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George Herbert Hitchings Quiz

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George Herbert Hitchings Quiz Questions

1. When did George Herbert Hitchings get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1978
b) 1962
c) 1988
d) 1984

2. When was George Herbert Hitchings born?
a) 9 February 1907
b) 18 April 1905
c) 14 August 1918
d) 7 October 1910

3. Where was George Herbert Hitchings born?
a) Houston
b) Atlanta
c) Salt Lake City
d) Hoquiam

4. At which university did George Herbert Hitchings get master’s degree?
a) Washington
b) Princeton
c) Yale
d) California

5. At which university did George Herbert Hitchings teach?
a) Montreal
b) Columbia
c) Pennsylvania
d) Harvard

6. Which laboratory did George Herbert Hitchings join in 1942?
a) Wellcome Research Laboratories
b) Burroghs Wellcome Laboratory
c) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
d) Smith Kline and French Laboratories

7. When did George Herbert Hitchings and Gertrude Belle Elion produce azathioprione?
a) 1957
b) 1964
c) 1986
d) 1992

8. For what did George Herbert Hitchings win Nobel Prize?
a) Discoveries concerning the molecular structure of DNA
b) Tuberculosis research
c) Devlopment of drugs for combating disease
d) Work on dioptrics of the eye

9. When did George Herbert Hitchings die?
a) 27 February 1998
b) 22 May 1996
c) 12 July 1994
d) 4 December 1992

10. Where did George Herbert Hitchings die?
a) Palm Springs
b) Chapel Hill
c) New York
d) Sacramento

George Herbert Hitchings Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did George Herbert Hitchings get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
c) 1988

2. When was George Herbert Hitchings born?
b) 18 April 1905

3. Where was George Herbert Hitchings born?
d) Hoquiam

4. At which university did George Herbert Hitchings get master’s degree?
a) Washington

5. At which university did George Herbert Hitchings teach?
d) Harvard

6. Which laboratory did George Herbert Hitchings join in 1942?
b) Burroghs Wellcome Laboratory

7. When did George Herbert Hitchings and Gertrude Belle Elion produce azathioprione?
a) 1957

8. For what did George Herbert Hitchings win Nobel Prize?
c) Devlopment of drugs for combating disease

9. When did George Herbert Hitchings die?
a) 27 February 1998

10. Where did George Herbert Hitchings die?
b) Chapel Hill

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Herbert Henry Asquith Quiz

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Herbert Henry Asquith Quiz Questions

1. When was Herbert Henry Asquith Prime Minister of UK?
a) 1901-1905
b) 1908-1916
c) 1918-1922
d) 1895-1900

2. When was Herbert Henry Asquith born?
a) 1 March 1853
b) 2 June 1854
c) 12 September 1852
d) 18 October 1851

3. Where was Herbert Henry Asquith born?
a) Morley
b) Cardiff
c) Glasgow
d) Belfast

4. Which college did Herbert Henry Asquith attend?
a) Corpus Christi College
b) Balliol College
c) Magdalene College
d) Clare College

5. To which party did Herbert Henry Asquith belong?
a) Liberal
b) Conservative
c) Scottish National
d) Labour

6. When did Herbert Henry Asquith become home secretary?
a) 1898
b) 1884
c) 1892
d) 1905

7. What did the Parliament Act of 1911 do?
a) Granted universal adult franchise
b) Reduced the power of House of Lords
c) Gave women aged 21 the right to vote
d) Deprived hereditary peers the right to sit and vote in House of Lords

8. Against which country did UK declare war on 4 August 1914?
a) Russia
b) France
c) Germany
d) Spain

9. When did Herbert Henry Asquith die?
a) 15 February 1928
b) 22 May 1925
c) 16 July 1932
d) 4 October 1937

10. Where did Herbert Henry Asquith die?
a) Manchester
b) Sutton Courtenay
c) Birmingham
d) Richmond

Herbert Henry Asquith Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When was Herbert Henry Asquith Prime Minister of UK?
b) 1908-1916

2. When was Herbert Henry Asquith born?
c) 12 September 1852

3. Where was Herbert Henry Asquith born?
a) Morley

4. Which college did Herbert Henry Asquith attend?
b) Balliol College

5. To which party did Herbert Henry Asquith belong?
a) Liberal

6. When did Herbert Henry Asquith become home secretary?
c) 1892

7. What did the Parliament Act of 1911 do?
b) Reduced the power of House of Lords

8. Against which country did UK declare war on 4 August 1914?
c) Germany

9. When did Herbert Henry Asquith die?
a) 15 February 1928

10. Where did Herbert Henry Asquith die?
b) Sutton Courtenay

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Woodrow Wilson Quiz

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Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of United States of America

Woodrow Wilson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(This quiz is about the 28th President of USA.)

Woodrow Wilson Quiz Questions

1) When did Woodrow Wilson begin his second term as President of USA?
a) 20 January 1910
b) 4 March 1912
c) 4 March 1917
d) 4 November 1912

2) When was Woodrow Wilson born?
a) 12 February 1850
b) 3 March 1852
c) 28 July 1855
d) 28 December 1856

3) Where was Woodrow Wilson born?
a) Fairfield
b) Caldwell
c) Cincinnati
d) Staunton

4) From which University did Woodrow Wilson get Ph. D.?
a) Miami
b) Harvard
c) John Hopkins
d) Yale

5) Which state had Woodrow Wilson as its Governor?
a) California
b) New Jersey
c) Arizona
d) New Mexico

6) How many electoral votes did Woodrow Wilson get in Presidential Election 1912?
a) 216
b) 8
c) 88
d) 435

7) Which Act passed when Woodrow Wilson was President reduced tariff?
a) Underwood Act
b) Pinewood Act
c) Federal Reserve Act
d) Civil Rights Act

8) Which slogan helped Woodrow Wilson get in Presidential Election 1912?
a) Quit Poverty
b) Food, Clothing, Shelter
c) He kept us out of war.
d) No new taxes

9) In which field did Woodrow Wilson get Nobel Prize in 1919?
a) Chemistry
b) Literature
c) Peace
d) Physics

10) When did Woodrow Wilson die?
a) 3 February 1924
b) 4 May 1926
c) 9 June 1928
d) 8 November 1930

Woodrow Wilson Quiz Questions with Answers

Signature of Woodrow Wilson

Signature of Woodrow Wilson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) When did Woodrow Wilson begin his second term as President of USA?
c) 4 March 1917

2) When was Woodrow Wilson born?
d) 28 December 1856

3) Where was Woodrow Wilson born?
d) Staunton

US Postage stamp: Woodrow Wilson, Issue of 1925, 17c

US Postage stamp: Woodrow Wilson, Issue of 1925, 17c (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

4) From which University did Woodrow Wilson get Ph. D.?
c) John Hopkins

5) Which state had Woodrow Wilson as its Governor?
b) New Jersey

6) How many electoral votes did Woodrow Wilson get in Presidential Election 1912?
d) 435

7) Which Act passed when Woodrow Wilson was President reduced tariff?
a) Underwood Act

8) Which slogan helped Woodrow Wilson get in Presidential Election 1912?
c) He kept us out of war.

9) In which field did Woodrow Wilson get Nobel Prize in 1919?
c) Peace

10) When did Woodrow Wilson die?
a) 3 February 1924

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Abraham Lincoln Quiz

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Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A political cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, 1865.

A political cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, 1865. The caption reads (Johnson to the former rail-splitter): Take it quietly Uncle Abe and I will draw it closer than ever!! (Lincoln to the former tailor): A few more stitches Andy and the good old Union will be mended! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Photograph of a reproduction of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Photograph of a reproduction of the Emancipation Proclamation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Signature of Abraham Lincoln.

Signature of Abraham Lincoln. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Abraham Lincoln Quiz Questions

1) When was Abraham Lincoln first sworn in as President of USA?
a) 20 January 1869
b) 4 March 1861
c) 20 January 1873
d) 4 March 1849

2) When was Abraham Lincoln born?
a) 26 January 1800
b) 1 March 1805
c) 12 February 1809
d) 9 September 1816

3) Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
a) Libreville
b) New York
c) Hodgenville
d) Austin

4) In which war was Abraham Lincoln a captain?
a) Panama
b) Black Hawk
c) Mexican
d) Balkan War II

5) To which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong when he became President?
a) Democratic
b) Republican
c) Green
d) Conservative

6) Who was Abraham Lincoln’s running mate for Presidential Election 1860?
a) Andrew Johnson
b) John Bell
c) Hannibal Hamlin
d) Stephen a. Douglas

7) When did Emancipation Proclamation come into effect?
a) 1 January 1861
b) 1 January 1863
c) 4 July 1861
d) 25 December 1862

8) Which famous address did Abraham Lincoln give on 19 November 1863?
a) New York
b) Washington
c) Gettysburg
d) Philadelphia

9) Abraham Lincoln was shot on 14 April 1865. What was the significance of that day?
a) Ash Wednesday
b) Maundy Thursday
c) Good Friday
d) Easter Sunday

10) How is Abraham Lincoln’s life described?
a) From dog house to pent house
b) From log house to White House
c) From Green House to Red House
d) From here to eternity

Abraham Lincoln Quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was Abraham Lincoln first sworn in as President of USA?
b) 4 March 1861

2) When was Abraham Lincoln born?
c) 12 February 1809

3) Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
c) Hodgenville

4) In which war was Abraham Lincoln a captain?
b) Black Hawk

5) To which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong when he became President?
b) Republican

6) Who was Abraham Lincoln’s running mate for Presidential Election 1860?
c) Hannibal Hamlin

7) When did Emancipation Proclamation come into effect?
b) 1 January 1863
Note: Emancipation Proclamation was issued on 22/9/1862 and came into effect on 1/1/1863.

8) Which famous address did Abraham Lincoln give on 19 November 1863?
c) Gettysburg

9) Abraham Lincoln was shot on 14 April 1865. What was the significance of that day?
c) Good Friday

10) How is Abraham Lincoln’s life described?
b) From log house to White House

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Eisaku Sato Quiz

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Eisaku Sato Quiz Questions

1. When was Eisaku Sato Prime Minister of Japan?
a) 1943-1948
b) 1964-1972
c) 1974-1977
d) 1969-1973

2. When was Eisaku Sato born?
a) 27 March 1901
b) 1 April 1900
c) 9 August 1902
d) 12 December 1903

3. Where was Eisaku Sato born?
a) Osaka
b) Kyoto
c) Fukuoka
d) Tabuse

4. From which university did Eisaku Sato graduate?
a) Okinawa University
b) Tokyo Imperial University
c) Nara University
d) Kobe University

5. What was Eisaku Sato’s portfolio in 1952?
a) Home
b) Finance
c) Construction
d) Defence

6. Which party did Eisaku Sato join in 1948?
a) Conservative
b) Liberal
c) Progressive
d) Republican

7. Which islands were returned by USA to Japan in 1972?
a) Hawaii
b) Ryukyu
c) Christmas
d) Paracel

8. When did Eisaku Sato get Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1986
b) 1977
c) 1974
d) 1994

9. When did Eisaku Sato die?
a) 23 February 1984
b) 3 June 1975
c) 5 July 1979
d) 6 November 1995

10. Where did Eisaku Sato die?
a) Tokyo
b) Akita
c) Kochi
d) Nagasaki

Eisaku Sato Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Eisaku Sato Prime Minister of Japan?
b) 1964-1972

2. When was Eisaku Sato born?
a) 27 March 1901

3. Where was Eisaku Sato born?
d) Tabuse

4. From which university did Eisaku Sato graduate?
b) Tokyo Imperial University

5. What was Eisaku Sato’s portfolio in 1952?
c) Construction

6. Which party did Eisaku Sato join in 1948?
b) Liberal

7. Which islands were returned by USA to Japan in 1972?
b) Ryukyu

8. When did Eisaku Sato get Nobel Prize for Peace?
c) 1974

9. When did Eisaku Sato die?
b) 3 June 1975

10. Where did Eisaku Sato die?
a) Tokyo

 

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Andrew Huxley Quiz

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Andrew Huxley Quiz Questions

Image of Andrew Huxley 2005, Trinity College C...

Image of Andrew Huxley 2005, Trinity College Cambridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When did Andrew Huxley get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1958
b) 1949
c) 1963
d) 1975

2. When was Andrew Huxley born?
a) 5 January 1912
b) 22 June 1916
c) 27 September 1921
d) 22 November 1917

3. Where was Andrew Huxley born?
a) Dover
b) London
c) Bristol
d) Plymouth

4. Who of the following was Andrew Huxley’s grandfather?
a) Thomas Henry Huxley
b) Leonard Huxley
c) Julian Huxley
d) Aldous Huxley

5. Which college did Andrew Huxley attend?
a) Christ’s College
b) St. Patrick’s College
c) Trinity College
d) Winchester College

6. When was Andrew Huxley elected Fellow of the Royal Society?
a) 17 March 1955
b) 3 April 1974
c) 21 July 1952
d) 12 December 1962

7. For what did Andrew Huxley win Nobel Prize?
a) Swine flu research
b) Discoveries about nerve cell membrane
c) Work on malaria
d) Work on thyroid gland

8. When was Andrew Huxley president of the Royal Society?
a) 1980-1985
b) 1955-1960
c) 1964-1969
d) 1971-1976

9. When did Andrew Huxley die?
a) 14 February 1995
b) 30 May 2012
c) 4 August 2002
d) 6 October 1998

10. Where did Andrew Huxley die?
a) Los Angeles
b) Oxford
c) Manchester
d) Grantchester

Andrew Huxley Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When did Andrew Huxley get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
c) 1963

2. When was Andrew Huxley born?
d) 22 November 1917

3. Where was Andrew Huxley born?
b) London

4. Who of the following was Andrew Huxley’s grandfather?
a) Thomas Henry Huxley

5. Which college did Andrew Huxley attend?
c) Trinity College

6. When was Andrew Huxley elected Fellow of the Royal Society?
a) 17 March 1955

7. For what did Andrew Huxley win Nobel Prize?
b) Discoveries about nerve cell membrane

8. When was Andrew Huxley president of the Royal Society?
a) 1980-1985

9. When did Andrew Huxley die?
b) 30 May 2012

10. Where did Andrew Huxley die?
d) Grantchester

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Emily Bronte Quiz

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Emily Bronte Quiz Questions

1. When was Emily Bronte born?
a) 3 March 1815
b) 4 August 1814
c) 30 July 1818
d) 6 November 1812

2. Where was Emily Bronte born?
a) Derbyshire
b) Dover
c) Tweed
d) Thornton

3. Which school did Emily Bronte attend?
a) Queen Anne School
b) Kilkenny Grammar School
c) Clergy Daughters’ School
d) Holy Family School

4. Where did Emily Bronte teach?
a) Queen Mary School
b) Miss Patchett’s School
c) St. Joseph’s School
d) St. Patrick’s School

5. Where did Emily Bronte go to learn foreign languages and school management?
a) Brussels
b) Paris
c) Copenhagen
d) Helsinki

6. When was Wuthering Heights published?
a) 1842
b) 1847
c) 1832
d) 1836

7. What was Emily Bronte’s pen name?
a) Currer Bell
b) Ellis Bell
c) Acton Bell
d) John Bull

8. When did Emily Bronte die?
a) 6 May 1850
b) 9 February 1860
c) 18 September 1852
d) 19 December 1848

9. Where did Emily Bronte die?
a) Boston
b) New York
c) Haworth
d) London

10. What caused Emily Bronte’s death?
a) Malaria
b) Brain haemorrage
c) Cholera
d) Tuberculosis

Emily Bronte Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Emily Bronte born?
c) 30 July 1818

2. Where was Emily Bronte born?
d) Thornton

3. Which school did Emily Bronte attend?
c) Clergy Daughters’ School

4. Where did Emily Bronte teach?
b) Miss Patchett’s School

5. Where did Emily Bronte go to learn foreign languages and school management?
a) Brussels

6. When was Wuthering Heights published?
b) 1847

7. What was Emily Bronte’s pen name?
b) Ellis Bell

8. When did Emily Bronte die?
d) 19 December 1848

9. Where did Emily Bronte die?
c) Haworth

10. What caused Emily Bronte’s death?
d) Tuberculosis

 

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Abdus Salam Quiz

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Abdus Salam Quiz Questions

(Some sources claim Abdus Salam was born in Santokdas.)

1. When did Abdus Salam win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1972
b) 1979
c) 1984
d) 1986

2. When was Abdus Salam born?
a) 29 January 1926
b) 2 May 1914
c) 19 September 1918
d) 21 December 1922

3. Where was Abdus Salam born?
a) Ludhiana
b) Peshawar
c) Jhang Maghiana
d) Multan

4. Which college did Abdus Salam attend in 1940-1944?
a) Anglo-Mohammedan College
b) King Edward Medical College
c) Aitchison College
d) Government College

5. Where was Abdus Salam professor of theoretical physics in 1957-1960?
a) Lahore College for Women
b) Imperial College of Science and Technology
c) Hailey College of Commerce
d) California Institute of Technology

6. What was set up on 16 September 1961 on the advice of Abdus Salam?
a) Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
b) International Centre for Theoretical Physics
c) Pakistan Academy of Sciences
d) Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

7. For what did Abdus Salam win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Formulating the electroweak theory
b) Discovery of argon
c) Spectroscopic and metrological investigations
d) Development of wireless telegraphy

8. When did Abdus Salam die?
a) 1 January 2001
b) 4 April 1998
c) 8 August 2002
d) 21 November 1996

9. Where did Abdus Salam die?
a) Karachi
b) Rawalpindi
c) Oxford
d) Faisalabad

10. The epitaph on Abdus Salam’s tomb read “First Muslim Nobel Laureate.” Which word was erased?
a) First
b) Muslim
c) Nobel
d) Laureate

Abdus Salam Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When did Abdus Salam win Nobel Prize for Physics?
b) 1979

2. When was Abdus Salam born?
a) 29 January 1926

3. Where was Abdus Salam born?
c) Jhang Maghiana

4. Which college did Abdus Salam attend in 1940-1944?
d) Government College

5. Where was Abdus Salam professor of theoretical physics in 1957-1960?
b) Imperial College of Science and Technology

6. What was set up on 16 September 1961 on the advice of Abdus Salam?
d) Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

7. For what did Abdus Salam win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Formulating the electroweak theory

8. When did Abdus Salam die?
d) 21 November 1996

9. Where did Abdus Salam die?
c) Oxford

10. The epitaph on Abdus Salam’s tomb read “First Muslim Nobel Laureate.” Which word was erased?
b) Muslim

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Kuldip Nayar Quiz

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1- When was Kuldip Nayar born?
  • Correct Answer: 14 August 1923
2- Where was Kuldip Nayar born?
  • Correct Answer: Sialkot
3- Where did Kuldip Nayar study journalism?
  • Correct Answer: Medill School
4- When was Kuldip Nayar Press Officer of Press Information Bureau?
  • Correct Answer: 1954-1964
5- When was Kuldip Nayar Editor of The Statesman?
  • Correct Answer: 1967-1975
6-  When was The Judgement published?
  • Correct Answer: 1977
7-  Where did Kuldip Nayar represent India as High Commissioner?
  • Correct Answer: UK
8- Which book has Kuldip Nayar’s articles on relations between India and Pakistan?
  • Correct Answer: Wall at Wagah
9-  When did Kuldip Nayar die?
  • Correct Answer: 23 August 2018
10-  Where did Kuldip Nayar die?
  • Correct Answer: Delhi

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Frances Cleveland Preston Quiz

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Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston was the wife of the President of the United States Grover Cleveland and the 27th First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897. Becoming First Lady at age 21, she remains the youngest First Lady in history. Source: Wikipedia

Frances Cleveland Preston Quiz Questions

 

1. When was Frances Clara Folsom born?
a) 17 Mach 1854
b) 5 April 1858
c) 21 July 1864
d) 9 December 1862

2. Where was Frances Clara Folsom born?
a) Buffalo
b) New York
c) Georgetown
d) Florence

3. Who bought Frances Clara Folsom’s first baby carriage?
a) Emma Harmon
b) Oscar Folsom
c) Grover Cleveland
d) Thomas Jex Preston

4. Which college did Frances Clara Folsom attend?
a) Vassar College
b) Wells College
c) St. Philomena’s College
d) St. Catherine’s College

5. When did Frances Clara Folsom marry Grover Cleveland?
a) 6 January 1889
b) 2 June 1886
c) 28 September 1882
d) 1 November 1881

6. To whom did Frances Cleveland give birth on 9 September 1893?
a) Ruth
b) Marion
c) William
d) Esther

7. What was Thomas Jex Preston’s profession?
a) Archaeologist
b) Lawyer
c) Painter
d) Sculptor

8. When did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
a) 4 February 1950
b) 31 May 1949
c) 17 August 1948
d) 29 October 1947

9. Where did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
a) Jamestown
b) Baltimore
c) Richmond
d) Princeton

10. Which of the following is not true of Frances Cleveland Preston?
a) First woman to marry in White House
b) Youngest First Lady of USA
c) First presidential widow in USA to remarry
d) First woman Secretary of State of USA

Frances Cleveland Preston Quiz Questions with Answers

 

1. When was Frances Clara Folsom born?
c) 21 July 1864

2. Where was Frances Clara Folsom born?
a) Buffalo

3. Who bought Frances Clara Folsom’s first baby carriage?
c) Grover Cleveland

4. Which college did Frances Clara Folsom attend?
b) Wells College

5. When did Frances Clara Folsom marry Grover Cleveland?
b) 2 June 1886

6. To whom did Frances Cleveland give birth on 9 September 1893?
d) Esther

7. What was Thomas Jex Preston’s profession?
a) Archaeologist

8. When did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
d) 29 October 1947

9. Where did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
b) Baltimore

10. Which of the following is not true of Frances Cleveland Preston?
d) First woman Secretary of State of USA

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