FunTrivia People Mix: Vol 16 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lord Horatio Nelson

Following the end of the American War of Independence, there were too many Naval Captains so he was 'retired' on half pay. The French Revolution and the threat to the UK by Napoleon meant he was recalled to active service in 1793 and he lost his right eye when struck by flying debris at the Battle of Corsica some months later.

He was proving to be a brilliant tactician and proved instrumental in winning a huge battle at Cape St. Vincent against the Spanish fleet in 1797 when he disobeyed direct orders and took his ship out of 'the line' to take on 3 Spanish ships, capturing two of them. Later that year at the Battle of Santa Cruz, he was shot and lost his right arm.

His greatest victory came at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 where he took on the combined French and Spanish fleets despite having only 27 ships under his command to the oppositions 33. Nelson was shot through the shoulder and spine. Victory was almost certain at that point and he died three hours later.

The victory meant that Britain was then the undisputed leading naval power in world.

Question by player Spontini

Answer: I. M. Pei

I.M. Pei (1917-2019) was born in Guangzhou, but moved to the USA in 1935. The Praemium Imperiale is awarded in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theatre/film. Probably best known today for his "Louvre Pyramid", I.M. Pei considered the John F. Kennedy Library his "most important commission". All the wrong answers are also architects.

Question by player Quiz_Beagle

Answer: Villages

The concept of a village varies depending on which part of the world you are in, but they are generally small communities. In some countries (such as Australia) a retirement community can be known as a village, as can tourist resorts. In others (like many in Europe), they are small settlements in rural areas.

Question by player timence

Answer: Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton, born in Lincolnshire, England discovered gravity when an apple (supposedly) fell from a tree. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, John Logie Baird invented television and James Watt improved the steam engine by designing a separate condenser, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution.

Question by player Senga2

Answer: Rush Limbaugh

When people called in "on the air" they just say "ditto" to Rush and that let everyone know they listen and were regulars to his show, before they say what's on their mind. These folks were called "ditto heads".

Question by player ktmracer66

Answer: George Sand

George Sand is the pen name of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin (Baroness Dudevant) a French novelist and memoirist. "What a brave man she was, and what a good woman" said Turgenev about her. Especially before the 20th century, female authors have been known to adopt masculine pen names as a guarantee of not being discriminated for being women (Mary Ann Evans, commonly known as George Eliot, is probably the most famous example).

Question by player Ana_1917

Answer: Smallpox

Ms Parker worked in the University of Birmingham Medical School. Her darkroom was situated above a laboratory where smallpox was being studied, and it is thought that the virus may have travelled via a service duct. Ms Parker's mother also developed smallpox, but recovered.

Question by player supersal1

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright is recognized by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time". In 1935 he designed Fallingwater (aka Kaufmann Residence) and has been called by the same institute as the "best all-time work of American architecture". He was honored in 1966 with his picture on a two-cent stamp.

Question by player thaibob

Answer: Waltham Abbey

Waltham Abbey is a town in the county of Essex. The church there is called the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence and it is the only remnant of monastery that existed there since the 12th century. All the buildings, bar the church, were demolished and part of the transept collapsed.

The courtyard of the church is widely believed to be the burial place of King Harold.

Question by player gme24

Answer: Walk the entire Great Wall of China

In 1908, William Geil became the first American to walk the length of it from "the tempestuous main of the Yellow Sea to the thirsty sands of the distant desert."

Question by player Billkozy