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History Quiz: Did They Meet?

Did these historical figures ever meet each other in person?
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Last updated: March 17, 2022
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1. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
They met outside the United States Senate Chamber on 26th March 1964.
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2. Genghis Khan and Marco Polo
Genghis Khan died twenty-seven years before Marco Polo's birth.
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3. Ramesses II and Seti I
Seti was Ramesses' father.
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4. Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso
They first met at a gathering in 1905, and a rivalry formed between them.
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5. Gautama Buddha and Confucius
They lived around the same time, but in different areas.
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6. Che Guevara and Juan Perón
Guevara met Perón while the latter was in exile in Spain, and he told the former president about his plan to make Latin America socialist.
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7. Alfred the Great and Charlemagne
Charlemagne died thirty-four or thirty-five years before Alfred was born.
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8. Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
Gandhi lived in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and Nelson Mandela was born in 1918.
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9. Hattori Hanzō and Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hanzō was Ieyasu's retainer.
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10. Butch Cassidy and Ned Kelly
The former never left the Americas, while the latter never left Australia.
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11. Julius Caesar and Pliny the Elder
Caesar died in 44 BC, Pliny was born in either 23 or 24 AD.
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12. John F. Kennedy and Haile Selassie
They can be seen meeting in this image.
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13. Plato and Socrates
Socrates was Plato's teacher.
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14. Richard the Lionheart and Saladin
Despite fighting one another and sending each other gifts later on, they never actually met face to face.
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15. Marie Curie and Albert Einstein
They were both at the 1911 Solvay Conference (as can be seen in this photo).
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2 Comments
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Level 87
Mar 17, 2022
Great idea!
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Level 80
Mar 17, 2022
Thanks