Historic Figures Trivia Questions
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Who was the governor of New Netherland known by the nickname 'Wooden Leg Pete'?
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peter stuyvesant
Who stepped down as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association at the age of 80 in 1900?
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susan b. anthony
Who became chief justice in 1801, the same year his cousin Thomas Jefferson became president?
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john marshall
Who was the highest-scoring U.S. air ace in World War I who went to France as a member of Pershing's staff?
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rickenbacker
Who was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters and is known for writing 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'?
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julia ward howe
In the 1870s, which shipping and railroad magnate donated $1 million, leading a Nashville university to be renamed in his honor?
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cornelius vanderbilt
Which famous wife, who was in a rock band in high school, campaigned to put warning labels on rock records?
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tipper gore
Which 20th-century leader, known as the prophet of nonviolence, had Gujarati as his native language?
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mahatma gandhi
Which Native American leader became the father-in-law of John Rolfe in April 1614?
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powhatan
Who was appointed Brigadier General of the South Carolina militia in 1780 and was known as the 'Swamp Fox'?
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francis marion
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