Truth or Fiction?

True!
96% of British teenagers (according to a recent poll) believe that Cleopatra was a real historical person. That sounds
pretty good ... but are they thinking of the Egyptian queen or Elizabeth Taylor?

If, as I suspect, the latter, she's in good company.

Top fictional characters that British teens think are real

• 1) King Arthur – 65%
• 2) Sherlock Holmes – 58%
• 3) Robin Hood – 51%
• 4) Eleanor Rigby – 47%
• 5) Mona Lisa -35%
• 6) Dick Turpin – 34%
• 7) Biggles – 33%

False!

23% believe that Winston Churchill is a fictional character.

Top historical figures that British teens think are myths

1) Richard the Lionheart – 47%
2) Winston Churchill – 23%
3) Florence Nightingale – 23%
4) Bernard Montgomery – 6%
5) Boudicca - 5%
6) Sir Walter Raleigh – 4%
7) Duke of Wellington - 4%

Never in the field of human ignorance has so little been known about so much.