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Karl Alexander Muller

Karl Alexander Muller Quiz

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5. Which college did Karl Alexander Muller attend?
a) Evangelical College
b) St. Nicholas College
c) St. John’s College
d) Trinity College

6. When did Karl Alexander Muller obtain doctorate from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology?
a) 1955
b) 1961
c) 1958
d) 1967

7. Where did Karl Alexander Muller work in 1959-1963?
a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
b) Max Planck Institute
c) Caltech
d) Battelle Memorial Institute

8. For what did Karl Alexander Muller win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) Invention of particle detectors
b) Breakthrough in discovery of superconductivity of ceramic materials
c) Development of neutron spectroscopy
d) Discovery of a new type of pulsar

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Gina Lollobrigida (1960) - Tom Simpson (Flickr)

Gina Lollobrigida Quiz

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4. Which was Gina Lollobrigida’s first film?
a) Aquila nera
b) Fanfan la Tulipe
c) Woman of Rome
d) Frisky

5. What was Gina Lollobrigida’s role in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
a) Abishag
b) Esmeralda
c) Bathsheba
d) Lisa Helena Fellini

6. Who was Gina Lollobrigida’s co-star in Solomon and Sheba?
a) Anthony Quinn
b) Rex Harrison
c) Sean Connery
d) Yul Brynner

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Graham Greene

Graham Greene Quiz

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1. When was Graham Greene born?
a) 21 March 1908
b) 27 May 1903
c) 27 September 1902
d) 2 October 1904

2. Where was Graham Greene born?
a) Freetown
b) Havana
c) Berkhamsted
d) Saigon

3. Which college did Graham Greene attend?
a) Corpus Christi College
b) Merton College
c) King’s College
d) Balliol College

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Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI Quiz

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Who created Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal?
a) John XXIII
b) John Paul I
c) Paul VI
d) John Paul II

When was Benedict XVI elected Pope?
a) 1 January 2001
b) 19 April 2005
c) 16 September 2002
d) 31 October 1999

Which Motu Proprio did Benedict XVI issue on 7 July 2007?
a) Africae Munus
b) Spe Salvi
c) Summorum Pontificum
d) Deus Caritas Est

By which Apostolic Constitution did Benedict XVI establish Personal Ordinariates?
a) Universae Ecclesiae
b) Dignitas Personae
c) Caritas in Veritate
d) Anglicanorum Coetibus

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Howard Carter

Howard Carter Quiz

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1. When was Howard Carter born?
a) 4 February 1874
b) 9 May 1873
c) 23 August 1879
d) 30 December 1885

2. Where was Howard Carter born?
a) Swaffham
b) Edinburgh
c) Eton
d) Harrow

3. When did Howard Carter make drawings of sculptures and inscriptions at the temple of Hatshepsut?
a) 1882-1884
b) 1893-1899
c) 1884-1889
d) 1889-1892

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Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse Quiz

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1. When was Henri Matisse born?
a) 24 March 1874
b) 18 May 1872
c) 30 August 1870
d) 31 December 1869

2. Where was Henri Matisse born?
a) Versailles
b) Le Cateau
c) Savoy
d) Frankfurt

3. Who encouraged Henri Matisse to develop his own style of painting?
a) Gustave Moraeau
b) Fernand Cormon
c) Pablo Picasso
d) Milton Avery

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Correggio

Correggio Quiz

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1. What was Correggio’s original name?
a) Antonio Allegri
b) Dante Alighieri
c) Brunetto Latini
d) Giovanni Villani

2. Where was Correggio born?
a) Modena
b) Perugia
c) Correggio
d) Bologna

3. Whose family chapel’s decoration did Correggio complete in Mantua?
a) Paolo Uccello
b) Luigi Gonzaga
c) Lorenzo Costa
d) Andrea Mantegna

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