Q 01/05

Eleanor was the niece of which US president?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) William McKinley

D) Grover Cleveland

Answer · why

B) Theodore Roosevelt

Her father was Theodore's younger brother; her uncle gave her away at her wedding.

Q 02/05

Eleanor's father died in 1894 after doing what during a fit of delirium tremens?

A) Walking into the Hudson

B) Falling from a horse

C) Jumping from a window

D) Setting fire to his room

Answer · why

C) Jumping from a window

An alcoholic confined to a sanitarium, he survived the fall but died of a seizure; her mother had died of diphtheria two years earlier.

Q 03/05

At 15 Eleanor was sent to Allenswood Academy, a finishing school in which city?

A) Geneva

B) London

C) Boston

D) Paris

Answer · why

B) London

Its headmistress Marie Souvestre cultivated independent thinking; Eleanor learned fluent French and kept Souvestre's portrait on her desk for life.

Q 04/05

Franklin D. Roosevelt was Eleanor's what?

A) Second cousin

B) Brother-in-law's brother

C) First cousin

D) Fifth cousin once removed

Answer · why

D) Fifth cousin once removed

She never had to change her surname; her uncle the president quipped it was 'a good thing to keep the name in the family'.

Q 05/05

Why was Eleanor and Franklin's wedding set for March 17, 1905?

A) Because it was Franklin's twenty-third birthday

B) So President Theodore Roosevelt could attend while in New York for St. Patrick's Day

C) Because it was the only free date at St. Patrick's Cathedral

D) Because it marked the anniversary of their secret engagement

Answer · why

B) So President Theodore Roosevelt could attend while in New York for St. Patrick's Day

His attendance made the front page of The New York Times.