Quiz about Words Last Words and Famous People

Words, Last Words and Famous People Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
32,178

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
1853

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1. Who was the first person to harness steam-power in 1711? Hint

Watt

Newcomen

Preston

Jacquard

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2. Factory was a shortened version of a longer word, which came from 'producing by hand'. What was the longer word?

Answer: (Begins with M)

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3. When Immanuel Kant was about to die, he uttered which last word(s)? Hint

Reason lives

Secrets

Hope

It is good

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4. What were Thomas Hobbes' last words? Hint

Smite my womb

A great leap into the dark

The comedy is over

Tristan

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5. Whose last words were : 'For God's sake let me die in peace!'? Hint

Mozart

Voltaire

Beethoven

Karl Marx

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first person to harness steam-power in 1711?

Answer: Newcomen

This was easily six decades before James Watt considered the notion of steam power. Newcomen was also not the first to create this notion. The ancient Alexandrian scientist Heron came up with a simple steam engine in the first century A.D.

2. Factory was a shortened version of a longer word, which came from 'producing by hand'. What was the longer word?

Answer: manufactory

The Latin source of this word is 'manu factum', meaning 'made by hand'. It translated into the Italian 'manifattura', and came to English via French.

3. When Immanuel Kant was about to die, he uttered which last word(s)?

Answer: It is good

He uttered 'Es ist gut', which is German for 'It is good'. I suppose he felt that he had completed his life's work at the time.

4. What were Thomas Hobbes' last words?

Answer: A great leap into the dark

Thomas Hobbes was one of the most pessimistic of the English philosophers, proclaiming that life for the 'savage' was 'nasty, brutish and short'. He seemed interested in the afterlife, according to his final words!

5. Whose last words were : 'For God's sake let me die in peace!'?

Answer: Voltaire

Voltaire uttered many a fine phrase and expression, and his last words did not disappoint. He seemed cranky to the very last! Thank you for trying this quiz, I hope you were able to enjoy it.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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