Q.1
Joan of Arc was a child heroine in medieval France, leading them to victory against the invading English. She was eventually captured and executed on what grounds?
  • She was a traitor
  • She was a murderer
  • She wore men’s clothes
  • She ate meat on a Friday
Q.2
Sophie Scholl was a schoolgirl in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and 40s. She founded a non-violent protest group to denounce Hitler’s movement. What was this group called?
  • The White Rose
  • The Red Lion
  • The Grey Wolf
  • The Black Sheep
Q.3
Anne Frank was a Dutch Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis but was eventually captured and killed. How old was Anne when she died?
  • 15
  • 18
  • 21
  • 24
Q.4
Ruby Bridges was only 6 years old when she advanced the cause of African Americans in the USA. What did she do?
  • She gave a speech alongside Martin Luther King
  • She refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man
  • She wrote a letter to the President of the USA, saying that segregation was unfair
  • She was the first black child to go to a white-only school in the southern states
Q.5
In 1982, when she was 10 years old, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith wrote to the leader of the Soviet Union about what?
  • The fall of the Iron Curtain
  • Her fear of nuclear war
  • The dangers of communism
  • The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Q.6
Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani campaigner against child labour. He was made to work 120 hours a week, for which he was paid one rupee. How old was Iqbal when he started work?
  • He was 4
  • He was 6
  • He was 8
  • He was 10
Q.7
Om Prakash Gurjar also campaigned against child labour, but in which country?
  • Bangladesh
  • The USA
  • India
  • The UK
Q.8
Malala Yousafzai campaigned for the right to education for girls in Pakistan. In 2012, when she was 15, she was shot whilst doing what?
  • Collecting signatures for a petition
  • Handing out leaflets
  • Giving a speech
  • Riding a bus
Q.9
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg published her first book in May 2019, when she wasWhat is the book called?
  • Can You Hear Me?
  • No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
  • Our House Is on Fire
  • Our Lives Are in Your Hands
Q.10
Melati and Isabel Wijsen are sisters from Indonesia. They are famous for their campaign against what?
  • Animal abuse
  • Plastic pollution
  • Child labour
  • Nuclear testing
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