FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

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FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:32 pm

1. Who was the deaf and blind American authoress who wrote such works as The Story of my Life, Out of the Dark and Let us have Faith?
HELEN KELLER
2. Who was the first and only Englishman ever to become Pope?
NICHOLAS BREAKSPEAR
3. Who was one of the first women to enter the medical profession and was also the first female Mayor in her native town of Aldeburgh?
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON
4. Who was the English financier who gave his name to the law that bad money tends to drive good money from circulation?
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM
5. Which famous singer was assassinated in New York City in December 1980?
JOHN LENNON
6. Who instituted the flat-rate penny post in England?
ROWLAND HILL
7. For what was Marie Montessori famous?
HER DEVELOPMENT IN INFANT EDUCATION
8. Name the 13-year-old who hit the headlines in 1985 when she gained a first-class honours degree in mathematics from Oxford University.
RUTH LAWRENCE
9. Who was The Maid of Orleans?
JOAN OF ARC
10. He was born in 1856 and died in 1939. He was an Austrian by birth and specialised in psychoanalysis. Who was he?
SIGMUND FREUD
11. Robert the Bruce was a great Scottish hero. From which disease did he die in 1329?
LEPROSY
12. Who was the famous French seer, or prophet, who lived between 1503 and 1566, yet predicted the Great Fire of London, the coming of Louis Pasteur, General Franco and the Civil War in Spain and -most remarkably- that an Austrian named Hister (Hitler) would lead Germany in a Great War but would eventually be defeated?
NOSTRADAMUS
13. Who was the American businessman who founded the first large department store in Britain in 1909?
HARRY GORDON SELFRIDGE
14. Which woman, dedicated to the relief of the poor, won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize?
MOTHER THERESA
15. Who led the Chinese forces against the Japanese during World War II?
GENERAL CHIANG KAI - SHEK
16. Who was the Quaker who lived in Norwich who was an active reformer of English prisons in the nineteenth century?
ELIZABETH FRY
17. Which Frenchman's work for the blind earned him the title Father and Apostle of the Blind?
VALENTIN HAUY
18. Who was the young Scotswoman who risked her life to save Prince Charles Edward Stuart after his defeat at the hands of the Duke of Cumberland?
FLORA MACDONALD
19. In 1934, who became the first woman general of the entire Salvation Army?
EVANGELINE BOOTH
20. To which Highland clan did the Scottish outlaw Rob Roy belong?
THE MCGREGORS'
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby Interceptor » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:01 pm

5. John Lennon
10. Freud
14. Mother Teresa
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:07 pm

Interceptor wrote:5. John Lennon
10. Freud
14. Mother Teresa

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby redandblack » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:03 pm

12 Nostradamus, who didn't necessarily predict any of those.

16 Elizabeth Fry
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:12 pm

redandblack wrote:12 Nostradamus, who didn't necessarily predict any of those.

16 Elizabeth Fry

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby Kahuna » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:09 pm

9/ Joan of Arc
11/ VD?
13/ FW Woolworth?
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby JAS » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:16 pm

Morning Mags

Q1 Don't know the titles but Helen Keller was a deaf/blind author.
Q6 Rowland Hill
Q9 Joan of Arc
Q18 Flora McDonald
Q20 Rob Roy McGregor

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:51 pm

Kahuna wrote:9/ Joan of Arc............CORRECT
11/ VD?
13/ FW Woolworth?

OTHER 2 INCORRECT K
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:51 pm

JAS wrote:Morning Mags

Q1 Don't know the titles but Helen Keller was a deaf/blind author.
Q6 Rowland Hill
Q9 Joan of Arc
Q18 Flora McDonald
Q20 Rob Roy McGregor

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby Columbo » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:39 pm

7. Education / Schools - Montessori School
Trust the process.
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:07 am

Columbo wrote:7. Education / Schools - Montessori School

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby FattyLumpkin » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:56 pm

17. I'll guess Braile
With your hands on your head, or the trigger of your gun
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:32 pm

FattyLumpkin wrote:17. I'll guess Braile

INCORRECT FL
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:03 pm

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ :lol:
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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby JAS » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:24 pm

Q13 Reckon there were a few before 1909 like Fortnum and Mason, Harrds etc. I'll try John Lewis for starters.

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:32 pm

JAS wrote:Q13 Reckon there were a few before 1909 like Fortnum and Mason, Harrds etc. I'll try John Lewis for starters.

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby JAS » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:35 pm

Q13 Mr Woolworth

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:51 pm

JAS wrote:Q13 Mr Woolworth

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Re: FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 4

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:34 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1. Who was the deaf and blind American authoress who wrote such works as The Story of my Life, Out of the Dark and Let us have Faith?
HELEN KELLER
2. Who was the first and only Englishman ever to become Pope?
NICHOLAS BREAKSPEAR
3. Who was one of the first women to enter the medical profession and was also the first female Mayor in her native town of Aldeburgh?
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON
4. Who was the English financier who gave his name to the law that bad money tends to drive good money from circulation?
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM
5. Which famous singer was assassinated in New York City in December 1980?
JOHN LENNON
6. Who instituted the flat-rate penny post in England?
ROWLAND HILL
7. For what was Marie Montessori famous?
HER DEVELOPMENT IN INFANT EDUCATION
8. Name the 13-year-old who hit the headlines in 1985 when she gained a first-class honours degree in mathematics from Oxford University.
RUTH LAWRENCE
9. Who was The Maid of Orleans?
JOAN OF ARC
10. He was born in 1856 and died in 1939. He was an Austrian by birth and specialised in psychoanalysis. Who was he?
SIGMUND FREUD
11. Robert the Bruce was a great Scottish hero. From which disease did he die in 1329?
LEPROSY
12. Who was the famous French seer, or prophet, who lived between 1503 and 1566, yet predicted the Great Fire of London, the coming of Louis Pasteur, General Franco and the Civil War in Spain and -most remarkably- that an Austrian named Hister (Hitler) would lead Germany in a Great War but would eventually be defeated?
NOSTRADAMUS
13. Who was the American businessman who founded the first large department store in Britain in 1909?
HARRY GORDON SELFRIDGE
14. Which woman, dedicated to the relief of the poor, won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize?
MOTHER THERESA
15. Who led the Chinese forces against the Japanese during World War II?
GENERAL CHIANG KAI - SHEK
16. Who was the Quaker who lived in Norwich who was an active reformer of English prisons in the nineteenth century?
ELIZABETH FRY
17. Which Frenchman's work for the blind earned him the title Father and Apostle of the Blind?
VALENTIN HAUY
18. Who was the young Scotswoman who risked her life to save Prince Charles Edward Stuart after his defeat at the hands of the Duke of Cumberland?
FLORA MACDONALD
19. In 1934, who became the first woman general of the entire Salvation Army?
EVANGELINE BOOTH
20. To which Highland clan did the Scottish outlaw Rob Roy belong?
THE MCGREGORS'


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QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

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