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Lesser Known 'H' People Trivia Quiz

These people may not be the most important and/or significant people whose names begin with 'H', but they sure thought so at the time. Good luck!

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

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,057

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
816

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which Swiss physician is said to be the founder of modern neurology? Hint

Hale

Haller

Heine

Herder

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which British artist created the collage called 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' in 1956? Hint

Hals

Hepworth

Howard

Hamilton

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the youngest of the ten Sikh gurus, upon becoming a guru? Hint

Hargobind

Har Krishen

Har Rai

Har Diharhar

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the Belgian doctor who is said to have coined the word 'gas' (from the Greek for 'chaos')? Hint

Haldar

Hooltz

Hillegos

Helmont

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the Nun who wrote the earliest surviving book on science written by a woman? Hint

Harriot

Hortensia

Hypatia

Hildegard

6. He was Chinese Communist Party chairman beginning in 1981, and was a protege of Deng Xiaoping. He was removed from his official positions in 1987, a scapegoat for the student uprising of 1986. Who was he? Hint

Hua Guofeng

Hsuan Zong

Huang Depei

Hu Yaobang

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the German philosopher that founded phenomenology? Hint

Hermann

Hultz

Herder

Husserl

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Scottish geologist is considered to be the founder of the science of geology? Hint

Harton

Hilton

Hutton

Henton

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which U.S. politician is called the 'Father of the United Nations'? Hint

Hanson

Haig

Hutton

Hull

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Question 10 of 10

10. What gentle lady authored the poem and song 'Mary had a Little Lamb'? Hint

Hanson

Hale

Hall

Hill

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Swiss physician is said to be the founder of modern neurology?

Answer: Haller

Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) concluded that it was nerves that provided stimulus for the contraction of muscles and also was the first to suggest that it was the nerves in our body that allowed us to feel different sensations, rather than our skin, hair, or muscles.

2. Which British artist created the collage called 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' in 1956?

Answer: Hamilton

Richard Hamilton's 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' is deemed by many to be the first work of the Pop Art movement.

3. Who was the youngest of the ten Sikh gurus, upon becoming a guru?

Answer: Har Krishen

Har Krishen was only five years old when he became the eighth Sikh guru, and died at the tender age of eight.

4. Who was the Belgian doctor who is said to have coined the word 'gas' (from the Greek for 'chaos')?

Answer: Helmont

A pioneer in the field of chemistry, Jean Baptiste van Helmont also was the first scientist to observe that gases could exist separately from the atmosphere.

5. What is the name of the Nun who wrote the earliest surviving book on science written by a woman?

Answer: Hildegard

Hildegard of Bingen wrote 'Liber Scivias', a mystical treatise, and also wrote the scientific encyclopedia 'Liber Simplicis Medicinae' which is the oldest surviving book about science that was penned by a woman.

Answer: Hu Yaobang

He died in 1989 (of a heart attack, but some have speculated about this) and his death was a catalyst for the Tiananmen Square uprising of that year.

7. Who was the German philosopher that founded phenomenology?

Answer: Husserl

He hoped that his phenomenology would become the primary science, the study of what is consciously experienced. He was an influence on both Heidegger and Schutz.

8. What Scottish geologist is considered to be the founder of the science of geology?

Answer: Hutton

He wrote the 'Theory of the Earth' in which he claimed that the Earth's age was infinite. He is associated with the theory of uniformitarianism....the explaining of events of the past using evidence from processes of the modern day.

9. Which U.S. politician is called the 'Father of the United Nations'?

Answer: Hull

Cordell Hull was secretary of state under Franklin Roosevelt from 1933-1944. He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1945.

10. What gentle lady authored the poem and song 'Mary had a Little Lamb'?

Answer: Hale

Sarah Jospeha Buell Hale wrote the famous children's poem in 1830. Children have been grateful ever since! Thank you for trying this quiz. I hope you have enjoyed it and will try some of my other alphabetical people quizzes.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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