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Quiz about FunTrivia People Mix Vol 12
Quiz about FunTrivia People Mix Vol 12

FunTrivia People Mix: Vol 12 Trivia Quiz


A mix of 10 People questions, submitted by 10 different FunTrivia players! The first few questions are easy, but the last couple are tough!

A multiple-choice quiz by FTBot. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
FTBot
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
410,017
Updated
Aug 21 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
470
Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (4/10), Guest 90 (9/10), Guest 175 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. He built an empire in an obscure Pennsylvania town. His estate runs an amusement park, an orphans' home, a top medical training hospital and one of the world's largest chocolate companies. All these are in a place they named after him. Who was he? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which Russian scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for his work describing what is now known as 'classical conditioning'? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Where was Leonardo da Vinci born? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Italian mountaineers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni were the first two people to reach the summit of which mountain peak? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Peter Kreeft wrote a book about an imaginary conversation between three men that all happened to die on the same day - November 22, 1963. Which of the following people was NOT included in that conversation? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Somebody said: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." Which quotable statesman was behind this pithy analysis of an ally?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What fervent supporter of the American Revolution became immensely popular after publishing "Common Sense" but was eventually denied burial in a church cemetery after publishing "The Age of Reason"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which British Monarch reigned for 48 of the 100 years in the 20th century? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which English sovereign acquired Cardinal Wolsey's beautiful home, Hampton Court Palace? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which Swedish diplomat and humanitarian became the first person to be granted honorary Canadian citizenship?
Hint





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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. He built an empire in an obscure Pennsylvania town. His estate runs an amusement park, an orphans' home, a top medical training hospital and one of the world's largest chocolate companies. All these are in a place they named after him. Who was he?

Answer: Milton S. Hershey

Milton S. Hershey quit school in 4th grade to go to work. He finally found he was interested in candy making after getting an apprentice job with a candy maker. He started making caramel candy in Colorado but returned to Pennsylvania at 29, and become the most famous caramel maker in the USA.

He became interested in making chocolate. His famous candy bar, the "Nickel Bar", was so named for its affordability. This bar launched his business which has become one of the world's largest chocolate companies.

Question by player johng16146
2. Which Russian scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for his work describing what is now known as 'classical conditioning'?

Answer: Ivan Pavlov

Classical conditioning refers to the biological response to a previously neutral stimulus. Ivan Pavlov discovered this phenomenon by ringing a bell whenever he fed his dogs, and then observing that they would still salivate when the bell was rung in the absence of food. Dmitri Mendeleev is best known for his Periodic Table of Elements, Lobachevsky for his work on hyperbolic geometry and Cherenkov for his namesake radiation.

Question by player pagea
3. Where was Leonardo da Vinci born?

Answer: Vinci, Italy

The creator of the 'Mona Lisa', 'The Last Supper', the designer of a helicopter and parachutes, a dabbler in plate tectonics, sculptor, mapmaker, student of anatomy, and master of many other pursuits, was born at Vinci, near Florence, in 1452.

Question by player ozzz2002
4. Italian mountaineers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni were the first two people to reach the summit of which mountain peak?

Answer: K2

Lacedelli and Compagnoni reached the summit on 31 July 1954. The expedition team consisting of Lacedelli and Compagnoni also consisted of Walter Bonatti and Amir Mehdi. It is alleged that Lacedelli and Compagnoni deliberately put Bonatti and Mehdi in a life-threatening situation so that they could reach the peak earlier. K2, part of the Karakoram range, is also known as Mt. Godwin Austen, and is the second highest mountain in the world.

Question by player angikar
5. Peter Kreeft wrote a book about an imaginary conversation between three men that all happened to die on the same day - November 22, 1963. Which of the following people was NOT included in that conversation?

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Kreeft's book, called "Between Heaven and Hell", imagined Kennedy, Lewis, and Huxley having a conversation in the afterlife. The book was inspired by the coincidence of all three dying on the same day.

Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, and his tragic death overshadowed the deaths of Lewis and Huxley, both well-known British authors. Jimi Hendrix did not die until 1970.

Question by player bisaacs90
6. Somebody said: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." Which quotable statesman was behind this pithy analysis of an ally?

Answer: Winston Churchill

The British statesman and former Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill was rarely short of something to say on just about any subject. Other notable quotes include: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life" and "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
Oscar Wilde, though, had a more jaundiced view of America: "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
But we'll leave it to George W. Bush to defend his nation's honour: "To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be President of the United States."

Question by player darksplash
7. What fervent supporter of the American Revolution became immensely popular after publishing "Common Sense" but was eventually denied burial in a church cemetery after publishing "The Age of Reason"?

Answer: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was born in England in 1737 and came to America in 1774, just in time for the Revolution. After publishing "Common Sense" in 1776, England charged him with the crime of treason; Paine responded by writing "The Crisis" and by joining the Revolutionary Army.

However, the population at large was not ready for his 1794 "Age of Reason" and its attack on organized religion and traditional beliefs like revelation and miracles.

Question by player alaspooryoric
8. Which British Monarch reigned for 48 of the 100 years in the 20th century?

Answer: Elizabeth II

Victoria reigned for a shorter period in the 20th century than the other three. She was only on the throne up until 1901. Edward VII was King from 1901 to 1910. George V was King from 1910 to 1936. Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952 and became the longest serving monarch in British history in 2015, exceeding the total reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

Question by player Spontini
9. Which English sovereign acquired Cardinal Wolsey's beautiful home, Hampton Court Palace?

Answer: Henry VIII

Henry VIII was infuriated when Cardinal Wolsey failed to get him the divorce that he wanted from Catherine of Aragon in order to be able to marry Anne Boleyn. Wolsey wrote to Pope Clement "If the Pope is not compliant, my own life will be shortened, and I dread to anticipate the consequences."( Weir, Alison. "The Six Wives of Henry VIII"). Hoping to avoid the king's wrath, Wolsey gave the king most of his valuable properties including Hampton Court Palace and York Place which Henry gave to Anne Boleyn. York Place later became Whitehall.

Question by player Calpurnia09
10. Which Swedish diplomat and humanitarian became the first person to be granted honorary Canadian citizenship?

Answer: Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg was born 1914 and disappeared in June 1945 in the Soviet Union. The Swedish businessman and diplomat is best known for rescuing Hungarian Jews during World War II. In January 1945, Soviet armed forces arrived in Budapest and Wallenberg was arrested on suspicion of espionage for the Americans.

He was brought to jail in Moscow and subsequently disappeared. Wallenberg was recognized for his humanitarian activities by numerous awards posthumously, among them honorary Canadian citizenship.

Question by player wellenbrecher
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