Extraordinary People

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1.

Who, of the following scientists, is mainly credited with the birth of evolutionary theories?

Stephen Jay Gould
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Darwin
Carl Sagan
I don't know
2.

Who might we think of every time we pour ourselves a glass of milk?

Thomas Edison
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Alan Turing
I don't know
3.

Who wrote "Mein Kampf"?

Karl Marx
Albert Camus
Fidel Castro
Adolf Hitler
I don't know
4.

Who was William Frederick Cody?

Buffalo Bill
The Lone Ranger
Superman
Abraham Lincoln
I don't know
5.

What happened to Jonah in the Bible?

Each of his seven wives died from gout
He had a visionary dream
He got swallowed by a whale
He killed his only son
I don't know
6.

What was Achilles' only weakness?

Gambling
His heel
Women
The back of his head
I don't know
7.

Who was the second son of Adam and Eve?

Moses
Cain
Abel
Noah
I don't know
8.

Which of the following is not true of Gertrude Stein:

She dropped out of medical school
She was a lesbian
She wrote "A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose""
She lived her whole life in Wisconsin
I don't know
9.

This man (AD 1st century) was an astronomer responsible for the idea that the earth was the center of the universe:

Nicolaus Copernicus
Claudius Ptolemy
Amedeo Modigliani
Socrates
I don't know
10.

Who is the only U.S. president buried in Washington D.C.?

Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
J.F. Kennedy
I don't know
Use "I" phrases when offering criticism.
"It is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
If you had allowed failure to deter you, you'd still be crawling on all fours.
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