Question 1

True or false: She was the first First Lady to use a typewriter in the White House.

Accepted Answer

False. White House typewriters existed since the 1800s; her innovation was writing a daily newspaper column.

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 was born with a severe stutter, which she largely overcame.

Accepted Answer

True. She worked tirelessly on her speech and turned her shyness into a powerful public speaking career.

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: She 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 6

True or false: She 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 7

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.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

False. Her friend Amelia Earhart was the pilot; Eleanor was simply a passenger on one flight.

Eleanor Roosevelt Trivia Questions