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121. Which famous baseball player had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

From Quiz Diseases and Their "Poster" People

Answer: Lou Gehrig

ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord which results in deterioration of the muscles that control movement. Gehrig died in 1941 after making his "Farewell Speech" in Yankee Stadium in 1939. Noted physicist Stephen Hawking also sufferred from this disease.

From Quiz Famous People with Psoriasis

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

In 1777 Franklin wrote a description of the disease as it manifested itself on his body. Like many sufferers Franklin blamed his lifestyle and diet for his malady. "I was sometimes vex'd with an itching on the Back, which I observ'd particularly after eating freely of Beef." Franklin, ever the scientist, was completely baffled by the arbitrary appearance of the disease; as are many physicians today nearly 300 years later.

From Quiz Accidents Happen!

Answer: Trousers

The main cause appears to be getting one leg stuck and then falling over, but tights and stockings are even more deadly with over 11,000 people annually needing hospital treatment after accidents involving these items.

From Quiz Fragrant People

Answer: Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby (1903 - 1977) was probably the most famous singer of his day, popularising the crooner style. Christmas just would not be complete without hearing his recording of "White Christmas". He was also a talented actor and, with Bob Hope, starred in the very popular "Road To" series of films, which also featured Dorothy Lamour. His passion was golf, and when not working he could be found on the nearest golf course. The "Bing Crosby" rose was bred in the 1950's by an American rose breeder whose name is not now recorded.

From Quiz Famous Military Brats

Answer: Newt Gingrich

Born Newton Leroy McPherson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1943, Gingrich was adopted and changed his surname when his young mother remarried a career military man. The Gingrich family was constantly on the move, and Newt attended an array schools on various military bases. After 16 years as a Republican in the House of Representatives, Gingrich became the 58th Speaker of the House in January 1995. That same year, he was named 'Time Magazine Person of the Year'. Of the alternatives, Tom Foley preceded Gingrich as House Speaker. A Representative from Washington, he was born in Spokane WA in 1929. Dick Cheney, Vice President under G.W. Bush and a former Representative from Wyoming, preceded Gingrich as the House Minority Leader. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1941. Tip O'Neill is another former Speaker of the House, where he represented Massachusetts. He was born in Cambridge MA in 1912.

From Quiz School Ties

Answer: Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan's acting career spanned seven decades. Her last role was in a 1994 made-for-television movie with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers based on their "Hart to Hart" series.

From Quiz I'm Just Making It Up

Answer: Guatemala

Menchu won the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on exposing the plight of indigenous Guatemalans. She wrote and autobiographical testimony 1982 with the help of anthropologist Elizabeth Burgos, titled in the US as "I, Rigoberta Menchu." In 1999, anthropologist David Stoll claimed Menchu had made up details in the book. Among them were claims she was not educated (she attended schools run by nuns on a scholarship), her claims of poverty (her family was well-off by Guatemalan standards), and an alleged land dispute by whites (but was in fact a dispute between her father and his in-laws).

From Quiz Autistic Savants

Answer: James Henry Pullen

James Henry Pullen, who was in born Dalston, London in 1835, became a master carpenter and produced works that interested the king and queen of England, as well as the king of Wales. He was obsessed with making models of ships. His most famous work is "The Great Eastern", which is a detailed, model-size replica of a ship. Even though he had great mechanical ability, he could only read and write one syllable words. Pullen died in 1916.

From Quiz Immortality Thrust Upon Them

Answer: A race horse

According the Snopes.com, the official line from the Curtiss Candy Company is that the candy bar was created in 1921 and named for Ruth Cleveland, the first child of President Grover Cleveland. Problem was the poor child died 17 years before at the age of 12. At about the same time (1921, that is), George Herman 'Babe' Ruth of the New York Yankees was one of the most well-known names around. A lawsuit was filed by a competing candy-maker (who had the Babe's blessing for a candy bar in his name), which may have led to the story of little Ruth Cleveland. Then there's the granddaughter of George Williamson, who ran the Williamson Candy company AND was one of the developers of the 'Baby Ruth' formula. One thing is for sure...no horses were involved in the naming of the confection.

From Quiz Famous Diabetics

Answer: Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 10, 1943. He won the US Open in 1968, Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1975. He died of AIDS, contracted from an infected blood transfusion, on February 6, 1993.

From Quiz Noted People with Depression

Answer: Dick Cavett

After his electroshock treatment, Cavett stated "It was like a magic wand." However, he still suffers from bipolar disorder.

From Quiz Beards, and Those Who Wear Them

Answer: William Shakespeare

Did you know that during Shakespeare's life he spelled his last name eighteen different ways?

From Quiz Witnesses

Answer: The bursting into flames of the Hindenburg

It should have been a routine story: the Hindenburg was coming in for a presumably routine landing in New Jersey. Something terrible happened, however. Morrison was overcome.

From Quiz Harlots, Bawds, and Concubines (Oh My!)

Answer: She paid to rebuild the walls of Thebes, destroyed by Alexander.

Phryne was reputedly one of the most beautiful women of her time. She was put on trial at one point for profaning the Eleusinian mysteries and seemed about to lose her case. Her lawyer (who was also her lover) dragged her in front of the all-male jury and tore open her robe, whereupon she was acquitted. She agreed to rebuild the walls of Thebes, which had been destroyed by Alexander the Great, on the condition that a plaque be inserted which read "Destroyed by Alexander; rebuilt by Phryne the Prostitute". (p.s. It was the empress Theodora of Byzantium who built a home for aged prostitutes; read on.)

From Quiz Random Diseases of Famous People

Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease

A progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Also called Lou Gehrig's or ALS.

From Quiz Random Historical Figures

Answer: Erich Ludendorff & Ludendorff

When the war started, Erich Ludendorff entered the army and was quickly promoted by his impressive leadership during the capture of the Belgian fort of Liege in 1914. It was his decision to gamble with all out German attack in the spring of 1918 and Ludendorff was very much responsible for the use of stormtroopers and the adoption of new tactics.

From Quiz Famous Siamese Twins!

Answer: The Two-headed Nightingale

They were joined at the back and at the hips. They died within hours of each other in 1912 at the age of 61. They were also called "The Carolina Twins".

From Quiz Bad Guys of History

Answer: Incan

In 1531, Pizarro landed in what is now Peru on the South American continent with his four brothers, 180 men, and 37 horses. He managed to capture the Incan emperor Atahuallpa, and held him hostage; when he was given the ransom, in the form of gold and other material wealth, he ordered the emperor killed anyway. Pizarro was killed in 1535 in Lima, the city he founded, by fellow Spainiards whom he had betrayed.

From Quiz People Who Have Made A Difference - Part 1

Answer: Thomas Edison

He patented the 'incandescent lamp' in 1879.

From Quiz Impersonations and Impostors

Answer: Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's clever comedy, 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

From Quiz The Swedish Chef's Historical Figures

Answer: Alexander the Great

Alexander conquered huge swathes of Europe and Asia before dying young. The Swedish Chef couldn't even conquer a chicken.

From Quiz They Overcame Hardship

Answer: One of his limbs

The author of 'Don Quixote' received a severe injury in one of his arms and was known thereafter as 'El Manco (Cripple) of Lepanto'.

From Quiz Things With Which They're Associated

Answer: Pilgrims

It was a ship - along with the Mayflower - that was intended as transportation. But, it turned out to be unseaworthy.

From Quiz Strange, Strange People

Answer: George III

A long life, but ...

From Quiz History's Villains

Answer: Without a father

Oswald's father died shortly before LHO's birth.

From Quiz Great Minds Through History

Answer: Beagle

'The Voyage of the Beagle'. Another huge step.

From Quiz Random People of History

Answer: Geber

From Quiz People of History

Answer: Carracci

From Quiz Strange People

Answer: Ota Benga

In 1906, Ota Benga, a man of the Chirichiri people in Africa, was humiliated by being caged with an orangutan and put on public display in the famed New York Bronx Zoo. He was known as the 'monkey man'.

From Quiz Really Famous Historical Figures

Answer: Isaac Newton

Newton was born in 1642, the year Galileo died. He was not a good student and when a teenager, his mother took him out of school and tried to interest him in farming. He died in 1727 and was the first scientist buried in Westminster Abbey.

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