People by Country Trivia

1. Which famous artist, known also as the "Prince of Montparnasse", was born in the Bulgarian city of Vidin on March 31, 1885?

From Quiz Mighty Bulgarians

Answer: Jules Pascin

Jules Pascin, was a renown Bulgarian artist, famous for his drawings of women, shown usually nude or partly dressed. He became a symbol of the Montparnasse artistic community when he moved to France in 1905. During WWI he emigrated to the United States and eventually became an American citizen. Later in his life, Pascin became addicted to alcohol and had problems with depression. He suddenly died in 1930, most likely of suicide, at the age of 45.

From Quiz Crossing The Pond

Answer: Dario Franchitti

Franchitti was born in Bathgate, Scotland and from his motor racing start in karting, progressed through the various series up to the British Formula Three Championship. Although he finished fourth in this series, he was not retained for the following season, so went to drive in the German Touring Car Championship and later, the International Touring Car Championship. The ITC folded after a single season though, due to lack of revenue and Franchitti moved to USA to compete in CART racing with Hogan Racing, before moving to Team Green in 1998. In 2003, he moved to Indy with Team Green, now renamed Andretti Green, winning his first IRL IndyCar Series race in 2004 after missing most of the previous season with a back injury. 2007 marked the start of his glory seasons when he won the IndyCar Championship. After a brief flirtation with NASCAR in 2008, he returned to Indy with Chip Ganassi Racing, with whom he won the championship in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Franchitti's career ended in 2013 when, following huge crash at Houston that left him with a spinal fracture, he was warned that to continue racing would risk permanent paralysis. Other British born sports stars that have excelled in USA include Phil Stockman in Major League Baseball, Steve Smith in the NHL, Admiral Schofield in NBA, Jay Ajayi in NFL and John Jackson in NASCAR.

From Quiz They Come From A Land That's Gone

Answer: Adriana Karembeu

Adriana Karembeu was born in Czechoslovakia, Laetitia Casta in France, Carla Bruni in Italy, and Adriana Lima in Brazil. Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

From Quiz Three Legged People

Answer: Snowboarding

Gillings, later Gillings-Brier after her marriage, or Zoe GB for short, first competed at the the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. This Olympic debut came just eight months after doctors told her that following an accident which shattered all the mid bones in her left foot, she might never walk again, let alone snowboard. She finished in 15th place in Turin and also competed in Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014, placing eighth and ninth respectively before getting married in 2014 and giving birth to her first child in 2016. She returned to the slopes following childbirth and qualified for the 2018 Olympic team, where she was eliminated at the quarter finals stage.

From Quiz American Woman

Answer: Emily Murphy

Emily Gowan Ferguson (1868-1933) grew up with a father who supported and encouraged equality among his children and Emily would play with her brothers and they would share some of the household responsibilities. Several members of her family held political positions or studied law, including her grandfather who was involved in the Orange Order, an uncle who was a senator, and another uncle who was a Supreme Court justice. Her husband, Arthur Murphy, was an Anglican priest, and it was during his time working as a priest that she became passionate about helping women after she witnessed some injustices that women suffered legally. Emily was influential in the passing of the Dower Act in Alberta, which gave married women the right to a third of their husbands' property. In 1916, she was appointed as a magistrate, becoming the first woman in Canada to hold the position, but some questioned her right to sentence others since women were not legally considered persons at the time. She headed the move to change the definition of person in Canada's constitution to include women in the Persons Case. She, along with Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Muir Edwards, became known as the "Famous Five" for their work in women's rights activism.

From Quiz They Were Born Where?!

Answer: England

Bob Hope, who lived to the ripe old age of 100 years, was born in Eltham, London in 1903. His family moved to the US in 1908, where they settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Finding his love of entertaining at an early age, Hope busked in the streets performing singing, dancing and comedy routines. He also won a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest at the age of 12.

From Quiz People by Country

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 in Kentucky. Before becoming a politician he was a lawyer. On 4 March 1861 he became the 16th President of United States. Just four years after becoming the President he was assassinated, on 15 April 1865.

From Quiz Famous People Linked to Malta

Answer: St. Paul

According to the Acts, St. Paul was upon a ship carrying 276 people on board. After a severe storm that lasted more than fourteen days, they were shipwrecked but all passengers made it safely to the island. St. Luke, the author of Acts, was with St. Paul, so the story has a lot of detail. St. Paul is credited as being the saint who converted Malta to Christianity. Initially the locals thought he was a villain, because just after the shipwreck, he was bitten by a venomous viper. But when the saint just shook the snake into the fire and nothing happened to him, the locals thought that he must be a god! The full story is found in chapters 27/28 of the Acts of the Apostles.

From Quiz Senegalese

Answer: France

The first goal of that World Cup was scored by Bouba Diop. It surprised everyone, as it also meant the first goal of the World Cup was scored by Senegal, which was playing for the first time in a World Cup, and against the reigning champion. (France had won the previous World Cup). Bouba Diop has played in several English league teams, as well as in Greece and France.

From Quiz Where Were They Born?

Answer: Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense in Denmark. He began his literary career writing short stories and poems. His first novel "The Improvisatore" was published in 1835 and was well received. Also in 1835 he published the first instalment of "Fairy Tales", which continued in 1836 and 1837; however they were not very successful initially. Andersen did not just write fairy tales. He also wrote poetry and including one that that was successfully set to music. He also wrote travel sketches based on his extensive trips. He returned to writing more fairy tales in the 1840s and became famous throughout Europe. Some of his better known fairy tales are "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Princess and the Pea", and "The Emperor's New Clothes". There is a statue of "The Little Mermaid" in Copenhagen harbour, in honour of Hans Christian Andersen. In 2006 in Shanghai, China, a multi-million dollar theme park opened based on Andersen's tales and life.

From Quiz Famous Men with Filipino Blood

Answer: Allan Pineda Lindo Jr.

Allan Pineda Lindo Jr. is a Filipino-American rap artist and an occasional drummer of the rap group "Black Eyed Peas". He was born in Pampanga, Philippines on November 28, 1974.

From Quiz Don't Get Your Nicaraguans in a Twist

Answer: Gioconda Belli

When Gioconda Belli was born, Nicaragua was ruled by the oppressive dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Garcia. As the dictatorship continued under successive rulers, resistance grew amongst the Nicaraguan people and eventually led to the formation of the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front). "The Country Under My Skin" describes Gioconda's role in the movement and offers an insight into what challenges the Sandinistas faced, what their aims for the country were and the sacrifices that needed to be made in order to achieve freedom from oppression. One theme running throughout the work is how she is treated differently as a woman. Interesting meetings with Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos help to highlight this point.

From Quiz Big Names of Bangladesh

Answer: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

He was entitled as Bangabandhu meaning the friend of Bengal. His daughter Sheikh Hasina became Prime Minister in 1996.

From Quiz Cape to Cairo Historical Figures

Answer: Cecil John Rhodes

Rhodes amassed a fortune from the mines in South Africa, and actively sought to enlarge British holdings in southern Africa. The territories of Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) were named after him. His legacy continues today in the well-known Rhodes Scholarship, but his name is also a vivid reminder of the scourge of imperialism.

From Quiz Passports Please

Answer: Wales

Harold Michael England M.B.E., was born on 2nd December 1941 in Holywell, Wales. Mike played 400 times and scored 19 goals for Spurs between 1966-1975. He was an F.A. Cup winner with them in 1967. He was capped 44 times for Wales. Mike finished is career from 1975-1979 playing 106 times and scoring 6 goals for the Seattle Sounders in the NASL.

From Quiz Birthplaces of Well-Known People II

Answer: Caslav, Czech Republic

Milos Forman, director of "Amadeus", "Taking Off", "Goya's Ghosts", "Hair", "Man on the Moon", or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", was previously a successful Czechoslovak director (up to 1968). Forman has two Oscars for directing, the first for the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and second for "Amadeus". This movie was shot on original historical locations in Prague.

From Quiz Birthplaces of Well-Known People I

Answer: Pittsburgh, USA

The American pop art star was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, into a family of European immigrants. His parents had moved to the USA from the village Mikova (in Slovakia). Some internet sources claim that Andy Warhol was of Slovak or even Czech origin. In fact, Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola - Varhola) was of Ruthenian origin. (Ruthenia was annexed to the Ukraine by the USSR in 1945). The village of Mikova lies 17km away from Medzilaborce where the oldest museum of Andy Warhol (established in 1991) can be found.

From Quiz Quotes About Countries And Their People

Answer: John Major

It was certainly not Edward Heath who would have seen Britain as a kind of "fifth column" within Europe. In Margaret Thatcher's views there was no place for Britain within the European oyster, not even as grit. And Sir Winston was basically in favour of a United Europe, but then most probably with Britain as its leader. John Major had to take into account the Euroskeptics in his party and steered a middle course between courting Europe and rejecting it.

From Quiz Famous Non-Belgians and Non-Canadians

Answer: Alexander the Great

Though the "Yugoslavians" and the Greeks have claimed him, Alexander was in fact a Macedonian-- and NOT a Canadian. He apparently never visited Toronto or Bruges, though if he had he doubtless would have found them "touristy". It is to be stressed that history does NOT record what his views might have been on curling, Eddie Merckx, Maggie Trudeau or the Mannekin Pis.

From Quiz 20 Famous Norwegians

Answer: Harald V

He was made king after his father, Olav V, died in 1991.

From Quiz Famous Poles in the World's History

Answer: Wojtyla

The real name of the now-deceased Pope John Paul II is Karol Wojtyla. The first non-Italian pope since 1522, he made numerous foreign trips during his papacy, contributed to the fall of the communism in Poland and the end of the Cold War.

From Quiz Quotes About People And Peoples

Answer: England

From Quiz Portuguese Explorers from 15th to 17th Centuries

Answer: Infante D. Henry

Infante D. Henrique of Portugal (1394-1460) more commonly known as Prince Henry the Navigator. Born in Porto, he was the third son of King John I and Philippa of Lancaster. Despite being known as "the navigator," Henry never actually went on any voyages himself, however he financed the expeditions. He established a school for navigators and map makers. In 1420, he was made administrator general of the Order of Christ, which gave him access to funds to fund explorations of Northern Africa. During that period, Portugal colonized the island of Madeira, the Azores, and several of the Cape Verde islands. Voyages were sent to the West African coast, many of which returned to Portugal with gold and slaves

From Quiz Not Bjork Again

Answer: Children's fiction

Yes, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir writes both crime novels and children's fiction - an interesting combination. Her first crime novel, "Last Rites", was published in 2005 and was the first in the series featuring lawyer Thóra Gudmundsdóttir. She has also authored another successful series featuring child psychologist Freyja and police detective Huldar, beginning with "The Legacy" in 2018. Her children's book "Biobörn" won the Icelandic Children's Book Award in 2003. The title translates to "Cinema Children" in English. As well as being a best-selling author, Yrsa is a civil engineer. She didn't start writing until she was in her 30s. Phoenix Rising team member lg549 authored this question and that's the extent of her authoring.

From Quiz Crossing The Pond

Answer: Louisa Adams

Not only was Louisa, wife of John Quincy Adams, the first First Lady to be born outside USA, she was the only one until Melania Trump became First Lady 192 years later. She was a very reclusive First Lady who took no great enjoyment in the role, preferring to spend her time reading alone or playing her harp. She died in 1852, four years after the death of her husband and the occasion of her funeral marked the first time that both houses of the US Congress had adjourned in mourning for a woman.

From Quiz They Come From A Land That's Gone

Answer: Ivo Pogorelic

Kemal Gekic was born in Split, Ksenija Zecevic and Marina Arsenijevic are ladies. All of them were born in Yugoslavia.

From Quiz Three Legged People

Answer: Sunday

Brian Stowell is often credited with the revival of the Manx language and devoted his time tirelessly to the cause, beginning when he was still in high school and was part of a programme to record the last native speakers, continuing right up to his death in 2019. He also served as "Yn Lhaihder" (The Reader) to the Manx parliament, the Tynwald for several years, the main role of which is to read the summaries of the new Acts of Tynwald in Manx. Just in case you were wondering, the days of the week in Manx are, Jedoonee - Sunday, Jelune - Monday, Jemayrt - Tuesday, Jecrean - Wednesday, Jerdein - Thursday, Jeheiney - Friday and Jesarn - Saturday.

From Quiz American Woman

Answer: Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Rigoberta Menchú was born in a small Mayan community in Guatemala in 1959. During the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), she lost the members of her family to the genocide of the indigenous population, which is sometimes called the Silent Holocaust or Maya genocide. Her father died during the 1980 occupation and burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala, her mother and one of her brothers were tortured and murdered, and her other brother was shot while trying to escape after being threatened by soldiers. Menchú began working to speak out against the government injustices and support the resistance to the oppression. In 1981, she was exiled from Guatemala and went to Mexico. In 1982, she worked with a Venezuelan author named Elisabeth Burgos, to create the book, "I, Rigoberta Menchú" ("Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia" in Spanish), which told her story and gained international attention. In exile, she continued to work as an activist and campaigned against the human rights violations being committed by the Guatemalan government. In 1992, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

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