Famous people in the World Quiz on Great, famous and Important Persons in History from politics, monarch, leaders, writers, business personalities, scientists and social workers.
The first Secretary General of the UNO was –
(a) Kurt Waldheim
(b) Trygve Lie
(c) Gladwyn Jebb
(d) Dag Hammarskjold
Whose trademark wardrobe included a bowler hat and cane?
(a) Mary Pickford
(b) Clint Eastwood
(c) Humphrey Bogart
(d) Charlie Chaplin
To which tribe Genghis Khan, the ruler belonged
(a) Sakas
(b) Seythian
(c) Mongol
(d) None of these
Who led English barons in an attempt to influence Henry III, called a parliament in 1265 and was defeated at the Battle of Eve sham?
(a) Sir Thomas More
(b) Wat Tyler
(c) Simon de Montfort
(d) Toby Belch
“Ted” Kaczynski, an American anarchist and mathematical prodigy, became known as what?
(a) Unabomber
(b) Oklahoma City Bomber
(c) Jewish Community Center shooter
(d) Beltway sniper
What are Michael Jackson’s parents’ names?
(a) Ozzie and Harriet
(b) Joseph and Katherine
(c) Vernon and Gladys
(d) Calvin and Lula Mae
Which Greek dramatist, who lived from 485 to 406BC, wrote “Medea”, “Orestes” and “Iphigenia in Tauris”?
(a) Sophocles
(b) Eumenides
(c) Aeschylus
(d) Euripides
What was the native language of Albert Einstein?
(a) Inuit
(b) Urdu
(c) Latin
(d) German
Which country did Peder Balke, intensely dramatic landscape painter, pioneer of Modernism in his country, activist for social justice, and great-great-grandfather of jazz musicians Jon and Erik Balke, paint?
(a) Norway
(b) Belgium
(c) The Netherlands
(d) Czechoslovakia
Charlie Chaplin was a
(a) Great British Comedian
(b) Film actor
(c) British director, producer and composer
(d) All are correct
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By what name does history better know 11th-century Castilian military leader Ro-drigo Diaz de Vivar?
(a) Saladin
(b) Che
(c) El Cid
(d) Lawrence of Arabia
Who was the person credited with saying “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits”?
(a) Albert Einstein
(b) Dianne Feinstein
(c) Harvey Weinstein
(d) The Rhinestone Cowboy
Which Greek philosopher wrote on many subjects including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Hephaestion
(c) Socrates
(d) Plato
Azad Hind Fauz Or The Indian National Army (Ira) Was Founded By
(a) Subhash Bose
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) General Mohan Singh
(d) Shah Nawaz
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King Leopold was from –
(a) Sweden
(b) Austria
(c) Belgium
(d) Germany
General Victoriano Huerta, Emiliano Zap-ata and Pancho Villa feature in the history of which country?
(a) New Guinea
(b) Mexico
(c) Korea
(d) Japan
Who Among The Following Had Observed, Upon Gandhi’s Assassination. “None Will Believe That A Man Like This Body and Soul Ever Walked On This Earth”?
(a) Bertrand Russel
(b) Nelson Mandela
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) Leo Tolstoy
Winston Churchill was the premier of –
(a) Denmark
(b) Britain
(c) Switzerland
(d) Norway
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Question: Which of these people is best known for their work as a photographer?
(a) Robert Mapplethorpe
(b) Gustav Dore
(c) Francis Bacon
(d) Ai Weiwei
Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the year
(a) 1814
(b) 1813
(c) 1815
(d) 1816
Which of the following was Satyajit Ray as sociated with?
(a) Classical music
(b) Commercial art
(c) Film Direction
(d) Classical dance
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Who Is Regarded As ‘The Mother Of The Indian Revolution’?
(a) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Madam Bhikaji Cama
(d) Priti Lata Waddedar
Napoleon Bonaparte belongs to which country ?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) China
(d) Russia
The famous words `Veni Vidi Vici’ were said by –
(a) Tullus Hostilius
(b) Julius Caesar
(c) Servius Tullus
(d) Ancus Marcius
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Archimedes was born in –
(a) Lisbon
(b) Prague
(c) Munich
(d) Sicily
His name could be loosely translated as “ruled by, or supported by, horses” and is enshrined in the traditional doctors’ oath. Who is he?
(a) Confucius
(b) Aesculapius
(c) Frankenstein
(d) Hippocrates
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Timur died in the year
(a) 1510
(b) 1590
(c) 1610
(d) 1620
Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor in
(a) 1801
(b) 1803
(c) 1793
(d) 1807
What was the occupation of William Kidd, who was hanged for it in 1701?
(a) Pirate
(b) Horse-thief
(c) Highwayman
(d) Counterfeiter
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Mount Everest was named after –
(a) Auguste Everest
(b) Saint Arnaud Everest
(c) Jacques Everest
(d) Sir George Everest
Question: To which country does James Watt belong?
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Scotland
Henry Croft, an orphan street sweeper who collected money for charity, is associated with what organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England?
(a) St Vincent de Paul Society
(b) Oxfam
(c) Pearly Kings and Queens
(d) Dr Barnados Homes
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Henry IV was assassinated in
(a) 1402
(b) 1405
(c) 1410
(d) 1412
Shankracharya was the founder of
(a) Buddhism
(b) Jainism
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Advaitic philosophy
Name the last battle waged by Napoleon Bonaparte
(a) Battle of Vienna
(b) Battle of Munich
(c) Battle of Paris
(d) Battle of Waterloo
Adolf Hitler was born in –
(a) Germany
(b) Britain
(c) Austria
(d) Norway
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In Arthurian legend, Sir Gawain took on the mission to behead whom?
(a) The Green Knight
(b) The Black Knight
(c) The White Knight
(d) The Blue Knight
To which country Eli Whitney belonged ?
(a) England
(b) Scotland
(c) USA
(d) Germany
“History is Bunk” was said by –
(a) John Dalberg-Acton
(b) Henry Ford
(c) George Santayana
(d) Julius Caesar
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The popular detective character created by British writer Agatha Christie is –
(a) Sherlock Holmes
(b) Miss Marple
(c) Hercule Poirot
(d) Sam Spade
`Man is a Tool Making Animal’ was said by –
(a) Benjamin Franklin
(b) Peter L. Berger
(c) Norman Cousins
(d) Aldous Huxley
For what was Thomas Bewick renowned in the 18th century?
(a) Metal sculpture
(b) Ceramics
(c) Oil painting
(d) Wood engraving
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What murderer lived at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London?
(a) George Chapman
(b) John Christie
(c) David Ferguson
(d) Mark Martin
Shakespeare passed away in the year –
(a) 1616
(b) 1617
(c) 1618
(d) 1619
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The popular leader of Cuba is –
(a) Raúl Castro
(b) Fidel Castro
(c) Che Guevara
(d) Fulgencio Batista
Who was known as the Lady of the Lamp
(a) Mary Seacole
(b) Clara Barton
(c) Florence Nightingale
(d) Mother Teresa
Which architect died after being hit by a tram in the streets of Barcelona?
(a) Lluis Domenech I Montaner
(b) Antoni Gaudi
(c) Antonio Palacios
(d) Secundino Zuazo
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Anousheh Ansari is the first Iranian, and the first Iranian woman, to do what?
(a) Win a Nobel Peace Prize
(b) Win a professional car race
(c) Travel in space
(d) Top philanthropic donations
Mao Tse Tung died in the year-
(a) 1966
(b) 1972
(c) 1974
(d) 1976
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Each of the following personalities were victims of assassination except one. Mark the one.
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) John F. Kennedy
(c) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(d) Abraham Lincoln
Who adopted the surname ”Mountbatten” in 1947?
(a) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
(b) Joseph Goebbels
(c) Lawrence of Arabia
(d) Lord Louis Battenberg
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Porfirio Diaz resigned from the presidency of which country in May 1911?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Venezuela
(c) Mexico
(d) Peru
Who, as President of Uganda, was overthrown by his own army commanders in a military coup d’etat twice, in 1971 and 1985?
(a) Bazilio Olara-Okello
(b) Idi Amin
(c) Apollo Milton Obote
(d) Tito Okello
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Which historian impressed with the conquests of ‘Samudragupta’ called him the ‘Indian Napoleon’ ?
(a) Romila Thapar
(b) V. Smith Naples
(c) Saletore
(d) Sima Qian
Who was the first person to defeat Muhammad Ali during his professional career?
(a) Sonny Liston
(b) Joe Frazier
(c) George Foreman
(d) Mike Tyson
To which country Galileo Galilei belonged?
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) Italy
(d) Holland
