FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

A 20th Century Who's Who Trivia Quiz

How well do you know your school history? Well enough to recognise these famous people? Take this quiz and find out. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
152,722

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
6367

Last 3 plays: Guest 107 (4/10), Baldfroggie (7/10), Guest 136 (10/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. I was a US Army Air Force Brigadier General as well as a movie star. Hint

Glen Miller

Humphrey Bogart

James Stewart

John Wayne

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. I was born in San Francisco into an artistic family, I traced the roots of dance back to ancient Greece. Hint

Fred Astaire

Gene Kelly

Ginger Rogers

Isadora Duncan

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. I was the first person to fly the English Channel in 1909. Hint

Wilbur & Orville Wright

Charles Lindberg

Alcock & Brown

Louis Bleriot

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. I preached the "reverence of all life", and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952? Hint

Albert Schweitzer

Winston Churchill

Mahatma Gandhi

Charles de Gaulle

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. I was Stoke-on-Trent's, (UK), most famous sporting son, I was never sent off or booked. Who am I? Hint

Matt Busby

Gary Linekar

George Best

Stanley Mathews

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. I was called "the last of the Vikings" because of my travels. Hint

Crean

Nansen

Amundsen

Scott

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. I wrote "Mother Courage and her Children". Hint

Brecht

Pinter

Beckett

Osborne

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. My name is Ernest Rutherford, with which of these fields of human endeavour am I connected? Hint

Medicine

Physics

Photography

Sport

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. I was granted the world's first patent for wireless telegraphy. Hint

Edison

Baird

Bell

Marconi

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. Of which European country was Imre Nagy, Prime Minister for 10 days in the 1950s. Hint

Hungary

Bulgaria

Poland

Yugoslavia

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Most Recent Scores

Dec 13 2024 : Guest 107: 4/10
Dec 06 2024 : Baldfroggie: 7/10
Dec 05 2024 : Guest 136: 10/10
Nov 18 2024 : sw11: 10/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I was a US Army Air Force Brigadier General as well as a movie star.

Answer: James Stewart

James Stewart won best Oscar for "The Philadelphia Story". He was known for his nice guy image although my favourite is "Vertigo", where he tried for an image change.

2. I was born in San Francisco into an artistic family, I traced the roots of dance back to ancient Greece.

Answer: Isadora Duncan

Isadora believed in childrens' education being grounded in art, culture and spirituality as well as academic subjects. Her own two children were drowned in an accident, but she adopted six children from one of her schools. The press nicknamed them the "Isadorables".

3. I was the first person to fly the English Channel in 1909.

Answer: Louis Bleriot

Did you know that he designed a machine called an ornithopter which was intended to fly by flapping its wings? He also built the world's first successful monoplane, the Bleriot V.

4. I preached the "reverence of all life", and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952?

Answer: Albert Schweitzer

In 1913 with his wife, Helene, he opened a hospital in Lambarene in what then French Equatorial Africa, now Gabon. In his teaching of the interdependence of all life he was the forerunner of movements like Greenpeace. He was against the use of nuclear arms.

5. I was Stoke-on-Trent's, (UK), most famous sporting son, I was never sent off or booked. Who am I?

Answer: Stanley Mathews

He won 54 caps for England and made 30 war time appearences. He was never booked or sent off, what a great role model.

6. I was called "the last of the Vikings" because of my travels.

Answer: Amundsen

At 3.00 p.m., in December 1911, he raised the Norwegian flag at the South Pole, calling it Poleheim or Polehole. He died in the Arctic Ocean in 1928 after a plane crash.

7. I wrote "Mother Courage and her Children".

Answer: Brecht

His epitaph reads:
I need no gravestone but
If you need one for me
I would like it to bear these words.
He made suggestions, we
Carried them out.
Such an inscription would
Honour us all.

8. My name is Ernest Rutherford, with which of these fields of human endeavour am I connected?

Answer: Physics

Rutherford was born in New Zealand and taught for a year in Christchurch. By 1917, he was working in Cambridge. His work led to the development of the nuclear age. He determined the structure of the atom and led in the development of the proton accelerator.

9. I was granted the world's first patent for wireless telegraphy.

Answer: Marconi

Patent 7777, proved that wireless signals were not affected by the curvature of the earth. During WW1, Marconi worked on developing short wave.

10. Of which European country was Imre Nagy, Prime Minister for 10 days in the 1950s.

Answer: Hungary

In the 1950s, Nagy advocated a new course for Communism. This would have meant slowing industrialization, relaxing police terror, and allowing peasants to leave the collectives. When he threatened to pull Hungary out of the Warsaw Pact, Hungary was invaded by the Soviets. Nagy was captured and after a secret trial two years later was executed.

Source: Author Fiachra

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor bloomsby before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.