PEOPLE QUIZ NO.43
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:44 pm1. David Ben Gurion became prime minister of which country in 1948?
ISRAEL
2. Which film director once said of Brigitte Bardot, "If she didn't exist, we'd have to invent her"?
FREDERICO FELLINI
3. In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were "card carrying communists"?
JOE MCCARTHY
4. Which US pop artist created 100 Campbells Soup Cans?
ANDY WARHOL
5. Who killed John Lennon?
MARK CHAPMAN
6. In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
RUDOLPH NUREYEV
7. Who founded the state of Taiwan in 1949?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
8. Who was known as "The Sultan of Swat"?
BABE RUTH
9. Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Child Care?
DR. SPOCK
10. Whose compositions included "The Firebird" and "Petrushka"?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
11. How is Harold Philby better known?
KIM PHILBY
12. Who was the first women Cabinet Minister in Britain?
MARGARET BONDFIELD
13. Who composed the Symphony No.9 from the New World?
ANTON DVORAK
14. Which member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition walked out into the blizzard in the hope that his companions would be better able to reach safety without him?
CAPTAIN OATES
15. Who instigated the first translation into English of the Bible?
JOHN WYCLIFFE
16. Who was Queen Victoria's personal attendant at Balmoral for 34 years?
JOHN BROWN
17. Which Quaker family founded a chocolate factory in York?
ROWNTREE
18. Who became the first President of Chile in 1817?
BERNADO O'HIGGINS
19. Against which disease did Jonas Salk develop a vaccine?
POLIO
20. Who patented the electric lightbulb in 1879?
THOMAS EDISON
ISRAEL
2. Which film director once said of Brigitte Bardot, "If she didn't exist, we'd have to invent her"?
FREDERICO FELLINI
3. In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were "card carrying communists"?
JOE MCCARTHY
4. Which US pop artist created 100 Campbells Soup Cans?
ANDY WARHOL
5. Who killed John Lennon?
MARK CHAPMAN
6. In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
RUDOLPH NUREYEV
7. Who founded the state of Taiwan in 1949?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
8. Who was known as "The Sultan of Swat"?
BABE RUTH
9. Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Child Care?
DR. SPOCK
10. Whose compositions included "The Firebird" and "Petrushka"?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
11. How is Harold Philby better known?
KIM PHILBY
12. Who was the first women Cabinet Minister in Britain?
MARGARET BONDFIELD
13. Who composed the Symphony No.9 from the New World?
ANTON DVORAK
14. Which member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition walked out into the blizzard in the hope that his companions would be better able to reach safety without him?
CAPTAIN OATES
15. Who instigated the first translation into English of the Bible?
JOHN WYCLIFFE
16. Who was Queen Victoria's personal attendant at Balmoral for 34 years?
JOHN BROWN
17. Which Quaker family founded a chocolate factory in York?
ROWNTREE
18. Who became the first President of Chile in 1817?
BERNADO O'HIGGINS
19. Against which disease did Jonas Salk develop a vaccine?
POLIO
20. Who patented the electric lightbulb in 1879?
THOMAS EDISON
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