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People Quiz #17

Famous People Quiz for 12 May 2009

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Q1. Which of these people was not one of "the three musketeers"?

A
Porthos
B
Athos
C
D'Artagnan
D
Aramis
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Q2. In the Crimean War, what did Florence Nightingale begin to be called?

A
The mother of all nurses
B
The ghost who walks
C
The lady with the lamp
D
The little sister of mercy
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Q3. Who was the Greek goddess of victory daughter of Pallas represented as a winged figure wreathed or palm bearing sometimes guiding victors' horses?

A
Adidas
B
Nike
C
Diana
D
Venus
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Q4. Which German-American structural engineer and designer was Chief Engineer for the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco?

A
Joseph Strauss
B
Johann Strauss
C
Richard Strauss
D
Eduard Strauss
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Q5. Which German-born composer became a naturalised Englishman, wrote 30 operas in the 18th century, and is more famous now for his oratorios such as "The Messiah"?

A
Franz Joseph Haydn
B
George Handel
C
Gustav Holst
D
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Q6. Which chemist and physicist established the basis for the magnetic field concept, discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, laws of electrolysis, and benzene, invented devices that are the basis of electric motor technology, and popularised words such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion?

A
William Whewell
B
Humphry Davy
C
John Tatum
D
Michael Faraday
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Q7. Who created the characters of Willy Loman, Joe Keller and Eddie Carbone?

Note: This question was updated in October 2016
A
Edward Albee
B
Tennessee Williams
C
Arthur Miller
D
Sam Shepard
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