Q 01/05

Tecumseh's parents met in Alabama because which people had driven the Shawnee out of Ohio a century earlier?

A) The Cherokee

B) The Iroquois

C) The Sioux

D) The Creek

Answer · why

B) The Iroquois

The Iroquois drove the Shawnee out in the 17th-century Beaver Wars; Tecumseh's parents moved back north around 1759 as the scattered nation tried to r...

Q 02/05

Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy toss what at a statue nicknamed Tecumseh for luck in exams?

A) Pennies

B) Dice

C) Uniform buttons

D) Playing cards

Answer · why

A) Pennies

Pennies, offered with a left-handed salute, go to the bronze figurehead; it was carved as Tamanend, a peace-loving Delaware chief, but midshipmen pref...

Q 03/05

What celestial object is Tecumseh's name usually said to reference?

A) The morning star

B) The North Star

C) A shooting star

D) The full moon

Answer · why

C) A shooting star

A shooting star: legend says a great meteor crossed the sky at his birth, but historians tie the name to his clan, whose spirit patron was linked to t...

Q 04/05

Tecumseh's father Puckeshinwau was killed in which 1774 battle of Lord Dunmore's War?

A) Point Pleasant

B) Blue Licks

C) Fort Necessity

D) Bushy Run

Answer · why

A) Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant cost the Shawnee their Kentucky hunting grounds as well as Tecumseh's father.

Q 05/05

Which older brother trained Tecumseh as a warrior?

A) Roundhead

B) Tenskwatawa

C) Cheeseekau

D) Blackfish

Answer · why

C) Cheeseekau

Cheeseekau, a noted war chief, took over Tecumseh's training after their father died in battle in 1774; when Cheeseekau was killed on a raid in Tennes...