People Quiz #557
Famous People Quiz for 17 September 2019
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1
Q1.
What book was published by Florence Nightingale in 1860?
A
The Electric Light Brigade
C
The Illustrated Fauna of the Crimea
D
The Father Brown Omnibus
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2
Q2.
Which of these was a leading British civil engineer, who built bridges, tunnels, dockyards, a major railway line and a series of famous steamships in the first half of the 19th century?
D
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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3
Q3.
In 1525, ex-nun Katharina von Bora married whom, thereby violating a major point of Christian canon law?
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4
Q4.
Which of these people is associated with the Information Technology industry?
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5
Q5.
Constance Heward and Joyce Lankester Brinsley are known for what?
A
Writing children's books
B
Co-founding the La Leche League
C
As top models for Schiaparelli in the 1920s
D
Protesters who died in suffragette demonstrations in 1913 in the UK
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6
Q6.
Who is the next in this series: Adolf von Baeyer (1905), Henri Moissan (1906), Eduard Buchner (1907), Ernest Rutherford (1908), Wilhelm Ostwald (1909), Otto Wallach (1910) ... ?
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7
Q7.
What was the preoccupation of John Nash Jr, the subject of the 2001 film "A Beautiful Mind" starring Russell Crowe?
C
Soccer and other beautiful games
D
The best shape for a carrot
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