People Quiz #268
Famous People Quiz for 4 March 2014
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Q1.
Whose remains, after he died in 1506 at Valladolid, Mexico, were taken to San Domingo then to Havana, and then, in 1898, to Seville in Spain?
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2
Q2.
Which British ruler was nicknamed "The Merry Monarch"?
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3
Q3.
Who did Abraham Lincoln (later to become president of the USA) marry in 1842?
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Q4.
Who perfected a process in 1880 for making sensitive gelatine dry plates for photography, and patented photographic roll film in 1884?
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Q5.
Henry Croft, an orphan street sweeper who collected money for charity, is associated with what organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England?
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St Vincent de Paul Society
C
Pearly Kings and Queens
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Q6.
Which of these series of books was created by Roger Hargreaves?
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Q7.
John Muir is known as the father of which US national institution?
C
Public Broadcasting Service
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