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Flannery O’Connor Quiz

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Flannery O’Connor was an American writer. She wrote two novels and 32 short stories. Her Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

1. What was Flannery O’Connor’s first name?
a) Hilda
b) Mary
c) Stephanie
d) Jane

2. When was Flannery O’Connor born?
a) 25 March 1925
b) 18 May 1922
c) 31 July 1919
d) 30 December 1915

3. Where was Flannery O’Connor born?
a) Boston
b) Atlanta
c) Savannah
d) New Orleans

4. Which college did Flannery O’Connor attend?
a) Bethany College
b) St. John’s College
c) St. Agnes’ College
d) Georgia State College for Women

5. Which university did Flannery O’Connor attend?
a) Harvard
b) Yale
c) Princeton
d) Iowa

6. Which was Flannery O’Connor’s first novel?
a) Wise Blood
b) The Violent Bear It Away
c) Mystery and Manners
d) The Habit of Being

 

7. When did Flannery O’Connor publish A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories?
a) 1979
b) 1955
c) 1969
d) 1971

8. Which disease afflicted Flannery O’Connor?
a) Parkinson’s disease
b) Alzheimer’s disease
c) Lupus erythematosus
d) Agranulocytic angina

9. When did Flannery O’Connor die?
a) 22 January 1969
b) 12 June 1978
c) 3 August 1964
d) 5 November 1984

10. Where did Flannery O’Connor die?
a) Reno
b) Milledgeville
c) Albuquerque
d) Portland

Flannery O’Connor Quiz Questions with Answers

 

1. What was Flannery O’Connor’s first name?
b) Mary

2. When was Flannery O’Connor born?
a) 25 March 1925

3. Where was Flannery O’Connor born?
c) Savannah

4. Which college did Flannery O’Connor attend?
d) Georgia State College for Women

5. Which university did Flannery O’Connor attend?
d) Iowa

6. Which was Flannery O’Connor’s first novel?
a) Wise Blood

7. When did Flannery O’Connor publish A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories?
b) 1955

8. Which disease afflicted Flannery O’Connor?
c) Lupus erythematosus

9. When did Flannery O’Connor die?
c) 3 August 1964

10. Where did Flannery O’Connor die?
b) Milledgeville

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Girolamo Savonarola Quiz

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Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar, Scholastic, religious and political reformer and an influential contributor to the politics of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498

Girolamo Savonarola Quiz Questions

1. When was Girolamo Savonarola born?
a) 4 February 1444
b) 15 April 1442
c) 21 September 1452
d) 30 November 1455

2. Where was Girolamo Savonarola born?
a) Ferrara
b) Pisa
c) Lepanto
d) Genoa

3. Which order did Girolamo Savonarola join?
a) Augustinian
b) Capuchin
c) Dominican
d) Benedictine

4. Who invaded Florence and overthrew Medici rule in 1494 as predicted by Girolamo Savonarola?
a) Charles VIII
b) Philip IV
c) Henry VI
d) Edward VI

5. Which party opposed Girolamo Savonarola?
a) Jacobin
b) Conservative
c) Labour
d) Arrabbiati
6. Who ordered Girolamo Savonarola to go to Bologna under pain of excommunication?
a) Julius II
b) Leo X
c) Alexander VI
d) Urban VIII

7. Which coalition against France Girolamo Savonarola did not want Florence to join?
a) Triple Alliance
b) Holy League
c) Grand Alliance
d) Catholic League

8. Who accepted the challenge of a Franciscan to ordeal by fire on the invalidity of Girolamo Savonarola’s excommunication?
a) Domenico da Pescia
b) Giordano Bruno
c) Lorenzo de Medici
d) Cesare Borgia

9. When did Girolamo Savonarola die?
a) 26 January 1499
b) 23 May 1498
c) 11 July 1503
d) 12 December 1515

10. Where did Girolamo Savonarola die?
a) Turin
b) Berne
c) Pavia
d) Florence

Girolamo Savonarola Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Girolamo Savonarola born?
c) 21 September 1452

2. Where was Girolamo Savonarola born?
a) Ferrara

3. Which order did Girolamo Savonarola join?
c) Dominican

4. Who invaded Florence and overthrew Medici rule in 1494 as predicted by Girolamo Savonarola?
a) Charles VIII

5. Which party opposed Girolamo Savonarola?
d) Arrabbiati

6. Who ordered Girolamo Savonarola to go to Bologna under pain of excommunication?
c) Alexander VI

7. Which coalition against France Girolamo Savonarola did not want Florence to join?
b) Holy League

8. Who accepted the challenge of a Franciscan to ordeal by fire on the invalidity of Girolamo Savonarola’s excommunication?
a) Domenico da Pescia

9. When did Girolamo Savonarola die?
b) 23 May 1498

10. Where did Girolamo Savonarola die?
d) Florence

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Francisco Pizarro Quiz Questions Answers

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Francisco Pizarro Quiz Questions

1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born?
a) Trujillo
b) Barcelona
c) Madrid
d) Casablanca

2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain?
a) 12 August 1492
b) 17 June 1536
c) 22 January 1538
d) 10 November 1509

3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d) Vasco da Gama

4. What was Hernando de Luque, a partner of Francisco Pizarro?
a) Doctor
b) Merchant
c) Priest
d) Cobbler

5. Of which province was Francisco Pizarro made governor and captain general on 26 July 1529?
a) Catalonia
b) Galicia
c) Basques
d) New Castile

6. When did Francisco Pizarro capture Atahualpa?
a) 15 March 1526
b) 26 April 1548
c) 2 July 1524
d) 16 November 1532

7. Which empire was destroyed by Francisco Pizarro?
a) Mayan
b) Incan
c) Mughal
d) Roman

8. What did Francisco Pizarro call the city he founded on 18 January 1535?
a) City of Joy
b) City of the Kings
c) City of Misery
d) City of Hope

9. When did Francisco Pizarro die?
a) 4 January 1548
b) 26 June 1541
c) 6 August 1545
d) 9 December 1563

10. Where did Francisco Pizarro die?
a) Lima
b) San Sebastian
c) Los Alamos
d) San Domingo

Francisco Pizarro Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born?
a) Trujillo

2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain?
d) 10 November 1509

3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific?
c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa

4. What was Hernando de Luque, a partner of Francisco Pizarro?
c) Priest

5. Of which province was Francisco Pizarro made governor and captain general on 26 July 1529?
d) New Castile

6. When did Francisco Pizarro capture Atahualpa?
d) 16 November 1532

7. Which empire was destroyed by Francisco Pizarro?
b) Incan

8. What did Francisco Pizarro call the city he founded on 18 January 1535?
b) City of the Kings

9. When did Francisco Pizarro die?
b) 26 June 1541

10. Where did Francisco Pizarro die?
a) Lima.

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Ellsworth Huntington Quiz

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Ellsworth Huntington Quiz Questions

English: Picture taken in 1920 and publicly av...

Ellsworth Huntington. Picture taken in 1920 and publicly available online at Yale’s Manuscripts and Archives. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was Ellsworth Huntington born?
a) 5 February 1884
b) 2 April 1882
c) 16 September 1876
d) 14 December 1864

2. Where was Ellsworth Huntington born?
a) Galesburg
b) Chicago
c) Springfield
d) Ankara

3. At which college was Ellsworth Huntington instructor?
a) Christ Church College
b) Euphrates College
c) Trinity College
d) Bright College

4. Where did Ellsworth Huntington explore the canyons of the Euphrates?
a) Arabia
b) Egypt
c) Libya
d) Turkey

5. When did Ellsworth Huntington write The Pulse of Asia?
a) 1907
b) 1909
c) 1912
d) 1914

6. When did Ellsworth Huntington teach at Yale University?
a) 1898-1904
b) 1918-1924
c) 1907-1917
d) 1924-1936

7. When did Ellsworth Huntington publish Palestine and its Transformation?
a) 1948
b) 1936
c) 1925
d) 1911

8. Which book of Ellsworth Huntington was published in 1915?
a) The Human Habitat
b) Civilization and Climate
c) Mainsprings of Civilization
d) Clash of Civilizations

9. When did Ellsworth Huntington die?
a) 25 January 1959
b) 11 June 1958
c) 16 July 1953
d) 17 October 1947

10. Where did Ellsworth Huntington die?
a) Cairo
b) New Haven
c) Damascus
d) Beirut

Ellsworth Huntington Quiz Questions and Answers

Cover of "Civilization and Climate"

Cover of Civilization and Climate

1. When was Ellsworth Huntington born?
c) 16 September 1876

2. Where was Ellsworth Huntington born?
a) Galesburg

3. At which college was Ellsworth Huntington instructor?
b) Euphrates College

4. Where did Ellsworth Huntington explore the canyons of the Euphrates?
d) Turkey

5. When did Ellsworth Huntington write The Pulse of Asia?
a) 1907

6. When did Ellsworth Huntington teach at Yale University?
c) 1907-1917

7. When did Ellsworth Huntington publish Palestine and its Transformation?
d) 1911

8. Which book of Ellsworth Huntington was published in 1915?
b) Civilization and Climate

9. When did Ellsworth Huntington die?
d) 17 October 1947

10. Where did Ellsworth Huntington die?
b) New Haven

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Aruba Quiz

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Aruba is one of the four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, together with the Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten whose citizens share a single nationality: Dutch citizen. Aruba together with Bonaire and Curaçao referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles.

Aruba Quiz Questions

1. Which sea surrounds Aruba?
a) Labrador
b) Caribbean
c) Irish
d) Beaufort

2. Which is the capital of Aruba?
a) San Nicolas
b) Oranjestad
c) Sabaneta
d) Caracas

Location map for the Aruba

Location map for the Aruba (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

3. Which is the official language of Aruba?
a) Spanish
b) English
c) French
d) Dutch

4. Which is the highest point in Aruba?
a) Mount Hooiberg
b) Longs Peak
c) Mount Jamanota
d) Granite Peak

Flag-map of Aruba

Flag-map of Aruba (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

5. Which country claimed Aruba in 1499?
a) Spain
b) Portugal
c) Denmark
d) Belgium

6. When did Aruba become a Dutch colony?
a) 1502
b) 1624
c) 1636
d) 1718

7. When was Aruba’s flag first hoisted?
a) 18 March 1976
b) 20 May 1898
c) 29 September 2001
d) 16 December 1996

8. Which is the currency of Aruba?
a) Guilder
b) Florin
c) Franc
d) Euro

Parliament of Aruba in Oranjestad.

Parliament of Aruba in Oranjestad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

9. Who disappeared in Aruba on 30 May 2005?
a) Bruce Reynolds
b) Ronald Biggs
c) Beth Holloway
d) Natalee Holloway

10. What is the legislature of Aruba?
a) Lagting
b) Staten
c) Bundestag
d) Althing

Aruba Quiz Questions with Answers

1. Which sea surrounds Aruba?
b) Caribbean

Aruba in the Caribbean Sea.

Aruba in the Caribbean Sea. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

2. Which is the capital of Aruba?
b) Oranjestad

3. Which is the official language of Aruba?
d) Dutch

4. Which is the highest point in Aruba?
c) Mount Jamanota

5. Which country claimed Aruba in 1499?
a) Spain

6. When did Aruba become a Dutch colony?
c) 1636

7. When was Aruba’s flag first hoisted?
a) 18 March 1976

8. Which is the currency of Aruba?
b) Florin

9. Who disappeared in Aruba on 30 May 2005?
d) Natalee Holloway

10. What is the legislature of Aruba?
b) Staten

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Matthew Flinders Quiz Questions with Answers

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Captain Matthew Flinders was a distinguished English navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent. -Wikipedia

1. When was Matthew Flinders born?
Answer: 16 March 1774

2. Where was Matthew Flinders born?
Answer: Donington

3. When did Matthew Flinders join the Royal Navy?
Answer: 1789

4. Which land did Matthew Flinders circumnavigate when he commanded Norfolk?
Answer: Van Diemen’s Land

5. Which ship did Matthew Flinders command when he circumnavigated Australia?
Answer: Investigator

6. Which name used by Matthew Flinders replaced the name New Holland?
Answer: Australia

7. When was Matthew Flinders in captivity in Ile de France?
Answer: 1803-1810

8. When was A Voyage to Terra Australis published?
Answer: 1814

9. When did Matthew Flinders die?
Answer: 19 July 1814

10. Where did Matthew Flinders die?
Answer: London

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Robert Southey Quiz

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Robert Southey Quiz Questions

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1. When was Robert Southey born?
a) 8 February 1764
b) 5 April 1776
c) 12 August 1774
d) 4 December 1768

2. Where was Robert Southey born?
a) Lisbon
b) Liverpool
c) Ipswich
d) Bristol

3. Which school did Robert Southey attend?
a) St. George’s School
b) Westminster School
c) St. David’s School
d) Rugby School

4. Which college did Robert Southey attend?
a) Balliol College
b) Trinity College
c) King’s College
d) St. Andrew’s College

5. When did Robert Southey marry X?
a) 28 January 1799
b) 18 June 1798
c) 12 September 1796
d) 14 November 1795

6. When was Joan of Arc published?
a) 1792
b) 1796
c) 1788
d) 1786

7. What did Robert Southey and Samuel Coleridge wanted to establish?
a) Pantisocracy
b) Aristocracy
c) Plutocracy
d) Gerontocracy

8. Which Robert Southey book was published in 1814?
a) After Blenheim
b) Letters from Spain
c) Roderick the Last of the Goths
d) Madoc

9. When did Robert Southey die?
a) 21 March 1843
b) 19 May 1844
c) 23 July 1846
d) 15 October 1848

10. Where did Robert Southey die?
a) Glamorgan
b) Keswick
c) Edinburgh
d) Glasgow

Robert Southey Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Robert Southey born?
c) 12 August 1774

2. Where was Robert Southey born?
d) Bristol

3. Which school did Robert Southey attend?
b) Westminster School

4. Which college did Robert Southey attend?
a) Balliol College

5. When did Robert Southey marry X?
d) 14 November 1795

6. When was Joan of Arc published?
b) 1796

7. What did Robert Southey and Samuel Coleridge wanted to establish?
a) Pantisocracy

8. Which Robert Southey book was published in 1814?
c) Roderick the Last of the Goths

9. When did Robert Southey die?
a) 21 March 1843

10. Where did Robert Southey die?
b) Keswick

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John Dryden Quiz

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John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him “Glorious John”. He was made Poet Laureate in 1667. Source: Wikipedia

John Dryden Quiz Questions

1. When was John Dryden born? (Dates according to Gregorian calendar)
a) 2 February 1641
b) 15 May 1636
c) 19 August 1631 (Correct)
d) 15 December 1628

2. Where was John Dryden born?
a) Aldwinkle  (Correct)
b) Cardiff
c) Liverpool
d) Dorchester

3. Which school did John Dryden attend?
a) Shrewsbury School
b) Westminster School (Correct)
c) Harrow School
d) St. Paul’s School

 

4. Which poem did John Dryden write for the coronation of Charles II?
a) The Medall
b) The Hind and the Panther
c) Religio Laici
d) To His Sacred Majesty (Correct)

5. Which play did John Dryden write in 1665?
a) Secret Love
b) The Indian Emperour (Correct)
c) All for Love
d) The Conquest of Granada

6. When did John Dryden write Annus Mirabilis?
a) 1672
b) 1675
c) 1667 (Correct)
d) 1701

7. Which poem written by John Dryden regarding successor to Charles II angered Whigs?
a) Absalom and Achitophel (Correct)
b) Eleonara
c) Love Triumphant
d) Cleomenes

 

8. When was John Dryden poet laureate?
a) 1640-1648
b) 1701-1715
c) 1690-1700
d) 1668-1688 (Correct)

9. When did John Dryden die?
a) 26 January 1715
b) 12 May 1700 (Correct)
c) 11 July 1703
d) 12 November 1699

10. Where did John Dryden die?
a) Cambridge
b) London (Correct)
c) Oxford
d) Bristol

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Manipur Quiz

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1. When did Manipur become a state?
  • Correct Answer: 21 July 1972

2. What does Manipur mean?

  • Correct Answer: City of gems

3. Which state is to the north of Manipur?

  • Correct Answer: Nagaland

4. Which state is to the west of Manipur?

  • Correct Answer: Assam

5. Which country is to the east of Manipur?

  • Correct Answer: Burma

6. Which is the capital of Manipur?

  • Correct Answer: Imphal

7. Which lake is the source of Manipur River?

  • Correct Answer: Loktak Lake

8. What is the area of Manipur?

  • Correct Answer: 8,621 sq. mi.

9. When was Manipuri added to the eighth schedule of the constitution?

  • Correct Answer: 1992

10. Who was Manipur’s chief minister in 1995?

  • Correct Answer: Rishang Keishing

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William Harvey Quiz

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William Harvey Quiz Questions

1. What did William Harvey discover?
a) Blood circulation (Correct)
b) Planetary motions
c) Cortisol
d) Vitamins

2. When was William Harvey born?
a) 31 March 1584
b) 1 April 1578 (Correct)
c) 25 September 1587
d) 30 December 1575

3. Where was William Harvey born?
a) Richmond
b) Plymouth
c) Liverpool
d) Folkestone (Correct)

4. Which college did William Harvey attend?
a) Christ College
b) Gonville and Caius College (Correct)
c) Rhodes College
d) Trinity College

5. Which university did William Harvey attend?
a) London
b) Oxford
c) Padua (Correct)
d) Edinburgh

6. At which hospital did William Harvey serve?
a) St. Bartholomew’s (Correct)
b) St. John’s
c) St. Luke’s
d) St. Andrew’s

7. Who appointed William Harvey physician extraordinary in 1618?
a) George II
b) William IV
c) James I (Correct)
d) Edward IV

8. When did William Harvey publish Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus?
a) 1880
b) 1628 (Correct)
c) 1885
d) 1882

9. When did William Harvey die?
a) 18 January 1648
b) 3 June 1657 (Correct)
c) 7 July 1660
d) 12 November 1665

10. Where did William Harvey die?
a) Nuremberg
b) Prague
c) Vienna
d) London (Correct)

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