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D People Trivia Quiz

Delve Deeply to Discover these Delightfully Difficult Denizens of the past.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
11,924

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Impossible

Avg Score
3 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which artist, along with his wife, invented Orphism?

Answer: (Last name, begins with D, 8 letters.)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Vietnamese born French writer wrote the script for the film 'Hiroshima mon amour'? Hint

Duras

Duvivier

Dutilleux

Duparc

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Zulu chief attained that position by murdering the famous chief Shaka?

Answer: (One word name, starts with D, 7 letters.)

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Question 4 of 10

4. A prominent French revolutionary, he summoned the mob to arms on July 12th, 1789, precipitating the revolt that led to the storming of the Bastille. Who was he? Hint

Danton

Dessalines

Deschamps

Desmoulins

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the chemist who discovered vitamin K? Hint

Doisy

Dean

Daniell

Dam

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which female Chinese novelist was imprisoned in the 1930s by the Guomindang, and again in the 1960s by the Communists, being accused of both leftist and rightist tendencies? Hint

Deng Liao

Ding Ling

Du Xiu

Dong Mei-ling

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Greek mathematician wrote the 'Arithmetica' in 275 A.D., one of the first algebraic problem-solving books?

Answer: (One word name, starts with D, 10 letters.)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which follower of the first Japanese Zen monk Eisai created the Soto school of Zen?

Answer: (One word, starts with D, 5 letters.)

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Question 9 of 10

9. From whom do we derive the quote 'No man is an island'? Hint

Donne

Disraeli

Donatello

Diogenes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the originator of the International Red Cross? Hint

Dunant

Dreyer

Dunbar

Douglas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which artist, along with his wife, invented Orphism?

Answer: Delaunay

Robert and Sonia Delaunay collaborated for most of their careers. Their creation, Orphism, was a variation on cubism involving pure color.

2. Which Vietnamese born French writer wrote the script for the film 'Hiroshima mon amour'?

Answer: Duras

Marguerite Duras also wrote a popular novel turned movie called 'The Lover' among others.

3. Which Zulu chief attained that position by murdering the famous chief Shaka?

Answer: Dingaan

He was subsequently deposed by his brother Mpande and was later murdered.

4. A prominent French revolutionary, he summoned the mob to arms on July 12th, 1789, precipitating the revolt that led to the storming of the Bastille. Who was he?

Answer: Desmoulins

Desmoulins also wrote the 'Histoire des Brissotins', a work which is credited with helping to topple the right-wing Girondins.

5. What was the name of the chemist who discovered vitamin K?

Answer: Dam

Carl Dam, Danish biochemist, discovered vitamin K and shared a Nobel Prize for Medicine with Edward Doisy in 1943. Doisy was the first to synthesize vitamin K.

6. Which female Chinese novelist was imprisoned in the 1930s by the Guomindang, and again in the 1960s by the Communists, being accused of both leftist and rightist tendencies?

Answer: Ding Ling

Ding Ling's works include 'Wei Hu' and 'The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River'. Her husband, writer Hu Yapin, was arrested and executed by some of Chiang Kai-shek's flunkies in the early 1930s. Her life was difficult, to say the least.

7. Which Greek mathematician wrote the 'Arithmetica' in 275 A.D., one of the first algebraic problem-solving books?

Answer: Diophantus

8. Which follower of the first Japanese Zen monk Eisai created the Soto school of Zen?

Answer: Dogen

Eisai was of course the monk who first brought Zen (called Ch'an in China) Buddhism to Japan in the late 12th century. Dogen stressed zazen, or seated meditation, as a regular practice for Zen monks.

9. From whom do we derive the quote 'No man is an island'?

Answer: Donne

We also received the quotes 'Death be not proud' and 'Ask not for whom the bell {tolls;} it tolls for thee' from him.

10. Who was the originator of the International Red Cross?

Answer: Dunant

Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss philanthropist, proposed that an international body be created that would help victims of war. His dream was fulfilled at the Geneva Convention of 1864 where the Red Cross was officially sanctioned. He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for his efforts.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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