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

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
16,785

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
3528

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Question 1 of 5

1. Which French poet founded the symbolist school with Verlaine? Hint

Rimbaud

Mallarme

Villon

Moliere

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Question 2 of 5

2. What Arabian alchemist discovered nitric and sulphuric acids? Hint

Hassan

Geber

Al Hadd

Jinnedeh

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Question 3 of 5

3. Who developed artificial silk, the first artificial fiber, in 1883? Hint

Chardonnet

Levi-Strauss

Hale

Langley

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Question 4 of 5

4. Who was not an Archbishop of Canterbury? Hint

Lanfranc

Dundas

Augustine

Anselm

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Question 5 of 5

5. Whose government did Idi Amin overthrow in Uganda? Hint

Ngata

Kenyatta

Obote

Nkrumah

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which French poet founded the symbolist school with Verlaine?

Answer: Mallarme

2. What Arabian alchemist discovered nitric and sulphuric acids?

Answer: Geber

3. Who developed artificial silk, the first artificial fiber, in 1883?

Answer: Chardonnet

4. Who was not an Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer: Dundas

5. Whose government did Idi Amin overthrow in Uganda?

Answer: Obote

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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