People Quiz #103
Famous People Quiz for 4 January 2011
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Q1.
Who, in 1916, was the first woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives, the first female member of the Congress, and the only woman to be elected to Congress from Montana?
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2
Q2.
Which company was founded and named after the inventor of vulcanised rubber in 1898, almost 4 decades after his death, by Frank Seiberling?
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3
Q3.
Who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)?
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Q4.
In 1856, who invented the process whereby 5 tons of steel could be made in 30 minutes instead of in 50lb batches over 10 days and nights, at a tenth of the cost?
B
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Q5.
What was the first name of the playwright Williams who wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire"?
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Q6.
Which German was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect VHF & UHF radio waves?
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Q7.
Who, co-founders of the Spartacist League in January 1916, were executed in Berlin in January 1919?
A
Bonny Parker and Clyde Barrow
B
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
C
Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
D
John Profumo and Christine Keeler
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