People in History A-Z #7

Name the historical figure for each letter of the alphabet.

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	Hint	Answer
A	King of Spain, 1874-85	Alfonso XII
B	The 'Godfather of Soul'	James Brown
C	Notorious American gangster during the prohibition era	Al Capone
D	English Explorer who defeated the Spanish Armada	Sir Francis Drake
E	Columbian drug lord, head of the Medellin Cartel	Pablo Escobar
F	Inventor of the electronic television	Philo Farnsworth
G	The last leader of the Soviet Union before its dissolution	Mikhail Gorbachev
H	Theoretical physicist known for his predictions concerning black holes	Stephen Hawking
I	One of the ten Attic orators and rhetoric opponent of Plato	Isocrates
J	Retired American basketball player who played for the Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan
K	Pharoh who commissioned, and is buried in, the Great Pyramid of Giza	Khufu
L	Wife of Napoleon and Empress of France between 1810-1814	Marie Louise
M	English poet who wrote 'Paradise Lost'	John Milton
N	Russian author of 'Lolita'	Vladimir Nabokov
O	Abstract artist whose paintings look suspiciously like vaginas	Georgia O'Keeffe
P	English surgeon who first described the symptoms of a disease later named after him	James Parkinson
Q	Muslim Brotherhood philosopher often viewed as inspiration for al-Qaeda	Sayyid Qutb
R	Original Superman actor paralysed in a horse riding accident	Christopher Reeve
S	Greek philosopher and teacher of Plato who prized virtue	Socrates
T	Serbian scientist/electrician who worked for and later competed against Thomas Edison	Nikola Tesla
U	Drummer for Metallica	Lars Ulrich
V	Aggresive Romanian leader who inspired Stoker's 'Dracula'	Vlad the Impaler
W	28th President of the USA	Woodrow Wilson
X	Chinese human rights activist and political prisoner	Liu Xiaobo
Y	English philanthropist and namesake of a renowned American university	Elihu Yale
Z	French footballer known for headbutting	Zinédine Zidane

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3 Comments

Level 36

Aug 23, 2018

The "original" superman was George Reeves (who played him on TV in the '50s).

Level 67

Mar 4, 2021

Columbian should be changed to Colombian, but good quiz.

Level 67

Mar 4, 2021

Also, O'Keeffe wasn't exactly an abstract painter.

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