PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 9 NOTABLE CENTENARIANS

[magpie in the 80's]

1. This man was a Japanese skiing legend and at the age of 70 was the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest.
KEIZO MIURA
2. She was born Anna Mary Robertson and became a famous American painter. Her painting "Fourth of July" hangs in the White House.
GRANDMA MOSES
3. This Hungarian born centenarian was the founder of Paramount Pictures.
ADOLPH ZUKOR
4. This woman, born in Shanghai, China, was on the cover of Time magazine twice. She was the first Chinese national and only the second woman to address the United States Congress. She is also known as "Madame Chiang Kai-Shek".
MAYLING SOONG
5. This centenarian became a famous composer, though he could barely read music. Among his many compositions was "White Christmas", one of the most recorded songs in history.
IRVING BERLIN
6. These sisters were both centenarians and are in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the world's oldest authors.
SARAH AND ANNIE DELANY
7. This French woman was born on 21 February 1875 and when she died at the age of 122 had the longest documented lifespan.
JEAN CALMENT
8. This woman proved that age was not a barrier to patriotic actions. She was known as the "Grand-woman of the Philippine Revolution" for sheltering revolutionaries in her store.
MELCHORA AQUINO
9. In 1924 this woman was the first of her gender to graduate from the University of Alaska and became known as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement".
MARGARET MURIE
10. This member of a prominent American family won a gold medal in rowing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
JAMES ROCKERFELLER
11. This geophysicist was born in Lancashire, England 6 August 1900 and founded Texas Instruments.
CECIL GREEN
12. This centenarian was a member of Britain's national ice hockey team and became a pioneer in aviation. His company produced a famous World War I airplane that was mentioned in the popular comic strip "Peanuts".
THOMAS SOPWITH
13. This centenarian was the first United States citizen to receive a monthly Social Security benefits check.
IDA MAY FULLER
14. This military man was fluent in French and German and gained fame as the founder of the Green Berets.
AARON BANK
15. This pediatrician was a co-developer of the pertussis vaccine.
LEILIA DAUGHTRY DENMARK
16. This centenarian became one of the most notable accordionists who ever lived and was responsible for its acceptance as a serious instrument.
ANTHONY GALLA - RINI
17. This Russian emigrant was the father of sleep research and the first to discover REM sleep.
NATHANIEL KLEITMAN
18. This man was President of Turkey and his term in office ended in 1960 after a military coup.
MAHMUD CELAL BAYER
19. She was the second wife of a famous World War II general and was given the Legion of Merit by the Philippine government in 1993.
JEAN FAIRCLOUGH MACARTHUR
20. This woman was the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners, the sister of a Nobel Prize winner and the wife of a man who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
EVE CURIE LABOUISSE

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7) Jeanne Louise Calment

[magpie in the 80's]

7) Jeanne Louise Calment

CORRECT SPELLY

[magpie in the 80's]

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ

[JAS]

Morning Guru

Q5 Irving Berlin
Q12 Snoopy turned his kennel into a Sopwith Camel...so I assume the guy was called Sopwith

Regards
JAS

[The Ash Man]

1. Katsusuke Yanagisawe
10. James Rockefeller

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Guru

Q5 Irving Berlin
Q12 Snoopy turned his kennel into a Sopwith Camel...so I assume the guy was called Sopwith

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Katsusuke Yanagisawe......INCORRECT
10. James Rockefelle.........CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

1. This man was a Japanese skiing legend and at the age of 70 was the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest.
KEIZO MIURA
2. She was born Anna Mary Robertson and became a famous American painter. Her painting "Fourth of July" hangs in the White House.
GRANDMA MOSES
3. This Hungarian born centenarian was the founder of Paramount Pictures.
ADOLPH ZUKOR
4. This woman, born in Shanghai, China, was on the cover of Time magazine twice. She was the first Chinese national and only the second woman to address the United States Congress. She is also known as "Madame Chiang Kai-Shek".
MAYLING SOONG
5. This centenarian became a famous composer, though he could barely read music. Among his many compositions was "White Christmas", one of the most recorded songs in history.
IRVING BERLIN
6. These sisters were both centenarians and are in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the world's oldest authors.
SARAH AND ANNIE DELANY
7. This French woman was born on 21 February 1875 and when she died at the age of 122 had the longest documented lifespan.
JEAN CALMENT
8. This woman proved that age was not a barrier to patriotic actions. She was known as the "Grand-woman of the Philippine Revolution" for sheltering revolutionaries in her store.
MELCHORA AQUINO
9. In 1924 this woman was the first of her gender to graduate from the University of Alaska and became known as the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement".
MARGARET MURIE
10. This member of a prominent American family won a gold medal in rowing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
JAMES ROCKERFELLER
11. This geophysicist was born in Lancashire, England 6 August 1900 and founded Texas Instruments.
CECIL GREEN
12. This centenarian was a member of Britain's national ice hockey team and became a pioneer in aviation. His company produced a famous World War I airplane that was mentioned in the popular comic strip "Peanuts".
THOMAS SOPWITH
13. This centenarian was the first United States citizen to receive a monthly Social Security benefits check.
IDA MAY FULLER
14. This military man was fluent in French and German and gained fame as the founder of the Green Berets.
AARON BANK
15. This pediatrician was a co-developer of the pertussis vaccine.
LEILIA DAUGHTRY DENMARK
16. This centenarian became one of the most notable accordionists who ever lived and was responsible for its acceptance as a serious instrument.
ANTHONY GALLA - RINI
17. This Russian emigrant was the father of sleep research and the first to discover REM sleep.
NATHANIEL KLEITMAN
18. This man was President of Turkey and his term in office ended in 1960 after a military coup.
MAHMUD CELAL BAYER
19. She was the second wife of a famous World War II general and was given the Legion of Merit by the Philippine government in 1993.
JEAN FAIRCLOUGH MACARTHUR
20. This woman was the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners, the sister of a Nobel Prize winner and the wife of a man who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
EVE CURIE LABOUISSE

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

END OF QUIZ