People Quiz #587
Famous People Quiz for 14 April 2020
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Q1.
Which illustrator, born in what is now Haiti, raised in France, and an immigrant to America at 18, turned early observations and a hobby into creating work which included a book which was published in Britain and which is now considered a classic?
Note: This question was updated in April 2021
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Elizabeth Blackwell (1700 - 1758)
B
Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750)
C
John James Audubon (1785-1851`)
D
Mark Catesby (1682-1749)
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Q2.
Myles na gCopaleen and George Knowall are pseudonyms of what Irish novelist, playwright and satirist?
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Q3.
Who was Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)?
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Q4.
Which US presidential nominee in 1948 advocated closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, United Nations administration of foreign aid, and arms reduction?
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Q5.
Who was an 8 year old English girl murdered on 24 August 1867 by solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker in Alton, Hampshire: the body was found in a hop field, her head and legs severed, her eyes put out, her torso emptied and her organs scattered?
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Q6.
Which Texas congressman who ran a campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence in the 1980s, died in February 2010?
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Q7.
Who invented the revolver?
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