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People Quiz #595

Famous People Quiz for 9 June 2020

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Q1. Wealthy Quaker Richard Tapper Cadbury, a linen and silk draper, had a son John who founded a business in what?

A
Mustard
B
Chocolate
C
Biscuits
D
Tea
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Q2. Which Swiss scientist is known for his work to synthesise, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)?

A
Albert Hofmann
B
Paul Karrer
C
Emil Theodor Kocher
D
Paul Hermann Müller
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Q3. Which Roman emperor was nicknamed "Little Greek"?

A
Vespasian
B
Nero
C
Augustus
D
Hadrian
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Q4. What nickname was given to Mary Mallon, who infected a known 53 people working as a cook in New York and, in 1907, was the first healthy typhoid carrier to be identified?

A
Death Angel
B
Typhoid Mary
C
Pretty Woman
D
Mary of the Camellias
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Q5. In 1856, who invented the process whereby 5 tons of steel could be made in 30 minutes instead of in 50lb batches over 10 days and nights, at a tenth of the cost?

A
Henry Bessemer
B
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
C
George Stephenson
D
Jethro Tull
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Q6. Who was the first Swiss citizen and the first surgeon to win a Nobel Prize?

A
Antonio Egas Moniz (1874-1955)
B
Alexis Carrel (1873-1944)
C
Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917)
D
Joseph E. Murray (1919-2012)
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Q7. Who played Frank Spencer in the British TV series "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"?

A
Rowan Atkinson
B
John Cleese
C
Griff Rhys Jones
D
Michael Crawford
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