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    What prince founded one of the world's most populous religions and later became known as the Buddha?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Siddhartha Gautama. After becoming enlightened while meditating under a bodi tree, Gautama became the Buddha.

    What Macedonian King was one of the greatest innovators of ancient warfare and the father of Alexander the Great?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Philip. Philip II was the creator of the Macedonian Phalanx and fathered one of the brightest military minds of the period.

    Which Roman Emperor divided the empire into eastern and western halves effectively creating the Byzantine Empire?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Diocletian. Diocletion divided the great empire and named a second emperor to more effectivley administer the empire.

    Which Roman or Byzantine Emperor issued the Edict of Milan making Christianity legal in the empire?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Constantine.

    Which Frankish defeated a Muslim raiding party at Tours (also claimed as Poitiers) checking Muslim advance into Western Europe?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Charles Martel.

    What English commander defeated Napoleon at Waterloo ending the 'Hundred Days' and signaling the end of the French Emperor?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

    What Austrian politician's agenda at the Congress of Vienna organized Europe for the greater part of the period 1815-48?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Metternich.

    What Prussian politician was responsible for Germany's rise to power in the later parts of the 19th century?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Bismarck.

    Henry Ford made the automobile affordable, but who created the internal combustion engine to make the car possible?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Otto.

    Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparking a short range cause of World War I?Ten Influential People: Who Are They?

      Princip.

    My nationality is Polish and my job occupation is astronomer. I was one of the first to successfully challenge the geocentric model of the universe with my book, 'On Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres'. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Copernicus.

    My nationality is English and I was born in 1642. I did revolutionary work on force and gravity and can also be considered a successful astronomer and mathematician as I was one of two scholars to independently develop calculus. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Newton.

    My nationality is Portuguese although I sailed for Spain. I won fame for being the first sailor to circumnavigate the globe, however I actually made it more than halfway before being killed in a battle with natives in the Philippines. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Magellan.

    I am an Enlightenment era political critic. My most famous work is 'Two Treatises on Government'. Some of my ideas were so powerful that men like Thomas Jefferson borrowed them in their own famous works. My more famous thoughts include inherent rights of all men, the right of citizens to choose a government that works for them and the idea that humans are born with a 'clean slate'. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Locke.

    I am Scottish. I dramatically improved the way people worked by improving the already invented steam engine in 1769. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Watt.

    I served as a cavalry officer in the American West. There I commanded units of Buffalo Soldiers. I was given the nickname of 'Black Jack' at that time. I later won world fame as the CO of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Pershing.

    I was the Prime Minister of Britain during the late 1930's. During a September 1938 meeting in Munich also attended by French Premier Daladier, I conceded the Sudetenland to Adolf Hitler in a shameful attempt to avoid war with Germany. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Chamberlain.

    I became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985 and introduced reforms such as glasnost and perestroika. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Gorbachev.

    I was sentenced in 1964 to a life jail term for being an active member of the outlawed ANC in South Africa. I was released from prison in 1990 and in 1994 became the first Black President of South Africa. Who am I?Who Am I? (People of History)

      Nelson Mandela .

    Which World War Two leader was referred to as 'old blood and guts'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Patton. The real George C Scott was apparently a real pistol.

    Which Civil War politician was known as 'The Great Compromiser'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Henry Clay. Douglas was known as the 'Little Giant'.

    Which writer was known as the 'Belle of Amherst'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Emily Dickinson. A one-woman show for Julie Harris.

    A biography of which screen legend was entitled 'More Than A Woman' - a tribute to her incredible career and extraordinary life?Descriptions of Famous People

      Bette Davis. She did it all.

    A biography of which actor was appropriately entitled 'The Man Who Kept the Secrets'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Peter Lawford. He was one of the last to speak to Marilyn Monroe before her death. And as a ratpack friend of Sinatra and as a Kennedy in-law, he may have known some very interesting things.

    'He has written some things quite the best of their kind ... but the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind'. This was said about whom?Descriptions of Famous People

      Edgar Allan Poe. The poet Lowell said it about Poe during Poe's lifetime. Poe was not pleased.

    Books about which U.S. president were entitled 'Arrogance of Power' and 'Abuse of Power'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Richard Nixon.

    A good title for a biography of which U.S. president would be 'Socks, Sax and Sex'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Bill Clinton. Socks is the pet. You can figure out the rest.

    Russia was (loosely) described as 'an enigma wrapped in a riddle' by which man?Descriptions of Famous People

      Churchill.

    WWII : who was referred to as the 'Angel of Death'?Descriptions of Famous People

      Mengele. This doctor had his own interpretation of the Hippocratic oath.

    I was born 1873. On November 4th 1922, I discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen. I died in 1939. My name?Name The Right Person

      Howard Carter. George Marshall was an American general. Miguel Miramon a Mexican general. Edmund Hillary was, together with Tenzing Norgay, the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest.

    I was born in Russia in 1891. I composed the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' and the opera 'War and Peace'. Who am I?Name The Right Person

      Sergei Prokofiev. Rimski-Korsakov was one of Prokofiev's teachers. He was influenced by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.

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