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Lesser Known 'B' People Trivia Quiz

Though with less notoriety than some, are these individuals any less important in history? It is for each of us to decide. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
11,879

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
846

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the Latin name for the French scholar who convinced King Francis I to found the College de France? Hint

Budaeus

Berrilius

Bodleian

Brantius

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which British actor is believed to have been Shakespeare's original Hamlet, Othello and King Lear? Hint

John Buckley

Richard Burbage

Robert Burnet

Edmund Burke

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the German romantic poet responsible for the romantic ballad 'Lenore'? Hint

Brandt

Boldholtz

B�rger

Bintner

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Catholic saint was responsible for the founding of the Carthusian monastic order? Hint

St. Boris

St. Bruno

St. Boniface

St. Bonaventura

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Question 5 of 10

5. What scientist was the first to use the term 'Green Revolution'? Hint

Hermann Bondi

Joseph Black

Felix Bloch

Norman Borlaug

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the Canadian anatomist who discovered the 'Peking Man' in 1927? Hint

Brown

Beige

Blue

Black

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Question 7 of 10

7. Whose law gives a numerical sequence by which the distance of the planets from the sun can be obtained? Hint

Bode

Brahe

Brady

Bunsen

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Question 8 of 10

8. She was queen of the Iceni, and died by ingesting poison in 60 A.D. Name her! Hint

Bourguiba

Boscawen

Bossuet

Boudicca

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Question 9 of 10

9. He was known as the 'knight without fear and without reproach'. Who was this knight? Hint

Bailly

Bronsard

Bayard

Bouille

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these individuals was considered to be the ultimate Japanese master of haiku? Hint

Bunraku

Bushi

Basho

Benkei

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the Latin name for the French scholar who convinced King Francis I to found the College de France?

Answer: Budaeus

His French name was Guillaume Bude. The library of the College de France forms the nucleus of the Bibliotheque Nationale of France.

2. Which British actor is believed to have been Shakespeare's original Hamlet, Othello and King Lear?

Answer: Richard Burbage

Burbage's father and brother were responsible for building 'The Theatre' and the original 'Globe Theatre', respectively.

3. What is the name of the German romantic poet responsible for the romantic ballad 'Lenore'?

Answer: B�rger

Gottfried August B�rger (1747-94) was a writer of folk ballads, and his most famous work was the romantic piece called 'Lenore'. He taught at the University of G�ttingen, where he translated many famous works (from Homer to Shakespeare) into German for the first time.

4. Which Catholic saint was responsible for the founding of the Carthusian monastic order?

Answer: St. Bruno

He was born in Cologne Germany, in 1030 A.D. and was head of the cathedral school in Rheims from 1057-76.

5. What scientist was the first to use the term 'Green Revolution'?

Answer: Norman Borlaug

He developed high-yield wheat crops, along with other inventions that helped spur the 'green revolution'.

6. What was the name of the Canadian anatomist who discovered the 'Peking Man' in 1927?

Answer: Black

Davidson Black discovered Peking Man during a period of political turmoil in China. Consequently, the original bones and skull of 'Peking Man' were lost and/or destroyed.

7. Whose law gives a numerical sequence by which the distance of the planets from the sun can be obtained?

Answer: Bode

Johann Elert Bode also published the first atlas of the stars, called 'Uranographia', in 1801. His law is, of course, commonly refered to as 'Bode's Law'.

8. She was queen of the Iceni, and died by ingesting poison in 60 A.D. Name her!

Answer: Boudicca

King Prasutagus was a vassal of Rome, after his death his queen, Boudicca, raised England in revolt. Sadly, this revolt was easily crushed. She committed suicide soon after.

9. He was known as the 'knight without fear and without reproach'. Who was this knight?

Answer: Bayard

A French soldier, Pierre du Terrail Bayard (Chevalier Bayard) was propagated for many generations to come as the ideal man of chivalry.

10. Which of these individuals was considered to be the ultimate Japanese master of haiku?

Answer: Basho

Basho's most well known work is called 'oku-no-hosomichi' or 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'. It is still very readable today, in either Japanese or quality translation. Thank you for attempting this quiz. If you enjoyed it, please feel free to try my many other alphabetical people quizzes.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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