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Facts on Famous People

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Facts on Famous People game quiz
"Here are ten interesting facts on people who have made their mark on the world. Have fun!"

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1. Generally known by a more familiar name, who was Robert Stroud?
    Robin Hood
    The Birdman of Alcatraz
    Jack the Ripper
    The Boston Strangler


2. Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41 AD) was given the nickname Caligula when he was a child by the soldiers of the Roman army. The meaning of this is "little soldier's boot". Why was he given this nickname?
    He wore a set of miniature boots
    He had soldier's boots for toys
    His nose was shape like a soldier's boot
    He liked to burn soldier's boots


3. Martha Wise (1884-1971) was an American woman who attempted to murder seventeen people by poisoning them. She succeeded with three. Why did she do this?
    She owned the funeral parlour
    She didn't like their religion
    She liked to go to funerals
    They were her in-laws


4. Purdue University in Indiana, USA, has two lunar astronauts graduates. One was the last man to walk on the moon under the Apollo lunar program. Who was the other?
    The first man on the moon under the Gemini program
    The third man on the moon under the Astral program
    The first man on Mars under the Gemini program
    The first man on the moon under the Apollo program


5. How did the audience members react to the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring" in Paris in 1913?
    They rioted
    They cried
    They prayed
    They cheered


6. Cricketer Ernest Halliwell was noted for putting which food product inside his batting gloves to protect his hands?
    Vegemite
    Cheddar cheese
    Honey
    Raw meat


7. What unusual fact centres round the body of General Stonewall Jackson?
    His arm is buried somewhere else
    A strange glow emanates from it at night
    His body has been stolen three times
    Peach trees keep appearing near the grave


8. What happened to Samuel Morse's hat when he visited Rome in 1836 and refused to take it off in the presence of the Pope?
    It caught fire
    One of the Swiss Guards knocked it flying
    It began to emit a strange green glow
    It began to exude blood


9. He's written and performed some absolutely brilliant songs over his long career, even though he isn't everyone's cup of tea. Still kicking on in 2012, who was once described by a London music critic as looking "like an undernourished cockatoo"?
    John Lennon
    Johnny Cash
    Roy Orbison
    Bob Dylan


10. Following a sharp drop in the standard of living, and the complaints that followed, which country's supreme political and religious leader said crossly, "I cannot believe that the purpose of all these sacrifices was to have less expensive melons"?
    Pope John Paul II
    Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia
    The Archbishop of Canterbury
    Ayatollah Khomeinhi


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