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Who Was I in History? #3 Trivia Quiz

This is yet another quiz in my series of Who Was I? quizzes.

A multiple-choice quiz by mrbell. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mrbell

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
281,885

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1236

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (7/10), Guest 94 (2/10), Guest 90 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. We wrote the comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance". Who are We? Hint

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Gershwin and Webber

Sondheim and Hamlish

Gilbert and Sullivan

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Question 2 of 10

2. I starred as Captain Blood in the first great pirate film, "Captain Blood". Who am I? Hint

Errol Flynn

Charles Dalbert

Burt Lancaster

Geoffery Rush

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Question 3 of 10

3. I was appointed commander of a huge Chinese fleet in 1402. My fleet had more than 300 ships. Who am I? Hint

Mansa Musa

Taio Fenguang

Peperonitaca

Zheng He

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Question 4 of 10

4. I was a famous pirate. I was killed in 1722 when my pirate ship was attacked by the Royal Navy warship "Swallow". Who am I? Hint

William Kidd

Bartholomew Roberts

Howel Davis

Jean Bart

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Question 5 of 10

5. I wrote the book "The Art of Cookery" in 1747. One of the most famous recipes was mine for salmagundi. Who am I? Hint

Hannah Glasse

Ann Mills

Noah Bart

Anne Bonny

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Question 6 of 10

6. I was secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson. Who am I? Hint

Conrad McMunn

Albert Gallatin

Henry Grady

Francis Lowell

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Question 7 of 10

7. I was a minister and a member of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. Who am I? Hint

Theodore Weld

John Russwurm

Samuel Cornish

William Lloyd Garrison

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Question 8 of 10

8. I became Surgeon General of the Continental Army in April 1777. Who am I? Hint

William Fichet

Reginald Rose

Benjamin Rush

James Duke

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Question 9 of 10

9. I wrote "The Red Badge of Courage" Who am I? Hint

Henry Fleming

John Smith

Reginald Rose

Stephen Crane

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Question 10 of 10

10. I was a chief of the Crow Indians after I escaped from slavery. Who am I? Hint

Marcus Whitman

John Johnson

Jedediah Smith

James Beckwourth

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Dec 16 2024 : Guest 73: 7/10
Dec 15 2024 : Guest 94: 2/10
Dec 08 2024 : Guest 90: 6/10
Nov 20 2024 : snhha: 10/10
Nov 11 2024 : Guest 75: 6/10
Nov 06 2024 : Guest 99: 6/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We wrote the comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance". Who are We?

Answer: Gilbert and Sullivan

"The Pirates of Penzance" was first performed in 1879, and to this day, is still produced and filmed around the world. Sullivan composed the music, and Gilbert wrote the libretto.

2. I starred as Captain Blood in the first great pirate film, "Captain Blood". Who am I?

Answer: Errol Flynn

The classic movie "Captain Blood" was made in 1935 and made Errol Flynn an overnight star. Geoffery Rush stars as Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.

3. I was appointed commander of a huge Chinese fleet in 1402. My fleet had more than 300 ships. Who am I?

Answer: Zheng He

I am quite proud of myself for thinking up Peperonitaca and Taio Fenguang! Yes, Zheng He was appointed commander of a huge fleet in 1402 by a young emperor.

4. I was a famous pirate. I was killed in 1722 when my pirate ship was attacked by the Royal Navy warship "Swallow". Who am I?

Answer: Bartholomew Roberts

Bartholomew Roberts was a notorious pirate on the seven seas in the 1700s. His dead body was thrown overboard by his crew.

5. I wrote the book "The Art of Cookery" in 1747. One of the most famous recipes was mine for salmagundi. Who am I?

Answer: Hannah Glasse

Hannah Glasse's recipe for salmagundi included lettuce, roasted pullets, chickens, anchovies, parsley, sugar-loaf, onions, yolk of eggs, water, vinegar, salt, pepper, grapes, French beans, and many other things.

6. I was secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson. Who am I?

Answer: Albert Gallatin

Gallatin was a financial genius. He helped President Jefferson lower the federal debt by reducing government spending.

7. I was a minister and a member of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. Who am I?

Answer: Theodore Weld

Garrison helped to found the New England Anti-Slavery Society. Cornish and Russwurm started an abolitionist newspaper called "Freedom's Journal". Weld was a follower of Charles Grandison Finney, who led a crusade to stamp out slavery.

8. I became Surgeon General of the Continental Army in April 1777. Who am I?

Answer: Benjamin Rush

Dr. Rush wrote a letter to General Washington,complaining of the awful conditions of the hospitals that were treating the wounded soldiers. There were, at the time, about 5,000 troops being treated. Many were dying, not from injuries, but diseases that they were contracting in the hospitals.

9. I wrote "The Red Badge of Courage" Who am I?

Answer: Stephen Crane

Henry Fleming was the main character in "The Red Badge of Courage". Crane was born six years after the Civil War, and he never fought in war. His realistic portrayal of Henry Fleming as a young Union soldier was very convincing.

10. I was a chief of the Crow Indians after I escaped from slavery. Who am I?

Answer: James Beckwourth

Beckwourth discovered what is now a major route to California. This was through the Sierra-Nevada Mountains.

Source: Author mrbell

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