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May 202013

James Boswell Quiz Questions

James Boswell (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was James Boswell born?
a) 14 February 1744
b) 15 June 1742
c) 11 August 1736
d) 29 October 1740

2. Where was James Boswell born?
a) Glasgow
b) Edinburgh
c) Colonsay
d) Tiree

3. Whom did James Boswell interview in Corsica?
a) Pasquale de Paoli
b) Napoleon Bonaparte
c) Jean Jacques Rousseau
d) Isabelle de Charriere

4. Where did James Boswell tour with Samuel Johnson?
a) Switzerland
b) Naples
c) Amsterdam
d) Hebrides

Cover of The Life of Samuel Johnson

5. What was the title of James Boswell’s essays published in The London Magazine?
a) The Tourist
b) Alpha of the Plough
c) The Hypochondriack
d) Troubadour

6. When was The Life of Samuel Johnson published?
a) 1802
b) 1791
c) 1797
d) 1804

7. When did James Boswell die?
a) 22 January 1815
b) 19 May 1795
c) 31 July 1840
d) 12 November 1799

8. Where did James Boswell die?
a) London
b) Lausanne
c) Utrecht
d) Berlin

9. Who sold private papers of James Boswell found at Malahide Castle near Dublin to Ralph Isham?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) Frederick Albert Pottle
c) Margaret Montgomerie
d) Talbot de Malahide

10. Which university published Boswell’s London Journal?
a) Yale
b) Harvard
c) Princeton
d) Regent

James Boswell Quiz Questions and Answers

Portrait of James Boswell (1740-1795) at twenty-five (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was James Boswell born?
d) 29 October 1740

2. Where was James Boswell born?
b) Edinburgh

3. Whom did James Boswell interview in Corsica?
a) Pasquale de Paoli

4. Where did James Boswell tour with Samuel Johnson?
d) Hebrides

5. What was the title of James Boswell’s essays published in The London Magazine?
c) The Hypochondriack

6. When was The Life of Samuel Johnson published?
b) 1791

7. When did James Boswell die?
b) 19 May 1795

8. Where did James Boswell die?
a) London

9. Who sold private papers of James Boswell found at Malahide Castle near Dublin to Ralph Isham?
d) Talbot de Malahide

10. Which university published Boswell’s London Journal?
a) Yale

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy speaking to a crowd of African Americans and whites through a megaphone outside the Justice Department; sign for Congress of Racial Equality is prominently displayed. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Robert Kennedy Quiz Questions

1. When was Robert Kennedy attorney general of USA?
a) 1936-1940
b) 1942-1946
c) 1953-1959
d) 1961-1964

2. When was Robert Kennedy born?
a) 29 March 1921
b) 10 May 1918
c) 20 November 1925
d) 26 August 1923

3. Where was Robert Kennedy born?
a) Atlanta
b) Brookline
c) Portland
d) San Antonio

4. To which party did Robert Kennedy belong?
a) Republican
b) Green
c) Democratic
d) Progressive

5. Who was the civil rights leader protected by the federal marshals sent by Robert Kennedy on 20 May 1961?
a) Jesse Jackson
b) Jeremiah Wright
c) Patrick Robertson
d) Martin Luther King

English: Signature of Robert F. Kennedy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6. Which state did Robert Kennedy represent in US Senate?
a) Alabama
b) Hawaii
c) California
d) New York

7. When did Robert Kennedy announce his candidacy for presidency of USA?
a) 16 March 1968
b) 3 April 1964
c) 4 July 1960
d) 10 October 1956

English: 1998 Robert Kennedy Silver Dollar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8. How many presidential primaries did Robert Kennedy win?
a) Four out of four
b) Five out of six
c) Six out of eight
d) Ten out of ten

9. When did Robert Kennedy die?
a) 4 January 1975
b) 6 June 1968
c) 3 October 1979
d) 22 December 1985

10. Where did Robert Kennedy die?
a) Dallas
b) Montgomery
c) Los Angeles
d) Washington

English: Kennedy brothers; left to right John, Robert, Ted. ?esky: Brat?i Kennedyové – vlevo John F., uprost?ed Robert F. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Robert Kennedy Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Robert Kennedy attorney general of USA?
d) 1961-1964

2. When was Robert Kennedy born?
c) 20 November 1925

3. Where was Robert Kennedy born?
b) Brookline

4. To which party did Robert Kennedy belong?
c) Democratic

5. Who was the civil rights leader protected by the federal marshals sent by Robert Kennedy on 20 May 1961?
d) Martin Luther King

6. Which state did Robert Kennedy represent in US Senate?
d) New York

7. When did Robert Kennedy announce his candidacy for presidency of USA?
a) 16 March 1968

8. How many presidential primaries did Robert Kennedy win?
b) Five out of six

9. When did Robert Kennedy die?
b) 6 June 1968

10. Where did Robert Kennedy die?
c) Los Angeles

Charles Darwin Quiz

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May 192013

Charles Darwin Quiz Questions

Charles Darwin, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) Where was Charles Darwin sent to study medicine?
a) University of Edinburgh
b) London University
c) Grant Medical College
d) St. John’s Medical College

2) On which ship did Charles Darwin sail around the world?
a) Beagle
b) Lusitania
c) Titanic
d) Dufferin

3) Which theory was propounded by Charles Darwin?
a) Theory of Evolution
b) Theory of Gravity
c) Theory of Planetary Motion
d) Theory of Atoms

4) When was “Origin of Species” first published?
a) 1815
b) 1836
c) 1842
d) 1859

5) Where was the Theory of Evolution debated on 30 June 1960?
a) Buckingham Palace
b) Oxford University
c) Louvre Museum
d) Versailles Palace

Signature of Charles Darwin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6) Who coined the phrase “Survival of the fittest”?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Herbert Spencer
c) Thomas Huxley
d) Joseph Hooker

7) Which club was formed by naturalists in 1864?
a) Country Club
b) City Club
c) X Club
d) Z Club

English: Caricature of Charles Darwin from Van...

Caricature of Charles Darwin from Vanity Fair magazine. Caption read “Natural Selection”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8) Who argued against natural selection in his book “On the Genesis of Species”?
a) Adam Sedgwick
b) George Mivart
c) George Busk
d) William Baldwin

9) Who claimed that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
a) Elizabeth Hope
b) Margaret Noble
c) Bertrand Russell
d) Oliver Cromwell

10) Who refuted the claim that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
a) William Darwin
b) Henrietta Darwin
c) Ann Darwin
d) Francis Darwin

Charles Darwin Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Where was Charles Darwin sent to study medicine?
a) University of Edinburgh

2) On which ship did Charles Darwin sail around the world?
a) Beagle

3) Which theory was propounded by Charles Darwin?
a) Theory of Evolution

4) When was “Origin of Species” first published?
d) 1859

5) Where was the Theory of Evolution debated on 30 June 1960?
b) Oxford University

6) Who coined the phrase “Survival of the fittest”?
b) Herbert Spencer

7) Which club was formed by naturalists in 1864?
c) X Club

8) Who argued against natural selection in his book “On the Genesis of Species”?
b) George Mivart

9) Who claimed that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
a) Elizabeth Hope

10) Who refuted the claim that Charles Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed?
b) Henrietta Darwin

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