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People Quiz #838

Famous People Quiz for 4 February 2025

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Q1. Which of these was an heiress to a publishing fortune who became internationally famous in 1974 when, following her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), she joined them to further their cause?

A
Demi Hamlyn
B
Mary Murdoch
C
Jenny Pulitzer
D
Patty Hearst
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Q2. George H. W. Bush was vice president to whom?

A
Carter
B
Clinton
C
Reagan
D
Ford
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Q3. The manga and nihonga artist, Kitazawa Yasuji, pen name Kitazawa Rakuten (1876-1955), inspired many younger manga artists and animators as the art form began to flourish widely, and was also what?

A
Official artist to the Imperial household
B
A celebrated bonsai artist
C
An Olympic-level runner
D
Japan's first professional cartoonist
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Q4. English Quaker and businessman John Cadbury (1801-1889) founded a company making what?

A
Sails
B
Clocks
C
Drapery
D
Chocolate
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Q5. Where was Chiang Kai-Shek leader until 1949?

A
Japan
B
China
C
Cambodia
D
The Philippines
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Q6. She was only the second woman to receive a science doctorate from the Vienna University, and was one of three scientists to identify the splitting of the uranium atom. Who was she?

A
Rosalind Franklin
B
Lise Meitner
C
Mary Fairfax Somerville
D
Caroline Herschel
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Q7. Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939?

A
Emmeline Pankhurst
B
Benjamin Franklin
C
William Pitt the Younger
D
Marguerite Perey
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