Question 1

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt was the first First Lady to write a daily newspaper column.

Accepted Answer

True. She authored the syndicated column 'My Day' from 1935 to 1962, an unprecedented role for a First Lady.

Question 2

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Accepted Answer

True. As chair of the UN Human Rights Commission, she was instrumental in its creation and adoption in 1948.

Question 3

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt served as the first Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Accepted Answer

True. She was appointed by President Truman and played a key role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Question 4

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt was the first First Lady to hold her own press conferences.

Accepted Answer

True. She held over 300 press conferences, inviting only female reporters to encourage women in journalism.

Question 5

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt was a trained pilot and flew solo across the Atlantic.

Accepted Answer

False. Eleanor Roosevelt never flew solo across the Atlantic. She was a passenger on a short flight with Amelia Earhart in 1933.

Question 6

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt secretly worked as a Soviet spy during World War II.

Accepted Answer

False. This is a myth; she was a vocal anti-communist and never spied for the USSR.

Question 7

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt was Franklin D. Roosevelt's third cousin and also his niece by marriage.

Accepted Answer

False. They were fifth cousins once removed; no direct niece relationship existed.

Question 8

True or false: Eleanor Roosevelt taught at a New York City settlement house in her youth.

Accepted Answer

True. She volunteered at the Rivington Street Settlement House, teaching dance and calisthenics to immigrant children.

Eleanor Roosevelt Trivia Questions