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People Quiz #268

Famous People Quiz for 4 March 2014

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Q1. Whose remains, after he died in 1506 at Valladolid, Mexico, were taken to San Domingo then to Havana, and then, in 1898, to Seville in Spain?

A
Ferdinand Magellan
B
Hernán Cortés
C
Christopher Columbus
D
Camille Pissarro
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Q2. Which British ruler was nicknamed "The Merry Monarch"?

A
Henry VIII
B
Charles II
C
Victoria
D
George V
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Q3. Who did Abraham Lincoln (later to become president of the USA) marry in 1842?

A
Martha Custis
B
Mary Todd
C
Abigail Smith
D
Martha Skelton
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Q4. Who perfected a process in 1880 for making sensitive gelatine dry plates for photography, and patented photographic roll film in 1884?

A
Louis Daguerre
B
George Eastman
C
Frederick Scott Archer
D
Gabriel Lippmann
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Q5. Henry Croft, an orphan street sweeper who collected money for charity, is associated with what organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England?

A
St Vincent de Paul Society
B
Oxfam
C
Pearly Kings and Queens
D
Dr Barnardo's Homes
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Q6. Which of these series of books was created by Roger Hargreaves?

A
SpongeBob SquarePants
B
Thomas the Tank Engine
C
Winnie the Pooh
D
Mr. Men
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Q7. John Muir is known as the father of which US national institution?

A
Postal service
B
National Park service
C
Public Broadcasting Service
D
The Marines
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