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Quiz about Lesser Known H People
Quiz about Lesser Known H People

Lesser Known 'H' People Trivia Quiz


These people may not be the most important and/or significant people whose names begin with 'H', but they sure thought so at the time. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
13,057
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
807
Last 3 plays: Maybeline5 (4/10), ChristineSierra (1/10), Guest 175 (3/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which Swiss physician is said to be the founder of modern neurology? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which British artist created the collage called 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' in 1956? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who was the youngest of the ten Sikh gurus, upon becoming a guru? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was the Belgian doctor who is said to have coined the word 'gas' (from the Greek for 'chaos')? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the name of the Nun who wrote the earliest surviving book on science written by a woman? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. He was Chinese Communist Party chairman beginning in 1981, and was a protege of Deng Xiaoping. He was removed from his official positions in 1987, a scapegoat for the student uprising of 1986. Who was he? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who was the German philosopher that founded phenomenology? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What Scottish geologist is considered to be the founder of the science of geology? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which U.S. politician is called the 'Father of the United Nations'? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What gentle lady authored the poem and song 'Mary had a Little Lamb'? Hint



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Mar 01 2024 : Maybeline5: 4/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which Swiss physician is said to be the founder of modern neurology?

Answer: Haller

Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) concluded that it was nerves that provided stimulus for the contraction of muscles and also was the first to suggest that it was the nerves in our body that allowed us to feel different sensations, rather than our skin, hair, or muscles.
2. Which British artist created the collage called 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' in 1956?

Answer: Hamilton

Richard Hamilton's 'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?' is deemed by many to be the first work of the Pop Art movement.
3. Who was the youngest of the ten Sikh gurus, upon becoming a guru?

Answer: Har Krishen

Har Krishen was only five years old when he became the eighth Sikh guru, and died at the tender age of eight.
4. Who was the Belgian doctor who is said to have coined the word 'gas' (from the Greek for 'chaos')?

Answer: Helmont

A pioneer in the field of chemistry, Jean Baptiste van Helmont also was the first scientist to observe that gases could exist separately from the atmosphere.
5. What is the name of the Nun who wrote the earliest surviving book on science written by a woman?

Answer: Hildegard

Hildegard of Bingen wrote 'Liber Scivias', a mystical treatise, and also wrote the scientific encyclopedia 'Liber Simplicis Medicinae' which is the oldest surviving book about science that was penned by a woman.
6. He was Chinese Communist Party chairman beginning in 1981, and was a protege of Deng Xiaoping. He was removed from his official positions in 1987, a scapegoat for the student uprising of 1986. Who was he?

Answer: Hu Yaobang

He died in 1989 (of a heart attack, but some have speculated about this) and his death was a catalyst for the Tiananmen Square uprising of that year.
7. Who was the German philosopher that founded phenomenology?

Answer: Husserl

He hoped that his phenomenology would become the primary science, the study of what is consciously experienced. He was an influence on both Heidegger and Schutz.
8. What Scottish geologist is considered to be the founder of the science of geology?

Answer: Hutton

He wrote the 'Theory of the Earth' in which he claimed that the Earth's age was infinite. He is associated with the theory of uniformitarianism....the explaining of events of the past using evidence from processes of the modern day.
9. Which U.S. politician is called the 'Father of the United Nations'?

Answer: Hull

Cordell Hull was secretary of state under Franklin Roosevelt from 1933-1944. He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1945.
10. What gentle lady authored the poem and song 'Mary had a Little Lamb'?

Answer: Hale

Sarah Jospeha Buell Hale wrote the famous children's poem in 1830. Children have been grateful ever since! Thank you for trying this quiz. I hope you have enjoyed it and will try some of my other alphabetical people quizzes.
Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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