Historical Figures Trivia Questions
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Who was the British pottery maker that died on January 3, 1795, in Etruria near Stoke-on-Trent?
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josiah wedgwood
Which queen's son Louis XVII, who probably died of natural causes at age 10, was believed by many to have been poisoned?
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marie antoinette
Who was nicknamed 'Little Sure Shot'?
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annie oakley
Who served as the military governor of Judea from 26 to 36 A.D.?
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pontius pilate
Who was the Ugandan heavyweight boxing champion from 1951 to 1960 and later became a dictator?
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idi amin
Who headed the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Labor during the 1980s?
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elizabeth dole
At which university did Isaac Newton enter as a subsizar in 1661?
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cambridge
Who led a group of men in 1775 to cut the Wilderness Trail through the Cumberland Gap?
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daniel boone
Who became the National Security Advisor in 1987 and later served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, being an African-American?
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colin powell
Which Israeli military leader lost his left eye in 1941 while scouting positions in Syria?
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moshe dayan
Who met his writing partner in Paris during the 1840s with revolution in the air?
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karl marx
Who gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth I on September 7, 1533?
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anne boleyn
Who graduated last in his class at West Point in 1846 and led a famous charge at the Battle of Gettysburg?
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george pickett
Who is the sage whose grandson Tzu Ssu is attributed with the 'Doctrine of the Mean' or 'Chung Yung'?
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confucius
Who founded and edited a newspaper called the North Star prior to the Civil War?
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frederick douglass
Who became the first governor of metropolitan Manila in 1975 after being a former beauty queen?
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imelda marcos
Which Argentine leader returned to his country in 1973 after 18 years in exile?
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juan perón
Who fired Archibald Cox in 1973 and had his Supreme Court nomination rejected by the Senate in 1987?
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robert bork
Who was known as 'The Lady with the Hatchet,' unrelated to Lizzie Borden?
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carrie nation
Who, known for his charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, sold insurance after the Civil War?
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george pickett
Which famous American's criticisms of Aaron Burr's character led to their fatal duel in 1804?
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alexander hamilton
Which renowned British nurse nearly succumbed to Crimean fever during the Crimean War?
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florence nightingale
Which ex-slave, known as the 'Moses of Her People', helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom during the Civil War?
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harriet tubman
Who was the 16th-century writer of the hymn 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God'?
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martin luther
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