People Quiz #6
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What was invented by Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize?
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Who, in 1831, first demonstrated that the motion of a conductor in a magnetic field generates an electric current?
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier became better known as who?
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Of whom, when told he intended to return to private life and retire to his plantation, did King George III say, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world"?
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Who was Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the occupation of Japan immediately following World War II?
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Who was the Venetian who made a number of journeys to China and India in the 13th century and was later taken prisoner by the Genoese?
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Which scientist allegedly used mirrors to focus the sun's rays to burn Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse around 214–212 BC?
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