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Quiz about Descriptions of Famous People

Descriptions of Famous People Trivia Quiz

I've provided descriptions of some famous people. It's your task to identify the individuals being described. Some are easy. For the others, you might be able to figure out the answers even if you don't know the quotation.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
18,152

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
9177

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 166 (7/10), bgronvigh (7/10), Guest 73 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which World War Two leader was referred to as 'old blood and guts'? Hint

Montgomery

Nimitz

Patton

Halsey

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which American politician who lived from 1777-1852 was known as 'The Great Compromiser'? Hint

Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun

Daniel Webster

Stephen Douglas

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which writer was known as the 'Belle of Amherst'? Hint

Emily Dickinson

Christina Rossetti

Elizabeth Browning

George Sand

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Question 4 of 10

4. A biography of which screen legend was entitled 'More Than A Woman' - a tribute to her incredible career and extraordinary life? Hint

Bette Davis

Carole Lombard

Clara Bow

Linda Darnell

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Question 5 of 10

5. A biography of which actor was appropriately entitled 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets'? Hint

Dean Martin

Sammy Davis Jr.

Frank Sinatra

Peter Lawford

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'He has written some things quite the best of their kind ... but the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind'. This was said about whom? Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

D.H. Lawrence

F Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

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Question 7 of 10

7. Books about which U.S. president were entitled 'Arrogance of Power' and 'Abuse of Power'? Hint

John Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 8 of 10

8. A good title for a biography of which U.S. president would be 'Socks, Sax and Sex'? Hint

Bill Clinton

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

William Taft

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Question 9 of 10

9. Russia was (loosely) described as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" by which man? Hint

Hitler

Mussolini

Churchill

Stalin

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Question 10 of 10

10. WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'? Hint

Rommel

Goering

Mengele

Himmler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which World War Two leader was referred to as 'old blood and guts'?

Answer: Patton

The real George C Scott was apparently a real pistol.

2. Which American politician who lived from 1777-1852 was known as 'The Great Compromiser'?

Answer: Henry Clay

Douglas was known as the 'Little Giant'.

3. Which writer was known as the 'Belle of Amherst'?

Answer: Emily Dickinson

A one-woman show for Julie Harris.

4. A biography of which screen legend was entitled 'More Than A Woman' - a tribute to her incredible career and extraordinary life?

Answer: Bette Davis

She did it all.

5. A biography of which actor was appropriately entitled 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets'?

Answer: Peter Lawford

He was one of the last to speak to Marilyn Monroe before her death and, as a ratpack friend of Sinatra and a Kennedy in-law, he may have known some very interesting things.

6. 'He has written some things quite the best of their kind ... but the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind'. This was said about whom?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

The poet Lowell said it about Poe during Poe's lifetime. Poe was not pleased.

7. Books about which U.S. president were entitled 'Arrogance of Power' and 'Abuse of Power'?

Answer: Richard Nixon

8. A good title for a biography of which U.S. president would be 'Socks, Sax and Sex'?

Answer: Bill Clinton

Socks is the pet. You can figure out the rest.

9. Russia was (loosely) described as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" by which man?

Answer: Churchill

10. WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'?

Answer: Mengele

This doctor had his own interpretation of the Hippocratic oath.

Source: Author robert362

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