Historical People

Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Published Saturday, July 25, 2009

Subject: HISTORICAL PEOPLE
(e.g., Considered the first "dark horse" candidate elected U.S. president. Answer: James K. Polk.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. America's best-known traitor.
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2. He surrendered at Yorktown.
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3. He was defeated by Bernard Montgomery at El Alamein.
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4. Virtual dictator of the Soviet Union (1929-53).
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5. Queen who was a patron of Christopher Columbus.
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GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Queen consort of Louis XVI of France.
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7. By what title was King Edward VIII known after his abdication?
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8. Who saved the life of colonist John Smith?
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9. He defeated the French at the Battle of the Nile (1798).
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10. She married Philip Mountbatten in 1947.
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PH.D. LEVEL

11. French general who died defending Quebec (1759).
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12. His death ended the Wars of the Roses.
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13. He headed Adolf Hitler's SS.
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14. King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75).
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15. He headed France's Vichy government until 1944.
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ANSWERS:
1. Benedict Arnold.
2. Gen. Charles Cornwallis.
3. Erwin Rommel.
4. Josef Stalin.
5. Queen Isabella I (Spain).
6. Marie Antoinette.
7. Duke of Windsor.
8. Pocahontas.
9. Horatio Nelson.
10. Queen Elizabeth II.
11. Gen. Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.
12. Richard III.
13. Heinrich Himmler.
14. King Faisal.
15. Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain.