PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 15 FAMOUS PEOPLE

[magpie in the 80's]

1. An American civil war general, famous for his stand at the first Battle of Bull Run. As a result he gained a famous nickname.
THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON
2. A great democratic but expansionist Athenian statesman and patron of the arts under whose rule the Parthenon was erected.
PERICLES
3. A mathematican, and professor of astronomy, he designed the present St. Paul's Cathedral.
CHRISTOPHER WREN
4. A doctor who noticed that milkmaids with cowpox were immune to smallpox. The first vaccination resulted.
EDWARD JENNER
5. Probably the greatest of Greek orators, he delivered the famous Philippic addresses, warning Athens of the skill and dangers of Philip of Macedon
DEMOSTHENES
6. Who was the great Danish astronomer, who despite his geocentric view of the universe, made many great and helpful observations which paved the way to further discoveries?
TYCHO BRAHE
7. A popular actor's son, Pulitzer and Nobel prize winner, wrote 'The Hairy Ape', 'The Emporer Jones' and 'Mourning Becomes Electra'?
EUGENE O'NEILL
8. A great Italian astonomer, physicist and mathematician who, among other things, constructed the first astronomical telescope, discovered mountains on the moon and that the Milky Way consisted of myriads of stars.
GALILEO GALILEI
9. Unwillingly proclaimed Queen of England , she was imprisoned and beheaded nine days later.
LADY JANE GREY
10. The great Greek mathematician and inventor, famous for many things including the discovery of the facts concerning the displacement of liquids, supposedly prompting the cry 'Eureka!'
ARCHIMEDES
11. Which World War Two leader was referred to as 'old blood and guts'?
GENERAL PATTON
12. Which Civil War politician was known as 'The Great Compromiser'?
HENRY CLAY
13. Which writer was known as the 'Belle of Amherst'?
EMILY DICKINSON
14. A biography of which screen legend was entitled 'More Than A Woman' - a tribute to her incredible career and extraordinary life?
BETTE DAVIS
15. A biography of which actor was appropriately entitled 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets'?
PETER LAWFORD
16. 'He has written some things quite the best of their kind ... but the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind'. This was said about whom?
EDGAR ALLAN POE
17. Books about which U.S. president were entitled 'Arrogance of Power' and 'Abuse of Power'?
RICHARD NIXON
18. A good title for a biography of which U.S. president would be 'Socks, Sax and Sex'?
BILL CLINTON
19. Russia was (loosely) described as 'an enigma wrapped in a riddle' by which man?
CHURCHILL
20. WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'?
MENGELE

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Q11 - General Patton
Q18 - Bill Clinton

[Interceptor]

8. A great Italian astonomer, physicist and mathematician who, among other things, constructed the first astronomical telescope, discovered mountains on the moon and that the Milky Way consisted of myriads of stars. Galileo
10. The great Greek mathematician and inventor, famous for many things including the discovery of the facts concerning the displacement of liquids, supposedly prompting the cry 'Eureka!' Archimedes
20. WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'? Mengels?

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1 Stonewall jackson

3 Christopher Wren

[magpie in the 80's]

Q11 - General Patton
Q18 - Bill Clinton

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

8. A great Italian astonomer, physicist and mathematician who, among other things, constructed the first astronomical telescope, discovered mountains on the moon and that the Milky Way consisted of myriads of stars. Galileo
10. The great Greek mathematician and inventor, famous for many things including the discovery of the facts concerning the displacement of liquids, supposedly prompting the cry 'Eureka!' Archimedes
20. WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'? Mengels?

CORRECT INTER

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Stonewall jackson

3 Christopher Wren

CORRECT RAB

[JAS]

Q9 Lady Jane Grey

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q9 Lady Jane Grey

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

QUIZ FINISHES THIS FRIDAY

[magpie in the 80's]

1. An American civil war general, famous for his stand at the first Battle of Bull Run. As a result he gained a famous nickname.
THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON
2. A great democratic but expansionist Athenian statesman and patron of the arts under whose rule the Parthenon was erected.
PERICLES
3. A mathematican, and professor of astronomy, he designed the present St. Paul's Cathedral.
CHRISTOPHER WREN
4. A doctor who noticed that milkmaids with cowpox were immune to smallpox. The first vaccination resulted.
EDWARD JENNER
5. Probably the greatest of Greek orators, he delivered the famous Philippic addresses, warning Athens of the skill and dangers of Philip of Macedon
DEMOSTHENES
6. Who was the great Danish astronomer, who despite his geocentric view of the universe, made many great and helpful observations which paved the way to further discoveries?
TYCHO BRAHE
7. A popular actor's son, Pulitzer and Nobel prize winner, wrote 'The Hairy Ape', 'The Emporer Jones' and 'Mourning Becomes Electra'?
EUGENE O'NEILL
8. A great Italian astonomer, physicist and mathematician who, among other things, constructed the first astronomical telescope, discovered mountains on the moon and that the Milky Way consisted of myriads of stars.
GALILEO GALILEI
9. Unwillingly proclaimed Queen of England , she was imprisoned and beheaded nine days later.
LADY JANE GREY
10. The great Greek mathematician and inventor, famous for many things including the discovery of the facts concerning the displacement of liquids, supposedly prompting the cry 'Eureka!'
ARCHIMEDES
11. Which World War Two leader was referred to as 'old blood and guts'?
GENERAL PATTON
12. Which Civil War politician was known as 'The Great Compromiser'?
HENRY CLAY
13. Which writer was known as the 'Belle of Amherst'?
EMILY DICKINSON
14. A biography of which screen legend was entitled 'More Than A Woman' - a tribute to her incredible career and extraordinary life?
BETTE DAVIS
15. A biography of which actor was appropriately entitled 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets'?
PETER LAWFORD
16. 'He has written some things quite the best of their kind ... but the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind'. This was said about whom?
EDGAR ALLAN POE
17. Books about which U.S. president were entitled 'Arrogance of Power' and 'Abuse of Power'?
RICHARD NIXON
18. A good title for a biography of which U.S. president would be 'Socks, Sax and Sex'?
BILL CLINTON
19. Russia was (loosely) described as 'an enigma wrapped in a riddle' by which man?
CHURCHILL
20. WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'?
MENGELE

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ