Trivia Quiz on Biography Part 5

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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Test your knowledge of iconic lives in Biography Part 5—from explorers and inventors to movie legends and music greats. A brisk 37-question challenge perfect for mixed groups, classrooms, and trivia nights.

Biography Part 5 is a team-friendly quiz that spans legendary trailblazers, pop culture figures, inventors, writers, and more—ideal for mixed knowledge levels and quick-fire competition. Duplicate it with a single click and play it live or remotely with small or large groups on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, Kick, and other streaming platforms. Use it for icebreakers at workshops, energizers in standups, classroom reviews, family game nights, or community streams. Split into teams, set a timer per question, and optionally display leaderboards after selected rounds to keep the pace lively and the banter flowing.

1. In what capacity did Ernest Hemingway take part in the first World War

A) Ambulance driver

B) Infantryman

C) War correspondent

D) Navy sailor

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2. What was the profession of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown

A) Estate manager

B) Architect

C) Landscape gardener

D) Forester

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3. Which famous artist took up painting with his left hand when he lost the use of his right hand at the age of sixty

A) Leonardo da Vinci

B) Michelangelo

C) Vincent van Gogh

D) Pablo Picasso

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4. Name the British painter who is the grandson of Sigmund Freud

A) Lucian freud

B) Francis Bacon

C) David Hockney

D) J. M. W. Turner

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5. What was the first name of the Reverebd Varah, the founder of the Samaritans

A) Chad

B) Charles

C) Harold

D) Simon

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6. John Paul Getty, world's richest man had what in his house

A) A gold-plated toilet

B) A private cinema

C) A Payphone

D) A hidden panic room

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7. Who's the "me" in the book elvis and me

A) Priscilla presley

B) Elvis Presley

C) Tom Parker

D) Lisa Marie Presley

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8. Anreas Cornelis van Kujik was who’s manager

A) Elvis Col Tom Parker

B) Brian Epstein

C) Berry Gordy

D) Clive Davis

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9. Reginald Carey became famous as who

A) Rex Harrison

B) Laurence Olivier

C) David Niven

D) Alec Guinness

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10. Who was the Lady of the Lamp

A) Mary Seacole

B) Clara Barton

C) Edith Cavell

D) Florence nightingale

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11. Charles Adrian Wettach became famous as what clown

A) Grock

B) Bozo the Clown

C) Krusty the Clown

D) Pennywise

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12. What Nationality Was The Chemist Alfred Nobel

A) Swedish

B) Norwegian

C) Danish

D) Swiss

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13. Why Did David Livingstone Go To Africa

A) He Was A Missionary

B) To search for the source of the Nile

C) To find gold and establish trading posts

D) To document African wildlife for scientific museums

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14. What Was The Name Of Alexander The Greats Famous Horse

A) Pegasus

B) Rocinante

C) BucePhalus

D) Seabiscuit

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15. He wrote "Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male" in 1948.

A) Havelock Ellis

B) Kinsey

C) Sigmund Freud

D) Alfred Russel Wallace

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16. What Was Joy Adamson's Lion Cub Called

A) Nala

B) Simba

C) Elsa

D) Kito

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17. The American comedian and actor William Claude Dukenfield, died on Christmas Day in 1946. How was he better known?

A) W.C. Fields

B) Buster Keaton

C) WC Fields

D) Harold Lloyd

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18. Who did dita beard work for

A) Itt

B) Captain Hook

C) Queen Victoria

D) George Washington

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19. In the world of music how is 'Jiles P Richardson'' more commonly known?

A) Elvis Presley

B) The Big Bopper

C) Buddy Holly

D) Ritchie Valens

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20. What Is Bob Dylan's Real Name

A) Robert Allen Zimmerman

B) Robert Zimmerman

C) Bob Dylan

D) Roberto Zimmerman

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21. *Arnold Schwarzenegger made his film debut in 1974 In What Movie *

A) Stay Hungry

B) Hercules in New York

C) Pumping Iron.

D) The Terminator

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22. In Which Country Was Paper Magnate Robert Maxwell Born ?

A) Poland

B) Germany

C) Austria

D) Czechoslovakia

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23. Who Is Stevland Morris Hardaway Better Known As

A) Ray Charles

B) Elton John

C) Stevie Wonder

D) Prince

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24. Which aviator was Time magazine's first Man Of The Year in 1927?

A) Charles Lindenbergh

B) Amelia Earhart

C) Howard Hughes

D) Bessie Coleman

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25. Whose final film as director was Eyes Wide Shut?

A) Ridley Scott

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) Steven Spielberg

D) Quentin Tarantino

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26. Who Was the First Woman To Be Officially Ranked A Billionaire In The USA?

A) Kylie Jenner

B) Sara Blakely

C) Rihanna

D) Oprah Winfrey

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27. What was Madam Tussaud's First name ?

A) Emma

B) Catherine

C) Anne

D) Marie

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28. What was John Wayne's real name?

A) Marion Robert Morrison

B) Marion Mitchell Morrison

C) Marion Michael Morrison

D) Marion Morrison

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29. Who is Tippi Hedren's daughter?

A) Dakota Johnson

B) Melanie Griffith

C) Cheryl Hedren

D) Lila Griffith

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30. What do the initials B.B. stand for in B.B. King's name?

A) Blues Boy

B) Blues Brother

C) Blue Boy

D) Beale Boy

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31. Who is Steveland Morris better known as?

A) Stevie Wonder

B) Ray Charles

C) Lionel Richie

D) Michael Jackson

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32. What is Hulk Hogan's real name?

A) Terry Bollea

B) Dwayne Johnson

C) David Bautista

D) John Cena

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33. He was known as the "Elephant Man".

A) Joseph Merrick

B) John Merrick

C) Charles Byrne

D) P. T. Barnum

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34. What was Jethro Tull before donating his name to a British epic rock group?

A) Blacksmith

B) Carpenter

C) Agriculturist

D) Fisherman

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35. Which country and western singer is known as the 'okie from muskogee'?

A) Johnny Cash

B) Buck Owens

C) Willie Nelson

D) Merle Haggard

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36. Who is karen Blixen better known as?

A) Isaak Dinesen

B) Isak Dinesen

C) Karen Blixen-Finecke

D) Tove Ditlevsen

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37. Who Wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

A) Joseph Goebbels

B) Hermann Hesse

C) Karl Marx

D) Adolf Hitler

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