Iconic images quiz

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This iconic image of Charles Darwin, right, is enshrined on the £10 note and is how many would remember the naturalist. But a new statue of him as a young man is intended to show another side.Which prompts the question: can you tell the young image from the iconic image?

1.) Multiple Choice Question

Which of these images is not a young Darwin?

1. A
2. B
3. C

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Here is Anthony Smith's statue. The artist said he created the statue with a young man rather than a "wizened, Victorian gentleman with hollowed eyes and a long, white beard".

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A version of this image of Britain's giant of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens, in 1868, used to look out from the £10 note. Click NEXT to find the earlier image of the great author.

2.) Multiple Choice Question

Which of the engravings below showing floppy-haired chaps is the young Dickens?

1. Androgynous
2. Bouffant
3. Coiffured

3.) Multiple Choice Question

There are plenty of imposing images of Queen Victoria as an older monarch but can you tell which of these engravings is her as a young woman?

1. Wearing a tiara
2. Letting her hair down
3. Princess Leia-style hairdo
4. Tousled

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And here is a classic image of Queen Victoria in her more recognisable later years.

4.) Multiple Choice Question

We think of Gandhi with a shaven head, glasses and a simple white robe, but can you recognise the younger version?

1. A
2. B
3. C

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Here is a more recognisable image of Gandhi from his later years.

5.) Multiple Choice Question

As far as recognisable actors go, John Wayne has few peers. But can you recognise the photo of him before he developed his grizzled countenance.

1. A
2. B
3. C

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A stetson hat, neckerchief and unimpressed expression complete the classic look.

6.) Multiple Choice Question

Which of these is a photo of the young Albert Einstein?

1. A
2. B
3. C

7.) Multiple Choice Question

Having said that, is it really easy to spot Einstein as an elderly man? He wasn't the only man to sport a bushy 'tache and white shock of hair. Spot the Nobel winning scientist?

1. Unconventional
2. Unkempt
3. Uncle Albert?

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This image of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out is perhaps the most recognisable of the man who propounded the theory of relativity.

8.) Multiple Choice Question

Older images of Karl Marx gained iconic status east of the Iron Curtain, but is this image the same man at a younger age? True or false?

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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This is perhaps the classic image of Karl Marx, taken in 1880.

9.) Multiple Choice Question

By the time of his death in 1971, Louis Armstrong was one of the most recognisable faces from the world of music. But which of these is a young Armstrong?

1. A
2. B
3. C

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Louis Armstrong, pictured in a familiar pose, in 1956.

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Finally, here's Brigitte Bardot in her modelling heyday. But can you spot her today?Click NEXT to choose from four faces.

10.) Multiple Choice Question

Is it...

1. Image one
2. Image two
3. Image three
4. Image four

Answers

1. It's C, which is William Gladstone. A is an engraving of a young Darwin. B is Darwin in the 1850s. Click NEXT to see the new statue of a young Darwin.
2. Dickens is the last of the three, from an engraving from 1839 when the writer was 27. A is Percy Shelley in 1815 and B is Benjamin Disraeli in 1825.
3. Number three is Queen Victoria. Number one is her mother, Princess Victoria. Number four is her oldest daughter, Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal. Number two is her third daughter, Princess Alice.
4. B is Gandhi. A is the cricketer, prince and statesman KS Ranjitsinhij. And C is fellow cricketer Iftikhar Ali. Click NEXT to see a more iconic image of the Mahatma.
5. It's C. A is James Stewart and B is fellow strong and silent type, Gary Cooper. Click NEXT to see Mr Wayne in a more natural setting.
6. C is a photo of the young Albert Einstein. B is the young Aleister Crowley who went on to become a notorious occultist. A is an unknown boy.
7. It's 3 again. Click NEXT for a good old-fashioned iconic image of Einstein. The first is British Prime Minister David Lloyd George; the second novelist Mark Twain.
8. This is indeed a picture of Karl Marx as a sprightly 41-year-old. Click NEXT to see a more famous image of the socialist thinker.
9. A is a young Louis Armstrong. B is a young Dizzy Gillespie. C is Duke Ellington.
10. It's image one. Number two is Anita Pallenberg; three is Catherine Deneuve and four is Britt Ekland.

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