FunTrivia People Mix: Vol 24 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst, heiress to the newspaper publishing fortune, and her boyfriend Steven Weed were kidnapped by the SLA whose avowed purpose was to lead the Black Revolution under the leadership of escaped prisoner Donald DeFreeze. Hearst participated in a bank robbery with the terrorist group which resulted in her conviction and imprisonment for nearly two years.

Her sentence was commuted by President Carter and she was subsequently pardoned by President Clinton. The Stockholm syndrome occurs whenever a hostage not only participates in the actions of his captors, but actively champions their cause.

Question by player Humanist

Answer: Abdulrahman Zeitoun

After his release, Zeitoun and his wife collaborated on a book based on their experiences. In addition, a charitable organization was set up to assist future disaster victims.

Question by player Jazmee27

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde did not delve very deeply below the surface of human nature, but found that there is often more on the surface of life than meets the eye.

* J. T. Grein, quoted in Sunday Special, 9 December 1900


Question by player zeeland55

Answer: Isabella I and Ferdinand II

Isabella and Ferdinand earned their title due to their fervent devotion to the Catholic faith and their efforts to promote Christianity in Spain. One of their most significant accomplishments was the completion of the Reconquista, a centuries-long campaign to drive out the Muslim Moors and unify the Iberian Peninsula under Christian rule. Isabella and Ferdinand's victory in the Reconquista culminated in the conquest of Granada in 1492, marking the final end of Muslim rule in Spain.

Additionally, they established the Spanish Inquisition in 1478, aimed at rooting out heresy and enforcing religious orthodoxy, further solidifying Catholic dominance in Spain. The Catholic Monarchs also sponsored the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, leading to the discovery of the Americas and the spread of Christianity to new lands.

Question by player trident

Answer: Aeschylus

Aeschylus is known as the "father of tragedy" because his plays arguably kickstarted the genre of tragedy as a whole. Some of his famous works include "The Oresteia", "The Persians", and "The Suppliants". His son Euphorion also went on to become a tragedian.

Question by player Lpez

Answer: First buried in the Valley of Kings

Thutmose I, the third pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, died in 1493 BC. His exact birthdate is unknown, however. Thutmose's achievements included extending Egypt's borders to the most distant they had been until his time, successful military campaigns into Nubia and the Levant, and the construction of many temples and building projects. Far more interesting though is the fact that he is said to be the first pharaoh buried in the famous Valley of the Kings, that famous resting place for Egyptian pharaohs and nobles for over 500 years. Even more interesting is a description of his mummy when finally unearthed in 1903-04. Egyptologist Gaston Maspero described it as follows: "The king was already advanced in age at the time of his death, being over fifty years old, to judge by the incisor teeth, which are worn and corroded by the impurities of which the Egyptian bread was full.

The body, though small and emaciated, shows evidence of unusual muscular strength; the head is bald, the features are refined, and the mouth still bears an expression characteristic of shrewdness and cunning".

Question by player Creedy

Answer: Kazimir Severinovich Malevich

Kazimir Malevich was born to Polish parents in Kiev in 1879. He worked in a variety of different painting styles, including Impressionism and Cubism. Eventually he settled into painting geometric shapes against minimal backgrounds. Some of his seminal works are 'Black Square' which depicts a black square against a white background, 'Black Circle', 'Red Square' and 'White on White'.

He is considered hugely influential in the style known as abstract art and his works have been shown in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Malevich died in 1935 at the age of 57 of cancer.

Question by player ramonesrule

Answer: Victor Hugo

Hugo wrote this beautiful depiction of mother and child. He is best known as novelist and artist. He authored (among other novels) "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables." Dumas is known for "The Three Musketeers", Marie Leveau was a famous voodoo queen in New Orleans and Marceau was a world-famous actor and mime ("Bip the Clown") until his death in 2007.

Question by player Jinxgirl

Answer: The Liberty Bell

Because the Liberty Bell cracked in 1835, Waas and fellow members demanded England's Whitechapel Foundry to pay back the money for the damaged icon. The foundry replied they would refund the amount in full, but only if the item was returned in its original package.

Question by player Lilady

Answer: Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan L Bean

After Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin's Apollo 11 mission, Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan Bean emulated their predecessors' feats during their Apollo 12 lunar mission in 1969. Former Marine Corps aviator John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth and the fifth man in space. All others mentioned are astronauts who have walked on the moon. (References are courtesy of Wikipedia.)

Question by player Trent500