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Famous People Quiz for 11 September 2018

A new people quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.

Question 1: Who, an ironmonger by trade, created the first practical steam engine to pump water from mineshafts?

A
George Stephenson
B
Robert Fulton
C
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
D
Thomas Newcomen