Mythology Quiz

The speech has many stirring moments, including: “I have a dream that one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”

Columbus didn’t actually discover America. Viking explorer, Leif Eriksson, arrived there 500 years earlier. In addition, it’s a misconception that Columbus ever set foot on what today is the United States. He only visited – and raided – the Bahamas, the Antilles and Honduras. Never did he realise that he had reached a new continent.

Have you ever heard of Anna Maria van Schurman? She was a Dutch artist who lived in the 17th century. Her incredible learning abilities and outspokenness gained her admission to the University of Utrecht – she was the first woman ever to study at a Dutch university. Anna Maria spoke 14 languages and wrote “The Learned Maid”, a defence of female education.