actress cited Deborah Sampson in a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention?

A) Sigourney Weaver

B) Meryl Streep

C) Eva Longoria

D) America Ferrera

Answer · why

B) Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep set Deborah Sampson beside other women who had made history, putting a soldier of the 1780s in front of a prime-time audience more than t...

Q 05/05

After a 1782 skirmish, Deborah Sampson cut a ball out of her own thigh using what?

A) A stolen surgeon's forceps

B) A penknife and needle

C) A pair of fire tongs

D) Her bayonet tip

Answer · why

B) A penknife and needle

A penknife and needle let her dodge the doctors who might have found her out, so she left the hospital with the leg untreated. Some shot stayed too de...