NATIONAL HEROES
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Let's take a look at some of the people and myths that countries deem a venerable citizen - and maybe learn a bit about their culture along the way!
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TUESDAY QUIZ - FAN’S CHOICE - NATIONAL HEROES
Pictured is Jane Wieldlin - who portrayed which French Hero in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? She was a strict disciplinarian who drove away camp followers and sex workers at swordpoint - and once reportedly slapped a Scottish soldier for stealing meat! Although they never personally killed anyone in combat, she was a master of artillery placement and were once knocked unconscious by a stone cannonball hitting her helmet. In 1456, a posthumous retrial authorized by Pope Callixtus III overturned their conviction, declaring the original 12 articles of indictment (for being a relapsed heretic) to be "corrupt and malicious".
Born Araminta Ross, who became one of the most celebrated figures in American abolitionism as the most famous 'Conductor' of the Underground Railroad? Decades later, folk singers, children's authors, astronomers, and makers of the USD$20 would all memorialise her legacy.
Exiled repeatedly and dying convinced his work had failed (as he stated in his dying months: "He who serves the revolution plows the sea"), who earned the title El Libertador after helping liberate much of northern South America from Spanish rule? His name today appears on a nation, a currency, and is the national hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia!
Which country is the marvellous inventor Harry Hoke a national hero of? He is famed for his unbelievable foresight, creativity, and unparalleled intelligence when it comes to manufacturing and handicraft. Throughout much of the twentieth century, in an isolated workshop on a dusty windswept plain, Henry Hoke laboured mightily to conceive a string of dazzling inventions that, to this day, still defy the imagination.
Hoke inventions including the Demagnifying Glass, Long Weight, Dehydrated Water Pills, a Hammer that bends corners, Polka Dot Paint, and the Barbed Wire Watering Can. His more notable inventions include the Random Excuse Generator, the Quack of Doom, and the Learning Curve - which has now become a popular phrase.
Sheathed in iron plates and armed with dragon-headed cannon, which vessel was commanded by South Korean national hero Yi Sun-sin against Japanese fleets during the Imjin War? The animal it was named after also lends its name to a famous paradox about outrunning Achilles. (Just name the animal is enough here!)
Assassinated on a mountain road in 1960, who were the three Dominican sisters whose resistance to Rafael Trujillo helped inspire the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women? Their underground codename was Las Mariposas - "The Butterflies" - which is evident on the dress and motif of the movie Encanto - whose main character shares their name. (Note, the Encanto link may be coincidence - but still a good clue!)
Which national hero of Canada was born in Scotland in 1904 and served as premier of Saskatchewan between 1944 and 1961? He is perhaps most notably a hero for introducing the first state-run universal health care programme in North America. Voted The Greatest Canadian of all time in a nationwide poll for a 2004 TV show he also happens to be the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland?
Which country's flag - featuring a black double-headed eagle on a red field - is frequently linked to the 15th-century national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg who flew it during his 25-year rebellion (1443–1468) against the Ottoman Empire.
Educated in Pennsylvania, who became the first Prime Minister and later President of an independent Ghana after championing Pan-Africanism? He was so wildly popular that he won a national legislative election while locked inside a British prison.
Not to be confused with a viral onomatopoeia popularized by Haliey Welch in a 2024 meme and her subsquent fraudulent meme crypto coin, which Malay hero credited in the Malay Annals with feats ranging from diplomacy to duels served the Sultanate of Malacca as a legendary admiral and warrior?
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ANSWERS:
Pictured is Jane Wieldlin - who portrayed which French Hero in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure? She was a strict disciplinarian who drove away camp followers and sex workers at swordpoint - and once reportedly slapped a Scottish soldier for stealing meat! Although they never personally killed anyone in combat, she was a master of artillery placement and were once knocked unconscious by a stone cannonball hitting her helmet. In 1456, a posthumous retrial authorized by Pope Callixtus III overturned their conviction, declaring the original 12 articles of indictment (for being a relapsed heretic) to be “corrupt and malicious”.
JOAN OF ARC / JEANNE D’ARCBorn Araminta Ross, who became one of the most celebrated figures in American abolitionism as the most famous ‘Conductor’ of the Underground Railroad? Decades later, folk singers, children’s authors, astronomers, and makers of the USD$20 would all memorialise her legacy.
Harriet TUBMANExiled repeatedly and dying convinced his work had failed (as he stated in his dying months: “He who serves the revolution plows the sea”), who earned the title El Libertador after helping liberate much of northern South America from Spanish rule? His name today appears on a nation, a currency, and is the national hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia!
Simon BOLIVARWhich country is the marvellous inventor Harry Hoke a national hero of? He is famed for his unbelievable foresight, creativity, and unparalleled intelligence when it comes to manufacturing and handicraft. Throughout much of the twentieth century, in an isolated workshop on a dusty windswept plain, Henry Hoke laboured mightily to conceive a string of dazzling inventions that, to this day, still defy the imagination.
Hoke inventions including Demagnifying Glass, Waterproof Tap, Wooden Magnet, Long Weight, Dehydrated Water Pills, a Hammer that bends corners, Polka Dot Paint, and the Barbed Wire Watering Can. His more notable inventions include the Random Excuse Generator, the Quack of Doom, and the Learning Curve - which has now become a popular phrase.
AUSTRALIA - Ah classic Australian Larrikinism. If you’d like an ACTUAL Aussie hero, I may point to Eddie Mabo, Vincent Lingiari, Neville Bonner, and the actual Australian Da Vinci - David Uniapon.Sheathed in iron plates and armed with dragon-headed cannon, which vessel was commanded by South Korean national hero Yi Sun-sin against Japanese fleets during the Imjin War? The animal it was named after also lends its name to a famous paradox about outrunning Achilles. (Just name the animal is enough here!)
TURTLE ShipAssassinated on a mountain road in 1960, who were the three Dominican sisters whose resistance to Rafael Trujillo helped inspire the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women? Their underground codename was Las Mariposas - “The Butterflies” - which is evident on the dress and motif of the movie Encanto - whose main character shares their name. (Note, the Encanto link may be coincidence - but still a good clue!)
MIRABAL SistersWhich national hero of Canada was born in Scotland in 1904 and served as premier of Saskatchewan between 1944 and 1961? He is perhaps most notably a hero for introducing the first state-run universal health care programme in North America. Voted The Greatest Canadian of all time in a nationwide poll for a 2004 TV show he also happens to be the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland?
Tommy DOUGLASWhich country’s flag - featuring a black double-headed eagle on a red field - is frequently linked to the 15th-century national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg who flew it during his 25-year rebellion (1443–1468) against the Ottoman Empire.
ALBANIAEducated in Pennsylvania, who became the first Prime Minister and later President of an independent Ghana after championing Pan-Africanism? He was so wildly popular that he won a national legislative election while locked inside a British prison.
Kwame NKUMRAHNot to be confused with a viral onomatopoeia popularized by Haliey Welch in a 2024 meme and her subsquent fraudulent meme crypto coin, which Malay hero credited in the Malay Annals with feats ranging from diplomacy to duels served the Sultanate of Malacca as a legendary admiral and warrior?
HANG TUAH (Not to be confused with “HAWK TUAH”)
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