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Famous South Carolinians

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Introduction:
"This is a quiz on just a few of South Carolinas famous people. I hope you enjoy!"


1. What jazz musician, born in Cheraw, South Carolina, is considered by most music historians to be one of the foremost shapers of the trumpet style bebop?
    Lou Rawls
    Cab Calloway
    Dizzy Gillespie
    Earl Hines


2. On August 12, 1781, Robert Mills, one of the first American born architects, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He is known for building some of the nations most amazing structures, including prisons, bridges, and hospitals. Can you name his most famous?
    Alcatraz
    The Washington Monument
    The Golden Gate Bridge
    The White House


3. Greenville, South Carolina is home to this Civil Rights leader who founded Operation PUSH in 1971.
    Rosa Parks
    Martin Luther King
    Jesse Jackson
    Malcolm X


4. Joe Frazier, who was born near Beaufort, South Carolina, won the 1964 Olympics gold medal for boxing. In what City did this take place?
    Kyoto
    Sapporo
    Tokyo
    Nagoya


5. Robert F. Furchgott, an American pharmacologist, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Which Nobel Prize was he co-awarded in 1998 with Luis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad?
    Physiology or Medicine
    Literature
    Peace
    Chemistry


6. The "Savior of the South", born in Charleston, South Carolina became the Major General of the General Confederate Army in 1863. Do you know who the "Savior of the South" is?
    Wade Hampton
    Francis Marion
    James Longstreet
    William Moultrie


7. William Gibson, born in Conway, South Carolina, coined the term "Cyber Space". He is an author, writing Science Fiction books. Can you name the book in which this term was first used?
    Neuromancer
    Virtual Light
    Idoru
    Johnny Mnemonic: The Screenplay


8. Did you know we had a government official that served as Vice President under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson? Who is this South Carolina native, born near Abbeville, South Carolina?
    Charles Pickney
    Edward Rutledge
    Strom Thurmond
    John C. Calhoun


9. Althea Gibson, born near Sumter, South Carolina, was named athlete of the year in 1957 after winning the All-England Women's singles at Wimbledon. What other sport was she highly recognized in?
    Swimming
    Softball
    Track and Field
    Golf


10. Vanna White, born in Conway, South Carolina, was known as the famous "Letter Turner" of what popular game show?
    Press Your Luck
    The Wheel of Fortune
    The Price is Right
    Hollywood Squares


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