Was Alexander Great? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was born in Scotland but later in life moved to Canada. He made the first telephone call in March 1876 and founded the Bell Telephone Company the following year. He was also the co-founder of AT&T.

Answer: Pope

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was a renown English poet and satirist who was educated at home as Catholics were not allowed to attend universities. He translated "The Iliad" and also co-translated "The Odyssey". There are a plethora of quotes attributed to him among which is "To err is human, to forgive, divine."

Answer: Borodin

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) was a Russian composer, medical doctor and organic chemist from St. Petersburg. Borodin was befriended by Franz Liszt who helped him perform his music outside of Russia. "Prince Igor" was his second opera and probably his most important musical work.

Answer: Haig

General Alexander Haig (1924-2010) served under three Presidents - Reagan (Secretary of State), Nixon and Ford (White House Chief of Staff). He convinced Nixon to resign over the Watergate scandal. He also ran for president in 1988. However, he was beaten by George H.W. Bush.

Answer: Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263) was the Grand Prince of Vladimir and Prince of Novgorod. He helped defend Russia from the Swedish and German armies as well as Teutonic knights. Later, instead of fighting the invading Mongol army, he collaborated with them and arranged to pay tributes to them, for which he was widely criticized.

Answer: Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) was born in the British West Indies and later moved to North America where he graduated from King's College in New York City.
George Washington made him Secretary of the Treasury in 1789 which he held until 1795. Hamilton lost his life in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr after a shot fatally wounded him.

Answer: Fleming

Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) studied medicine in London in the hope of becoming a surgeon, however, he became interested in bacteriology and immunology. Penicillin was discovered by accident and Fleming at first thought this was another enzyme, like lysozyme which he had discovered earlier.In fact this was the first antibiotic.

He was knighted in 1944 and received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.

Answer: Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was a Russian novelist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. He was able to accept the award in 1974 after his exile. He was sentenced for eight years in a labor camp over his remarks concerning Joseph Stalin and "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was partly based on his time here.

Answer: von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is known for his work on geography and geology gained from his travels across four continents. He influenced many well known scientists such as Charles Darwin and John Perkins Marsh. His five volume treatise "Cosmos -A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe" is still considered to be a scientific masterpiece.

Answer: Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was born into a noble family and spent most of his time writing novels and poetry .He is considered by most people as Russia's greatest poet. He was fatally wounded during a duel with his brother-in-law.