FunTrivia People Mix: Vol 21 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wilson

Russell Wilson led his Seattle Seahawks to their first National Football League title in 2014. Luke and Owen Wilson have been gracing the screen for several years. And Ann and Nancy Wilson founded the rock group Heart in 1976. Other famous Wilsons are President Woodrow and Beach Boys Brian and Dennis. And of course, Tom Hanks' friend in "Cast Away".

Question by player Spaudrey

Answer: Paris, France

She died in a car accident. Her chauffeur was drunk while driving. Her date was killed too; he was with her in the same car. Her bodyguard was wearing a seat belt; and survived. This accident took place on 31 August 1997.

Question by player tritran5555

Answer: Samuel Colt

Maestro Beretta was the founder of the Beretta company, an Italian arms manufacturer which is the oldest such company in the world. Mikhail Kalashnikov is best known for the development of the AK-47 assault rifle (AK stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova). Colt revolutionized the mass production of firearms (applying the ideas of the assembly line and interchangeable parts to his products).

His repeating revolvers and manufacturing practices allowed for a wide dissemination of fairly easy-to-use deadly weapons.

Question by player H0lyAerith

Answer: Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson clearly has a sense of humour. Born in 1950 in London, UK, Richard expressed from a young age that he wanted to become an entrepreneur. He certainly achieved this desire. He is known as being a billionaire and a successful commercial astronaut, entrepreneur and business magnate.

He is particularly renowned though for founding the Virgin Group in the 1970s - a group which included Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records. The Virgin group in 2022 controlled more than 400 companies in various fields.

In March 2000, Richard Branson was knighted for 'services to entrepreneurship' and in 2007, he ranked in 'Time' magazine's list of the '100 Most Influential People in The World'.

Question by player heatherlois

Answer: Karol Wojtyla

Karol Josef Wojtyla reigned as John Paul II, the Pope of the Catholic Church from 16 October 1978, until his death on 2 April 2005.

Question by player krzys44

Answer: the brother of John Wilkes Booth

Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth saved Lincoln's life on a train platform in Jersey City, New Jersey. Booth kept Lincoln from falling under a train. At the time, Booth did not know the name of the man he saved. Months later when he was told who he saved, he advised it gave him a "small bit of comfort" in saving the son of the man his brother assassinated.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the Philippines in the year 1521 while in the service of the King of Spain. He died in the famous Battle of Mactan, led by the natives named Lapu-lapu.

Question by player euab

Answer: Louis-Sébastien Lenormand

The oldest parachute design appears in an anonymous manuscript from the 1470s in Italy, and slightly later a more sophisticated parachute was sketched by the Leonardo da Vinci in 1485. The modern parachute was invented by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in France, who made the first recorded jump in 1783.

Question by player ArthurR

Answer: Picasso

When Picasso was in the blue period, he was sad and painted blue paintings. In the rose period, Picasso was very happy and painted red paintings.

Question by player dash102

Answer: Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma

Marie Louise was the eldest child of emperor Francis II of Austria and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. She was born in 1791, married Napoleon in 1810 and had a son in 1811.


Question by player Babilonia