FAMOUS PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 2
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:50 pm1 In 1301, who led the Peasants' Revolt?
WAT TYLER
2 Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic?
AMELIA EARHART
3 Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
JOHN BUNYEN
4 What nationality was Nicolas Copernicus?
POLISH
5 With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated?
PRISON REFORM
6 Who composed the opera Carmen?
BIZET
7 Which English king is sometimes referred to as 'The Unready'?
ETHELRED
8 Who invented the lightning conductor in 1752?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
9 Which admiral commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
10 Who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560?
JOHN KNOX
11 Which artist is renowned for his paintings of his native city of Venice?
CANALETTO
12 With what sporting pastime is Izaak Walton associated?
ANGLING
13 Who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone?
SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY
14 'Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy' are the four sisters created by which writer?
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
15 Which French physicist instigated the study of radioactivity and has a unit of radioactive activity named after him?
ANTOINE - HENRI BEQUEREL
16 Who was known as 'The Maid of Orleans'?
JOAN OF ARC
17 Which traveller first visited China in 1271?
MARCO POLO
18 Whose compositions include the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot?
PUCCINI
19 Which Marquis gave his name to the rules that govern the sport of boxing?
QUEENSBERRY
20 What nationality is Christian Barnard, the surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant?
SOUTH AFRICAN
21 Which king was known as the 'Hammer of the Scots'?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
22 Who discovered the circulation of the blood?
WILLIAM HARVEY
23 Who sailed round the world in the Golden Hind?
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
24 What kind of travel was pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers?
HOT AIR BALLOON
25 Which British impresario was noted for his productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?
RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE
26 With which art form is Henri Cartier-Bresson associated?
PHOTOGRAPHY
27 Who became prime minister of India on its independence in 1947?
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
28 Which 19th century British explorer translated the Arabian Nights and has a famous 20th century namesake?
RICHARD BURTON
29 Who wrote Don Quixote?
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
30 Which astronomer first put forward the theory that the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun?
NICOLAS COPERNICUS
WAT TYLER
2 Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic?
AMELIA EARHART
3 Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
JOHN BUNYEN
4 What nationality was Nicolas Copernicus?
POLISH
5 With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated?
PRISON REFORM
6 Who composed the opera Carmen?
BIZET
7 Which English king is sometimes referred to as 'The Unready'?
ETHELRED
8 Who invented the lightning conductor in 1752?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
9 Which admiral commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
10 Who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560?
JOHN KNOX
11 Which artist is renowned for his paintings of his native city of Venice?
CANALETTO
12 With what sporting pastime is Izaak Walton associated?
ANGLING
13 Who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone?
SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY
14 'Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy' are the four sisters created by which writer?
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
15 Which French physicist instigated the study of radioactivity and has a unit of radioactive activity named after him?
ANTOINE - HENRI BEQUEREL
16 Who was known as 'The Maid of Orleans'?
JOAN OF ARC
17 Which traveller first visited China in 1271?
MARCO POLO
18 Whose compositions include the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot?
PUCCINI
19 Which Marquis gave his name to the rules that govern the sport of boxing?
QUEENSBERRY
20 What nationality is Christian Barnard, the surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant?
SOUTH AFRICAN
21 Which king was known as the 'Hammer of the Scots'?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
22 Who discovered the circulation of the blood?
WILLIAM HARVEY
23 Who sailed round the world in the Golden Hind?
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
24 What kind of travel was pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers?
HOT AIR BALLOON
25 Which British impresario was noted for his productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?
RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE
26 With which art form is Henri Cartier-Bresson associated?
PHOTOGRAPHY
27 Who became prime minister of India on its independence in 1947?
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
28 Which 19th century British explorer translated the Arabian Nights and has a famous 20th century namesake?
RICHARD BURTON
29 Who wrote Don Quixote?
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
30 Which astronomer first put forward the theory that the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun?
NICOLAS COPERNICUS
