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I Was Born On My Birthday Trivia Quiz

I was born on my birthday (January 12th) - and so were they.

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

Author
clarod

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
330,241

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who, apart from sharing his day of birth with me, is known to have said "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"? Hint

Edmund Burke

Bono

Seamus Heaney

Kenneth Branagh

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Question 2 of 10

2. I also share my birthday with a high ranked member of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. This person was the founder of the Gestapo. He is known for the quote "Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat." Who is he? Hint

Herman Goering

Joseph Goebbels

Heinrich Himmler

Adolf Eichmann

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Question 3 of 10

3. I discovered I share my birthday with a member of the band Rage Against The Machine. What is his name? Hint

Flea

Chris Cornell

Rob Zombie

Zack De La Rocha

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Question 4 of 10

4. I share my day of birth with an actress known for her work as part of the film "Quantum Of Solace". Born in 1986, who is she? Hint

Kate Winslet

Pixie Lott

Gemma Arterton

Keira Knightley

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Question 5 of 10

5. This person was not only born on the same day as me, but in the same year too. She was a big star in Japan, where she has been a junior model. Who am I looking for? Hint

Ebizo Ichikawa

Vivian Slaughter

Lady Shizuka

Mao Kobayashi

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Question 6 of 10

6. Also born on January 12th was an Indian philosopher, known for the quote, "take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced." Who was this great thinker? Hint

Swami Vivekananda

Mahatma Gandhi

Mother Teresa

Sachin Tendulkar

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Question 7 of 10

7. I share my birthday with a king of the Two Sicilies, who reigned from 1830 until his death. Which "blue-blooded" royal do I share my birthday with? Hint

Francis I of the Two Sicilies

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

Charles IV of Spain

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

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Question 8 of 10

8. I share my birthday with a politician who was described by Benjamin Disraeli as "a wretched speaker, an offensive voice, no power of expression, yet perpetually recalling and correcting his cumbersome phraseology." Who was Disraeli referring to? Hint

Sir Robert Peel

Lord Stanley

Sir Robert Inglis

Robert Grant

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Question 9 of 10

9. I share my birthday with a man sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry," and as the man to introduce the word "gas" into science. Who was he? Hint

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Henry Cavendish

Jan Baptist van Helmont

Antoine Lavoisier

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Question 10 of 10

10. I celebrate my birthday on the same day as a French author who is known for reworking old folk stories, some of which were made into films by Disney. Who is this? Hint

Charles Nodier

Jean Genet

Georges Duhamel

Charles Perrault

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who, apart from sharing his day of birth with me, is known to have said "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"?

Answer: Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was born on the 12th January 1729, and was an Irish author, as well as a philosopher. He reloacted to England, where he became a member of the Whig Party, and served in the House of Commons for many years. He is also known for the quote, "It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."

Answer: Herman Goering

Herman Goering was born in 1893. Goering was a veteran of the First World War, in which he had been a fighter pilot. He was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe until the beginning of the Second World War. Sentenced to death by hanging for his part in the Nazi regime, Goering committed suicide via cyanide ingestion in 1946.

3. I discovered I share my birthday with a member of the band Rage Against The Machine. What is his name?

Answer: Zack De La Rocha

Zack De La Rocha was born in 1970, and is the singer for Rage Against the Machine, who are known for their song "Killing In The Name". The song was made more popular in the UK by an internet campaign to make it Christmas number one, opposed to that year's "X Factor" winner.

4. I share my day of birth with an actress known for her work as part of the film "Quantum Of Solace". Born in 1986, who is she?

Answer: Gemma Arterton

As well as appearing in the film "Quantum Of Solace," Gemma has appeared in "St. Trinians." She was born on 12th January 1986.

5. This person was not only born on the same day as me, but in the same year too. She was a big star in Japan, where she has been a junior model. Who am I looking for?

Answer: Mao Kobayashi

Mao Kobayashi is a young Japanese photographic model, and is given the title "Junior Idol" as she is a child model. Her books and cd's sell well in Japan. Kobayashi was a member of the J-Pop (Japanese Pop) group Doll's Vox.

Answer: Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda is considered a key figure in the introduction of Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and America. He is also credited with raising interfaith awareness. He returned to India after spending time in England and America, where he founded the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, in 1897.

7. I share my birthday with a king of the Two Sicilies, who reigned from 1830 until his death. Which "blue-blooded" royal do I share my birthday with?

Answer: Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies was born in 1810, the grandson of Charles IV of Spain, and his wife Queen Marie Caroline of Austria. In his early years as King, he was popular, with his liberal ideas winning him supporters. However, later in his reign, after quashing Sicilian demonstrators, he lost support, and his policies caused many people to go into exile.

Answer: Sir Robert Inglis

Sir Robert Inglis was a Conservative politician, born in 1786. Opposed to measures he viewed as detrimental to the Anglican Church, Inglis was against the proposed emancipation of Jews, alleging that "Jews were an alien people, with no allegiance to England, and that to admit Jews to parliament would separate Christianity itself from the State."

9. I share my birthday with a man sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry," and as the man to introduce the word "gas" into science. Who was he?

Answer: Jan Baptist van Helmont

Pneumatic chemistry involves looking at the properties of gases and how they are linked to chemical reactions. Jan Baptist van Helmont obtained his medical degree in 1599, and was practicing at Antwerp at the time of the Great Plague in 1605.

10. I celebrate my birthday on the same day as a French author who is known for reworking old folk stories, some of which were made into films by Disney. Who is this?

Answer: Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault was born in 1628, and his best known stories include "Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella" and "Little Red Riding Hood." Some of his stories have been made into ballets - such as "Sleeping Beauty," made into a ballet by Tchaikovsky.

Source: Author clarod

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