PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 9 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:16 pm1. Franklin Pierce Adams
A American educator B Character on MASH C American humorist D English naval officer
C) AMERICAN HUMORIST
2. Nathaniel Bacon
A English essayist B English-born colonist C Irish-born British painter D American lawyer
B) ENGLISH BORN COLONIST
3. Henry Campbell Bannerman
A British Prime Minister B American astronomer C American jurist and confederate official D Scottish playwright
A) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
4. Thomas Edmund Dewey
A American politician B English courtier C American librarian D American army aviator
A) AMERICAN POLITICIAN
5. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A American author B American clergyman C American inventor D Dutch pathologist
A) AMERICAN AUTHOR
6. David Glasgow Farragut
A Dutch aircraft designer B Scottish financier C American admiral D Irish philanthropist
C) AMERICAN ADMIRAL
7. John Garfield
A U.S. President B English inventor C Norwegian economist D American actor
D) ACTOR
8. Chester Gould
A Canadian tennis player B Welsh sculptor C British golfer D American cartoonist
D) AMERICAN CARTOONIST
9. Hannibal Barca
A English statesman B English ruling family C Carthaginian general D Egyptian concubine
C) CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL
10. Henrik Ibsen
A Swedish explorer B Norwegian dramatist C Danish conductor D Icelandic speed skater
B) NORWEGIAN DRAMATIST
11. Eastman Johnson
A American genre painter B Belgian filmmaker C American inventor D Spanish prelate
A) AMERIAN GENRE PAINTER
12. Michael Kidd
A American outlaw B Irish-born Jesuit missionary C Scottish-born pirate D American choreographer
D) AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHER
13. Isaac Newton Lewis
A American labor leader B American theater patron C English 'Gothic@ author D American firearms inventor
D) AMERICAN FIREARMS INVENTOR
14. Ngaio Marsh
A Japanese author B New Zealand author C American paleontologist D French illustrator
B) NEW ZEALAND AUTHOR
15. Frederick North
A English prime minister B American frontiersman C American military colonel D English translator
A) ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER
16. Eugene Ormandy
A Canadian chemist B French journalist and pacifist C American athlete D Hungarian-born American conductor
D) HUNGARIAN BORN AMERICAN CONDUCTOR
17. Boris Pasternak
A French chemist B Russian author C American actor and theater manager D Arctic explorer
RUSSIAN AUTHOR
18. William Clarke Quantrill
A American conductor B U.S. Vice President C American confederate guerrilla leader D 8th Marquis of John Sholto Douglas
C) AMERICAN CONFEDERATE GUERRILLA LEADER
19. Dan Rice
A English portrait painter B American circus clown C British architect D American playwright
B) AMERICAN CIRCUS CLOWN
20. John Thomas Scopes
A American lawyer B American astronomer C American teacher D American oil executive
C) AMERICAN TEACHER
21. Louis Comfort Tiffany
A American jeweler and merchant B American tenor C American jurist D American painter and decorator
D) AMERICAN PAINTER AND DECORATOR
22. Galina Ulanova
A First female astronaut B Russian spy C Russian-born ballerina D Russian chemist
C) RUSSIAN BORN BALLERINA
23. Alfred Lewis Vail
A American telegraph pioneer B French clothing designer C Swiss professional skier D English manufacturer
A) AMERICAN TELEGRAPH PIONEER
24. David Walker
A Irish playwright B American abolitionist C American adventurer D America's Cup winner
B) AMERICAN ABOLITIONIST
25. Xanthippe
A Greek soldier B Wife of Socrates C Character in 'Midsummer Night's Dream' D Spanish missionary in the Orient
B) WIFE OF SOCRATES
A American educator B Character on MASH C American humorist D English naval officer
C) AMERICAN HUMORIST
2. Nathaniel Bacon
A English essayist B English-born colonist C Irish-born British painter D American lawyer
B) ENGLISH BORN COLONIST
3. Henry Campbell Bannerman
A British Prime Minister B American astronomer C American jurist and confederate official D Scottish playwright
A) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
4. Thomas Edmund Dewey
A American politician B English courtier C American librarian D American army aviator
A) AMERICAN POLITICIAN
5. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A American author B American clergyman C American inventor D Dutch pathologist
A) AMERICAN AUTHOR
6. David Glasgow Farragut
A Dutch aircraft designer B Scottish financier C American admiral D Irish philanthropist
C) AMERICAN ADMIRAL
7. John Garfield
A U.S. President B English inventor C Norwegian economist D American actor
D) ACTOR
8. Chester Gould
A Canadian tennis player B Welsh sculptor C British golfer D American cartoonist
D) AMERICAN CARTOONIST
9. Hannibal Barca
A English statesman B English ruling family C Carthaginian general D Egyptian concubine
C) CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL
10. Henrik Ibsen
A Swedish explorer B Norwegian dramatist C Danish conductor D Icelandic speed skater
B) NORWEGIAN DRAMATIST
11. Eastman Johnson
A American genre painter B Belgian filmmaker C American inventor D Spanish prelate
A) AMERIAN GENRE PAINTER
12. Michael Kidd
A American outlaw B Irish-born Jesuit missionary C Scottish-born pirate D American choreographer
D) AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHER
13. Isaac Newton Lewis
A American labor leader B American theater patron C English 'Gothic@ author D American firearms inventor
D) AMERICAN FIREARMS INVENTOR
14. Ngaio Marsh
A Japanese author B New Zealand author C American paleontologist D French illustrator
B) NEW ZEALAND AUTHOR
15. Frederick North
A English prime minister B American frontiersman C American military colonel D English translator
A) ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER
16. Eugene Ormandy
A Canadian chemist B French journalist and pacifist C American athlete D Hungarian-born American conductor
D) HUNGARIAN BORN AMERICAN CONDUCTOR
17. Boris Pasternak
A French chemist B Russian author C American actor and theater manager D Arctic explorer
RUSSIAN AUTHOR
18. William Clarke Quantrill
A American conductor B U.S. Vice President C American confederate guerrilla leader D 8th Marquis of John Sholto Douglas
C) AMERICAN CONFEDERATE GUERRILLA LEADER
19. Dan Rice
A English portrait painter B American circus clown C British architect D American playwright
B) AMERICAN CIRCUS CLOWN
20. John Thomas Scopes
A American lawyer B American astronomer C American teacher D American oil executive
C) AMERICAN TEACHER
21. Louis Comfort Tiffany
A American jeweler and merchant B American tenor C American jurist D American painter and decorator
D) AMERICAN PAINTER AND DECORATOR
22. Galina Ulanova
A First female astronaut B Russian spy C Russian-born ballerina D Russian chemist
C) RUSSIAN BORN BALLERINA
23. Alfred Lewis Vail
A American telegraph pioneer B French clothing designer C Swiss professional skier D English manufacturer
A) AMERICAN TELEGRAPH PIONEER
24. David Walker
A Irish playwright B American abolitionist C American adventurer D America's Cup winner
B) AMERICAN ABOLITIONIST
25. Xanthippe
A Greek soldier B Wife of Socrates C Character in 'Midsummer Night's Dream' D Spanish missionary in the Orient
B) WIFE OF SOCRATES
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