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What was Einstein's first name?
What was Einstein's first name?
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Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, and died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. He was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Source: Britannica.com
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Which artist cut off an ear?
Which artist cut off an ear?
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On December 23, 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cut off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France. He later documented the event in a painting titled Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. In Arles, Van Gogh painted vivid scenes from the countryside as well as still-lifes, including his famous sunflower series. Today, Van Gogh is regarded as an artistic genius, and his masterpieces sell for record-breaking prices. During his lifetime, however, he sold only one painting.
Source: HISTORY
3/20
Columbus's voyages led to the colonization of what continent?
Columbus's voyages led to the colonization of what continent?
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Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to Europeans learning about the New World. This was an early breakthrough in the period known in Europe as the Age of Exploration, which saw the colonization of the Americas, a related biological exchange, and trans-Atlantic trade. These events, the effects and consequences of which persist to the present, are often cited as the beginning of the modern era.
Source: Wikipedia
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Julius Caesar is a figure associated with which ancient civilization?
Julius Caesar is a figure associated with which ancient civilization?
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Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire, a rule that lasted less than one year before he was famously assassinated by political rivals in 44 B.C. Caesar was born on July 12 or 13 in 100 B.C. to a noble family. During his youth, the Roman Republic was in chaos. Seizing the opportunity, Caesar advanced in the political system and briefly became governor of Spain, a Roman province.
Source: National Geographic
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Martin Luther King's most famous speech contains what iconic words?
Martin Luther King's most famous speech contains what iconic words?
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"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was one of the most famous moments of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history. King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme "I have a dream", prompted by Mahalia Jackson's cry: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!" In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become its most famous, King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred.
Source: Wikipedia
6/20
Leonardo da Vinci was part of what art movement?
Leonardo da Vinci was part of what art movement?
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Leonardo da Vinci trained as a painter during the Renaissance and became a true master of the craft. During the Renaissance, European artists began to study nature more closely with the goal of painting realistic images of the world. These artists learned to create lifelike people and animals, and they became skilled at creating the illusion of depth and distance on flat walls and canvases by using the techniques of linear perspective. Da Vinci’s powers of observation and skill as an illustrator enabled him to notice and recreate the effects he saw in nature, adding a special liveliness to his portraits.
Source: Museum of Science
7/20
Who composed the famous short piece "Fur Elise"?
Who composed the famous short piece "Fur Elise"?
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Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" (For Elise), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered 40 years after his death, and may be termed either a Bagatelle or an Albumblatt. It is not certain who "Elise" was, although a list of possible dedicatees has been suggested by various scholars over the years. Evidence suggests that "Elise" was a close friend of Beethoven and probably an important figure in his life.
Source: Wikipedia
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Amelia Earhart was a pioneer in what field?
Amelia Earhart was a pioneer in what field?
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The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Mary Earhart was one of the most renowned aviation pioneers in history. She was the 16th woman in the United States to be issued a pilot’s license. She received it on May 15th, 1923. She became a member of the American Aeronautical Society’s Boston chapter and was eventually elected its vice president. Moreover, she also flew the first official flight out of Dennison Airport in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1927. Her first flight across the Atlantic was on June 17th, 1928. She flew as the third member of a crew. Amelia was not happy with that flight as she stated later that her job was minimal.
Source: OxfordSaudia Flight Academy
9/20
What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for "A Study in Scarlet", the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Source: Wikipedia
10/20
Natural selection was the theory developed by which scientist?
Natural selection was the theory developed by which scientist?
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English naturalist Charles Darwin developed the idea of natural selection after a five-year voyage to study plants, animals, and fossils in South America and on islands in the Pacific. In 1859, he brought the idea of natural selection to the attention of the world in his best-selling book, On the Origin of Species. Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Individuals in a population are naturally variable, meaning that they are all different in some ways.
Source: National Geographic
11/20
Who invented the phonograph?
Who invented the phonograph?
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A phonograph is a device for the mechanical and analog recording and reproduction of sound. It was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. The sound vibration waveforms are recorded as corresponding physical deviations of a spiral groove engraved, etched, incised, or impressed into the surface of a rotating cylinder or disc, called a "record". To recreate the sound, the surface is similarly rotated while a playback stylus traces the groove and is therefore vibrated by it, very faintly reproducing the recorded sound.
Source: Wikipedia
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An important figure of the 16th century, who was Ferdinand Magellan?
An important figure of the 16th century, who was Ferdinand Magellan?
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Magellan was born in Portugal and was a successful explorer and navigator. He wanted to reach Southeast Asia, where spices grew and gems were to be found, by sailing westwards across the Atlantic Ocean. He hoped to find a passage through South America so that he could sail all the way from the Atlantic to the ocean beyond the Americas (now known as the Pacific). He left Spain in 1519 with five ships and about 260 men.
Source: Royal Museums Greenwich
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Which actress starred in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Which actress starred in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
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Bette DavisMarilyn MonroeAudrey HepburnJodie FosterPoints Won
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s, an American romantic comedy film, released in 1961, that was based on the novella by Truman Capote and featured the critically acclaimed performance of Audrey Hepburn as the free-spirited Holly Golightly. George Peppard plays Paul (“Fred”) Varjak, a straitlaced writer who falls for his neighbor Holly, a New York socialite with a “go-lightly” attitude.
Source: Britannica
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What phenomenon did Isaac Newton investigate using a prism?
What phenomenon did Isaac Newton investigate using a prism?
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In the 1660s, English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton began a series of experiments with sunlight and prisms. He demonstrated that clear white light was composed of seven visible colors. By scientifically establishing our visible spectrum (the colors we see in a rainbow), Newton laid the path for others to experiment with color scientifically. His work led to breakthroughs in optics, physics, chemistry, perception, and the study of color in nature.
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Which famous nurse earned the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp"?
Which famous nurse earned the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp"?
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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a legend in her own lifetime and one of the most famous women in British history. Her work in the Crimea set the standards for modern nursing. For the rest of her life, she continued to campaign for improved sanitary conditions in both military and civilian hospitals. Florence gained the nickname 'the Lady with the Lamp' during her work at Scutari. 'The Times' reported that at night she would walk among the beds, checking the wounded men holding a light in her hand.
Source: National Army Museum
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Which U.S. President developed the "New Deal" plan?
Which U.S. President developed the "New Deal" plan?
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The New Deal was a domestic program of the administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) between 1933 and 1939, which took action to bring about immediate economic relief as well as reforms in industry, agriculture, finance, waterpower, labor, and housing, vastly increasing the scope of the federal government’s activities. The term was taken from Roosevelt’s speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination on July 2, 1932.
Source: Britannica
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"The Creation of Adam" is a painting by which of these artists?
"The Creation of Adam" is a painting by which of these artists?
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The Creation of Adam is probably the most famous fresco in the Sistine Chapel. It was created by Michelangelo around 1511 and is located in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums. It was one of the most complex and difficult paintings to make: it took sixteen days to complete. Michelangelo started with the figure of God and the Angels and later frescoed the figure of Adam.
Source: The Sistine Chapel
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Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?
Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?
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Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognized for discovering penicillin. The simple discovery and use of the antibiotic agent has saved millions of lives and earned Fleming – together with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who devised methods for the large-scale isolation and production of penicillin – the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.
Source: National Library of Medicine
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What was Gandhi's first name?
What was Gandhi's first name?
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Mahatma Gandhi, byname of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi), Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. As such, he came to be considered the father of his country. Gandhi is internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest (satyagraha) to achieve political and social progress.
Source: Britannica
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Aristotle was a student of which philosopher?
Aristotle was a student of which philosopher?
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Aristotle’s most famous teacher was Plato (c. 428–c. 348 BCE), who himself had been a student of Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE). Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, whose lifetimes spanned only about 150 years, remain among the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. Aristotle’s most famous student was Philip II’s son, Alexander, later to be known as Alexander the Great, a military genius who eventually conquered the entire Greek world as well as North Africa and the Middle East.
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