Trivia Quiz on Biographies Part 2

1. She overcame her handicaps to become a lecturer and a scholar.

A) Rosa Parks

B) Helen Keller

C) Marie Curie

D) Sojourner Truth

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2. Who was 'The Elephant Man'?

A) John Merrick

B) David Lynch

C) Joseph Merrick

D) Charles Dickens

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3. Composer George Gershwin died in1937 at the age of 38. How did he die?

A) Brain Tumour

B) Heart attack

C) Tuberculosis

D) Stroke

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4. What did Marie Curie die of on 4th July, 1934?

A) Pneumonia

B) Tuberculosis

C) Radiation poisoning

D) Stroke

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5. What was the pen name of author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

A) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

B) Lewis Carroll

C) Lewis Carrol

D) C. L. Dodgson

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6. Considered to be the last full blooded Tasmanian aborigine, (died 1876 - aged 73), her name is_____?

A) Mannalargenna

B) Truganini

C) Fanny Cochrane Moran

D) Woureddy

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7. Charlie Chaplin Died On Christmas Day In 1977, How Old Was He When He Died

A) 88

B) 87

C) 89

D) 90

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8. What did David Stirling found?

A) MI6

B) SAS

C) SBS

D) MI5

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9. Canadian Prime Minister: Pierre Elliott __________.

A) Trudeau

B) Chrétien

C) Mulroney

D) St-Laurent

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10. What is soccer star Pele's real name?

A) Edson Arantes do Nascimento

B) Pelé

C) Edson Arantes de Nascimento

D) Edson Arantes do Nascimento Júnior

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11. What was Jack Nicklaus' nickname?

A) The Bear

B) Captain Jack

C) Big Jack

D) Golden Bear

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12. Who Was William Bonney Better Known As

A) John Wayne

B) Wild Bill Hickok

C) Billy The Kid

D) Butch Cassidy

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13. By what name is Reginald Dwight better known as?

A) David Bowie

B) Elton John

C) Neil Diamond

D) Freddie Mercury

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14. By what name is Robert Zimmerman better known as?

A) Robert Allen Zimmerman

B) Bobby Zimmerman

C) Robert Dylan

D) Bob Dylan

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15. Which Zoologist Wrote The Book Man Watching

A) Desmond Morris

B) David Attenborough

C) Jane Goodall

D) Demond Morris

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16. By what name is Marion Morrison better known as?

A) The Duke

B) Marion Robert Morrison

C) John Wayne

D) Harrison Ford

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17. By What Name Was William Bonney Better Known As?

A) William H. Bonney

B) The Kid

C) Billy The Kid

D) William Bonney

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18. Who Was Elvis Presleys Manager

A) Sam Phillips

B) Jerry Schilling

C) Colonel Tom Parker

D) Red West

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19. What Did Al Capone Die From

A) Lung cancer

B) Pneumonia

C) Heart disease

D) Syphilis

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20. Whose Nickname Was Satchmo

A) Dizzy Gillespie

B) Charlie Parker

C) Louis Armstrong

D) Miles Davis

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21. Albert Einstein Was Born On The 14 th March 1879 In Germany He Was Educated In Austria And Then Eventually Moved To Switzerland But In Which Country Did He Die

A) Germany

B) Switzerland

C) America

D) Austria

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22. Who is Stevland Morris Hardaway better known as?

A) Prince

B) Stevie Wonder

C) Ray Charles

D) Michael Jackson

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23. Which Television Presenter And Ex-Spurs & England Footballer Became An Alcoholic

A) Jimmy Greaves

B) Gary Lineker

C) Glenn Hoddle

D) Jamie Redknapp

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24. Who In The World Of Music Has The Real Name Of Derek Dick

A) David Bowie

B) Freddie Mercury

C) Fish

D) Sting

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25. Who was Lauren Bacall's first husband?

A) Spencer Tracy

B) Humphrey Bogart

C) Clark Gable

D) James Stewart

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26. Whose Life Was The Subject Of James Boswell's Biography, Published In 1791

A) Jonathan Swift

B) Alexander Pope

C) William Shakespeare

D) Samuel Johnson

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