People Quiz #396
Famous People Quiz for 16 August 2016
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Q1.
Who was the American who, in 1871, collected animals and freaks for a travelling circus, menagerie and museum, which by 1872 was billing itself as "The Greatest Show on Earth"?
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Q2.
Which Scottish author was born in 1850, married Mrs. Osbourne in 1880, settled on an estate called Vailima in 1889, and died of tuberculosis in 1894?
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Q3.
Who co-founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada, and then the American Federation of Labor which replaced it when it dissolved?
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Q4.
Horatio Nelson lost his right eye in which battle?
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Q5.
Which of these would a child go or be taken to for physical and medical healing?
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Q6.
Which author, born in Boston Massachusetts, wrote "Nature", "Representative Men" and "English Treats"?
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Q7.
Broadcasting from Germany to England in English in 1940, by what name was William Joyce better known?
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