DM168 CHILD PRODIGIES QUIZ

1. Is the definition of a child prodigy A) a person under the age of 10 or B) a person under the age of six, who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert?

2. Who was the Hungarian-American mathematician who at six would memorise pages from the telephone book and answer questions about them?

3. Juana Ramírez de Asbaje wrote her first dramatic poem when she was eight years old. What country was she from?

4. Despite being blind from birth and growing up in poverty, this wunderkind became a skilled musician in early childhood and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, when he was only 38 years old. Who is he?

5. Which famous golfer first broke 80 at age eight and went on to win the Junior World Championships six times?

6. Who was the Romanian gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1976 Olympics and was the first female to achieve a perfect score of 10 at 14?

7. Which F1 driver was a racing prodigy who started racing karts at four and won the Belgian championship at nine?

8. Who wrote the book Outliers: The Story of Success?

9. Which child prodigy said: “See, my whole life has been onstage and the impression I get of people is applause … and running after you. In a crowd, I’m afraid. Onstage I feel safe”?

10. Which tennis player who started playing tennis at age five was declared “the greatest female tennis player of all time” by John McEnroe?