Ferdinand Waldo Demara - the great impostor

Ferdinand Waldo Demara

Let's see what he did!

Poll

What did he pretend to be?

• an engineer, a doctor, a university professor, a soldier and a sailor

• an engineer, a doctor, a university professor, a soldier, a lawyer and a sailor

• a teacher, a doctor, a soldier and an engineer

• a doctor, a soldier, a sailor, a teacher, an engineer and a civil servant

What did he pretend to be?

Many things!

An engineer, a doctor, a lawyer, a university professor, a soldier and a sailor.

Multiple Choice

1) What did he do?

• He pretended to be a doctor on a ship

• He worked for the Korean Government

• He pretended to be a politician

Multiple Choice

2) What did he do?

• He robbed a bank

• He pretended to be a policeman

• He pretended to be a teacher

Multiple Choice

3) What did he do?

• He jumped into the sea and helped the soldier

• He pretended to be the dead soldier

• He performed an operation that saved the soldier's life

Multiple Choice

4) What happened?

• He appeared on TV and his friends recognised him

• His photo and false name appeared in a newspaper

• He became a film star

Multiple Choice

5) What happened next?

• He went to prison

• He didn't go to prison

• He escaped to Europe