PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 14
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:42 pm1 David Ben Gurion became prime minister of which country in 1948?
ISREAL
2 Which film director once said of Brigitte Bardot, 'If she didn't exist, we'd have to invent her'?
FEDERICO FELLINI
3 By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?
MOHAMMAD ALI
4 In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'?
JOSEPH MCCATHY
5 Which US pop artist created '100 Campbells Soup Cans'?
ANDY WARHOL
6 Who killed John Lennon?
MARK CHAPMAN
7 In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
RUDOLF NUREYEV
8 Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US?
ORSON WELLES
9 For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?
TAX EVASION
10 Who founded the state of Taiwan in 1949?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
11 Which former Reuters' employee went on to create one of the world's most famous secret agents?
IAN FLEMING
12 Who was known as the 'Sultan of Swat'?
BABE RUTH
13 Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Child Care?
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
14 Which Russian revolutionary died of head wounds on 21 August 1940?
LEON TROTSKY
15 Whose compositions included 'The Firebird' and 'Petrushka'?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
16 What was the name of the Scottish king killed by Macbeth?
DUNCAN
17 Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia?
AMY JOHNSON
18 Whose compositions include the Messiah and the Water Music?
GEORGE HANDEL
19 In 1498, which Portuguese navigator sailed to India round the Cape of Good Hope?
VASCO DE GAMA
20 Who wrote Paradise Lost?
JOHN MILTON
21 Which fashion designer introduced the 'New Look' in 1947?
CHRISTIAN DIOR
22 Who pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery?
JOSEPH LISTER
23 Which Scottish poet was also employed as an excise officer?
ROBERT BURNS
24 Who invented the revolver?
SAMUEL COLT
25 With the origins of what sport is William Webb Ellis associated?
RUGBY UNION
26 Who was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Woolstencraft?
MARY SHELLEY
27 Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters?
ANTON CHEKHOV
28 Who founded the Christian Science Church?
MARY BAKER EDDY
29 Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?
PG WOODHOUSE
30 Who was the second president of the USA?
JOHN ADAMS
31 Who was the first premier of the Soviet Union?
VLADIMIR LENIN
32 According to Shakespeare, who cried out for 'A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!'?
RICHARD III
33 Whose novels first appeared under the name of Currer Bell?
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
34 Who invented the miners' safety lamp?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
35 Which king was known as the 'Hammer of the Scots'?
EDWARD 1
36 Who composed the music for the ballets Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite, and The Sleeping Beauty?
TCHAIKOVSKY
37 Who in 1911 was the first man to reach the South Pole?
ROALD AMUNDSEN
38 Which landscape painter's works include The Haywain and The Cornfield?
JOHN CONSTABLE
39 Who was the first socialist to be elected to the House of Commons?
JAMES KEIR HARDIE
40 Who discovered penicillin?
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING
41 Which rider is famous for not winning the 1956 Grand National?
DICK FRANCIS
42 Who sailed round the world in the Golden Hind?
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
43 What did Valentina Tereshkova become famous for in 1963?
1ST WOMAN IN SPACE
44 Who led the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Germany?
MARTIN LUTHER
45 Who wrote the story of The Ugly Duckling?
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
46 Who was known as 'The Maid of Orleans'?
JOAN OF ARC
47 Which traveller first visited China in 1271?
MARCO POLO
48 Whose compositions include the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot?
PUCCINI
49 Which Marquis gave his name to the rules that govern the sport of boxing?
QUEENSBURY
50 What nationality is Christian Barnard, the surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant?
SOUTH AFRICAN
51 Which English explorer was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded in 1618?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
52 Who discovered the circulation of the blood?
WILLIAM HARVEY
53 What religious organization was founded by William Booth?
THE SALVATION ARMY
54 What kind of travel was pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers?
HOT AIR BALLOON
55 Which British impresario was noted for his productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?
RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE
56 With which art form is Henri Cartier-Bresson associated?
PHOTOGRAPHY
57 Who became prime minister of India on its independence in 1947?
JAWAHARTAL NEHRU
58 Which 19th century British explorer translated the Arabian Nights and has a famous 20th century namesake?
RICHARD BURTON
59 Who wrote Don Quixote?
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
60 Which astronomer first put forward the theory that the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun?
NICOLAS COPERNICUS
61 In 1301, who led the Peasants' Revolt?
WAT TYLER
62 Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic?
AMELIA EARHART
63 Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
JOHN BUNYAN
64 What nationality was Nicolas Copernicus?
POLISH
65 With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated?
PRISON REFORM
66 Who composed the opera Carmen?
BIZET
67 Which English king is sometimes referred to as 'The Unready'?
ETHELRED
68 Who invented the lightning conductor in 1752?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
69 Which admiral commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
70 Who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560?
JOHN KNOX
71 Which artist is renowned for his paintings of his native city of Venice?
CANALETTO
72 With what sporting pastime is Izaak Walton associated?
ANGLING
73 Who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone?
SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY
74 'Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy' are the four sisters created by which writer?
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
75 Which French physicist instigated the study of radioactivity and has a unit of radioactive activity named after him?
ANTOINE-HENRY BECQUEREC
ISREAL
2 Which film director once said of Brigitte Bardot, 'If she didn't exist, we'd have to invent her'?
FEDERICO FELLINI
3 By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?
MOHAMMAD ALI
4 In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'?
JOSEPH MCCATHY
5 Which US pop artist created '100 Campbells Soup Cans'?
ANDY WARHOL
6 Who killed John Lennon?
MARK CHAPMAN
7 In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
RUDOLF NUREYEV
8 Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US?
ORSON WELLES
9 For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?
TAX EVASION
10 Who founded the state of Taiwan in 1949?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
11 Which former Reuters' employee went on to create one of the world's most famous secret agents?
IAN FLEMING
12 Who was known as the 'Sultan of Swat'?
BABE RUTH
13 Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Child Care?
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
14 Which Russian revolutionary died of head wounds on 21 August 1940?
LEON TROTSKY
15 Whose compositions included 'The Firebird' and 'Petrushka'?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
16 What was the name of the Scottish king killed by Macbeth?
DUNCAN
17 Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia?
AMY JOHNSON
18 Whose compositions include the Messiah and the Water Music?
GEORGE HANDEL
19 In 1498, which Portuguese navigator sailed to India round the Cape of Good Hope?
VASCO DE GAMA
20 Who wrote Paradise Lost?
JOHN MILTON
21 Which fashion designer introduced the 'New Look' in 1947?
CHRISTIAN DIOR
22 Who pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery?
JOSEPH LISTER
23 Which Scottish poet was also employed as an excise officer?
ROBERT BURNS
24 Who invented the revolver?
SAMUEL COLT
25 With the origins of what sport is William Webb Ellis associated?
RUGBY UNION
26 Who was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Woolstencraft?
MARY SHELLEY
27 Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters?
ANTON CHEKHOV
28 Who founded the Christian Science Church?
MARY BAKER EDDY
29 Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?
PG WOODHOUSE
30 Who was the second president of the USA?
JOHN ADAMS
31 Who was the first premier of the Soviet Union?
VLADIMIR LENIN
32 According to Shakespeare, who cried out for 'A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!'?
RICHARD III
33 Whose novels first appeared under the name of Currer Bell?
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
34 Who invented the miners' safety lamp?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
35 Which king was known as the 'Hammer of the Scots'?
EDWARD 1
36 Who composed the music for the ballets Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite, and The Sleeping Beauty?
TCHAIKOVSKY
37 Who in 1911 was the first man to reach the South Pole?
ROALD AMUNDSEN
38 Which landscape painter's works include The Haywain and The Cornfield?
JOHN CONSTABLE
39 Who was the first socialist to be elected to the House of Commons?
JAMES KEIR HARDIE
40 Who discovered penicillin?
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING
41 Which rider is famous for not winning the 1956 Grand National?
DICK FRANCIS
42 Who sailed round the world in the Golden Hind?
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
43 What did Valentina Tereshkova become famous for in 1963?
1ST WOMAN IN SPACE
44 Who led the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Germany?
MARTIN LUTHER
45 Who wrote the story of The Ugly Duckling?
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
46 Who was known as 'The Maid of Orleans'?
JOAN OF ARC
47 Which traveller first visited China in 1271?
MARCO POLO
48 Whose compositions include the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot?
PUCCINI
49 Which Marquis gave his name to the rules that govern the sport of boxing?
QUEENSBURY
50 What nationality is Christian Barnard, the surgeon who performed the first human heart transplant?
SOUTH AFRICAN
51 Which English explorer was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded in 1618?
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
52 Who discovered the circulation of the blood?
WILLIAM HARVEY
53 What religious organization was founded by William Booth?
THE SALVATION ARMY
54 What kind of travel was pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers?
HOT AIR BALLOON
55 Which British impresario was noted for his productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?
RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE
56 With which art form is Henri Cartier-Bresson associated?
PHOTOGRAPHY
57 Who became prime minister of India on its independence in 1947?
JAWAHARTAL NEHRU
58 Which 19th century British explorer translated the Arabian Nights and has a famous 20th century namesake?
RICHARD BURTON
59 Who wrote Don Quixote?
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
60 Which astronomer first put forward the theory that the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun?
NICOLAS COPERNICUS
61 In 1301, who led the Peasants' Revolt?
WAT TYLER
62 Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic?
AMELIA EARHART
63 Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
JOHN BUNYAN
64 What nationality was Nicolas Copernicus?
POLISH
65 With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated?
PRISON REFORM
66 Who composed the opera Carmen?
BIZET
67 Which English king is sometimes referred to as 'The Unready'?
ETHELRED
68 Who invented the lightning conductor in 1752?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
69 Which admiral commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
70 Who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560?
JOHN KNOX
71 Which artist is renowned for his paintings of his native city of Venice?
CANALETTO
72 With what sporting pastime is Izaak Walton associated?
ANGLING
73 Who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone?
SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY
74 'Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy' are the four sisters created by which writer?
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
75 Which French physicist instigated the study of radioactivity and has a unit of radioactive activity named after him?
ANTOINE-HENRY BECQUEREC
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sorry got a bit greedy with this one.
I'm confused