Which teenager wrote 'The Diary of a Young Girl'?
AnswerAnne Frank
Anne Frank kept her diary while in hiding during World War II.
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Teenage facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about the teenage years, adolescence and teen culture, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
Which Shakespeare play centers on two teenage lovers from feuding families?
AnswerRomeo and Juliet
Juliet is described as not yet 14.
Going deeper
In which decade did the word 'teenager' come into wide use in the US?
Answer1940s
It spread in the 1940s as youth culture grew.
How do teens' body clocks typically shift?
AnswerLater, so they feel sleepy later at night
Puberty shifts the circadian rhythm later.
Holden Caulfield is the teenage narrator of which novel?
AnswerThe Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger published it in 1951.
Expert level
Seventeen, one of the first magazines aimed at teenage girls, launched in which year?
Answer1944
Its first issue appeared in September 1944.
Which psychologist's 1904 book 'Adolescence' made the teen years a field of study?
AnswerG. Stanley Hall
Hall described adolescence as a distinct life stage.
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