Who was Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe?
Correct answer: All three are correct
Player #401302
Every time there was an "all" answer, it has been the right one, so far.
Oshai
Funny everyone talking about them being first cousins but no one is concerned that she was 13 with a full grown man
Louboo4444
Sounds like she had a hard life in her short time here on earth. Sad.
Player #20896457
Xalver, it's legal to marry your first cousin.
I'm more disturbed that she was 13 than that she was closely related by blood though.
sugarbear33204
Player #158499, Disagree. His personal life may have been unsavory but that doesn't negate the genius in his writing. It's dark and morbid but still genius. JFK was accused of adultry but it doesn't diminish his contributions to our country, nor should it. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
Smokey Rules
Why don’t the people who create the questions stop making all three choices correct?
Lux Gee
Here come all of the people who will say Poe's work should be banned like it never existed. *eye roll*
bu775
Never knew he was a
Edgar Allan Pedo
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Oshai, In those times it was not uncommon for men to marry young girls. This day age its jail time.
TipTopAardvark11495
for anyone over-criticizing Poe for this one gotta point out it's still technically legal to marry your first cousin, in the state of New York (as of the year 2000 at least). just sayin.
Mel
NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM JERRY LEE LEWIS MARRYING HIS COUSIN. ALTHOUGH THEY WERENT FIRST COUSINS SHE WAS 13 AS WELL.
Renee
Smart he was but also a nasty sick one as well
Player #125251718
Gigi, she was in love and she knew what love was. it depends on the personality back then
Suzee
Oshai, Not unheard of at the time.
GraceSpace
sugarbear33204, yep don't shotvThe Message cos of The Messenger 😉
coco
Oshai, it's all disgusting 🫣
Terri
Oshai, gross right? Before I read he cheated on her I was hoping it was to hide homosexuality.. but nope he was a pedophile.
Nobuhle
Oshai, exactly my thought, then looked back at the year then realised that was probably normal then
Gigi
Oshai, that was my first thought! Gross but
Tiffany
sugarbear33204, exactly people still listen to jerry Lee Lewis and he had issues the same way just about but people will laywss pick and choose which priorities it will follow
Kate
sugarbear33204, she was only 13, he was a perverted old man
Sue
SpaceKat, not that much younger! Marrying a first cousin is still legal in the UK
Sue
Paulie79, it’s the 19th century and it wasn’t normal then.
Sue
additecha, she said his mistress was responsible not him.
Solana
Trucker, many people not only had paintings of the dead but also photograph portraits done as if the subject were still alive propped up and posed. Called memento mori
akeem
Oshai, it is in the modern day that we see marriage at such an abnormal. Mary , mother of Jesus, became pregnant at age 13.
additecha
at age 13 that's crazy and First cousin..can't believe this and she said he was responsible for her death why wasn't it taken seriously my goodness
RA
Smokey Rules, because it is good to know the three info. In fact i like it, make this game special
Brad Pestel
Smokey Rules, no problem been asked to do some by the game..I might do some and make it an wrong answer in the future if it gets accepted.. hopefully we will change this and trick a few people
Paulie79
A 13 year old girl and a 27 year old man. Poor child. Even back in 18th century, that is disturbing.
Callum McCready
Very good trick question.
Becky Kortman
bu775, best comment ever
SpaceKat
Back then it was common practice to marry someone so much younger or your first cousin. Now it’s a crime and scandalous.
SpaceKat
Oshai, back then it was considered common practice. Today it would be considered a crime.
Sapien
loco, I agree, families that were very poor wanted their daughters to marry young, one less mouth to feed
Player #57433646
again, " all of the answers " . this is the only negative in the game
Beryl
Oshai, yeah right. how awful to not have a childhood
JUAN REYMUNDO
no one talks about there age gap lol. but as the others say, age doesn't matter and cousin is just a word:)
Rema
Oshai, I was wondering the same thing. People are more concerned that they were first cousins but not that she was only 13 when she married a 27 year old man.
iz
first cousins?
13 and 27??
seemed like BROTHER AND SISTER???