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Who Are They? Trivia Quiz

Match the description with the person being described.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
37,638

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2360

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. He's known as the 'King of The Cowboys' Hint

John Wayne

Roy Rogers

Gene Autry

Hopalong Cassidy

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'First in war,first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen' Hint

Paul Revere

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Ben Franklin

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Question 3 of 10

3. She was known as the 'virgin queen' Hint

Isabella

Victoria

Mary

Elizabeth I

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Question 4 of 10

4. He has been descriebd as 'the faultless painter' and the painter 'without error' Hint

Goya

El Greco

Andrea Del Sarto

Jan Van Eyck

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'The heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind' Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Henry James

Oscar Wilde

T.S. Eliot

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus'. Who is 'he'? Hint

Marc Antony

Coriolanus

Julius Caesar

Titus Andronicus

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'He loved not wisely, but too well' Hint

Othello

Hamlet

Romeo

Lear

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Question 8 of 10

8. He was known as the 'Little Giant' Hint

Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun

Daniel Webster

Stephen Douglas

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Question 9 of 10

9. He was known as the 'prince of players' Hint

John Wilkes Booth

Edwin Booth

Junius Booth

Asia Booth

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to the world: 'this was a man'. What play? Hint

Julius Caesar

Antony and Cleopatra

Hamlet

King Lear

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. He's known as the 'King of The Cowboys'

Answer: Roy Rogers

The others did quite well, too

2. 'First in war,first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen'

Answer: George Washington

It also used to be said that Washington 'was last in the American League'

3. She was known as the 'virgin queen'

Answer: Elizabeth I

Hence, 'Virginia'

4. He has been descriebd as 'the faultless painter' and the painter 'without error'

Answer: Andrea Del Sarto

The descriptions come from Vasari and Robert Browning, respectively

5. 'The heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

The poet Lowell said this of {Poe;} Poe was not pleased

6. 'He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus'. Who is 'he'?

Answer: Julius Caesar

Cassius' comment about Caesar from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

7. 'He loved not wisely, but too well'

Answer: Othello

Shakespeare again

8. He was known as the 'Little Giant'

Answer: Stephen Douglas

Now known only as a footnote to the story of Lincoln

9. He was known as the 'prince of players'

Answer: Edwin Booth

A theatrical family ... but this was said of Edwin

10. 'His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to the world: 'this was a man'. What play?

Answer: Julius Caesar

Shakespeare - again from 'Julius Caesar'

Source: Author robert362

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