People Trivia

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She became one of the world's richest women in 1975 at the age of 24, when she inherited money from her father, one of the world's richest men. She died in 1988. Who was she?

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BONUS 3: Which one of these people never won the Nobel Peace Prize: Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, or Yassir Arafat?

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The American cartoonist entertained his followers with drawings of extremely complicated contraptions designed to perform extremely simple tasks. Who was he?

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Which 17th century English physicist and mathematician is said to have discovered the principle of gravity?

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When he graduated from high school in 1917, he chose journalism instead of college and spent seven months as a newspaper reporter. While driving a Red Cross ambulance in Italy in 1918 he was severely wounded by shrapnel. Who was he?

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Born in New York in 1965, she scored her first film success playing a juvenile streetwalker in the film, "Pretty Baby" at the age of 13. Who is she?

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It was one of the most bizarre turn of events in the 70's. A kidnapping victim turned around and began to join the abductors in their criminal activities, and was later convicted of taking part in one of their crimes. Who was this person?

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Our current election features two people (Bush/Gore) running for election to the office of President for the first time each. I'll name the years in which this happened before, you tell who was running.

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He was easily elected president of his country in 1946, but lost a great deal of his popularity after the death of his wife in 1952, and he was overthrown in 1955 by a military coup. Who was this person, two-time president of Argentina?

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This woman is a movie star, a singing star, and was Miss America in 1984. What is her name?

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Which person revolutionized the mass-production process when, in 1913, he introduced the first moving assembly line?

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This person, born in Germany in 1797, immigrated to New York City in 1850, and five years later created the modern shape and design of grand piano preferred by most concert pianists. What was his name?

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She was born in New York City in 1909. She starred in films from the 1930's into the 1970's, and she has been called the first lady of American musical comedy. What is her name?

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In 1961, he was the first man launched into space. He was killed in 1968 while flying a routine aircraft training mission. Today he is buried within the Kremlin walls. Who is he?

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This Steubenville, Ohio high school dropout became a boxer, stole hubcaps, bootlegged whiskey and worked in a steel mill. He went on to become a world famous actor and singer, and died in 1995. Who was he?