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1. When was John Burdon Sanderson Haldane born? a) 10 January 1898 b) 27 May 1896 c) 25 August 1894 d) 5 November 1892 2. Where was John Burdon Sanderson Haldane born? a) Oxford b) Eton c) Cambridge d) Berkeley 3. Which idea did John Burdon Sanderson Haldane suggest in Daedalus? a) Nuclear bomb b) Robot c) Test tube baby d) Telecast

1. Where was Thomas Young born? Milverton Edinburgh Crompton DoverCorrect Answer: Milverton 2. Which college did Thomas Young attend? St. Peter’s College King’s College Emmanuel College Imperial CollegeCorrect Answer: Emmanuel College 3. When did Thomas Young marry Eliza Maxwell? 24 January 1802 4 June 1804 22 September 1806 12 December 1803Correct Answer: 4 June 1804 4. Which principle did Thomas Young establish? Natural Selection Survival of the fittest Correlation versus Causation Interference of lightCorrect Answer: Interference of light 5. What name did Thomas Young give to the major language group he identified? Anglo-Indian Indo-European Gaelic EskimoCorrect Answer: Indo-European 6. When ... Read more

11. When was Mary (Queen of Scots) born? 5 March 1523 8 June 1524 11 August 1517 8 December 1542Correct Answer: 8 December 1542 12. Where was Mary (Queen of Scots) born? Paris Versailles West Lothian EastbourneCorrect Answer: West Lothian 13. When did Mary (Queen of Scots) become queen of Scotland? 1 January 1525 4 July 1525 12 May 1527 14 December 1542Correct Answer: 14 December 1542 14. When did Mary (Queen of Scots) return to Scotland? 1561 1556 1548 1552Correct Answer: 1561 15. Who was murdered in 1566 by Henry Stuart and others in the presence of Mary (Queen ... Read more

1. When was William Makepeace Thackeray born? a) 11 March 1808 b) 5 April 1814 c) 18 July 1811 d) 30 November 1816 2. Where was William Makepeace Thackeray born? a) Bombay b) Calcutta c) Delhi d) Madras 3. Which college did William Makepeace Thackeray attend? a) Christ Church College b) Merton College c) Trinity College d) Balliol College

1. When was Richard Burdon Haldane born? a) 1 June 1854 b) 30 July 1856 c) 22 January 1849 d) 11 November 1846 2. Where was Richard Burdon Haldane born? a) Edinburgh b) Kenilworth c) Brussels d) Dublin 3. Which school did Richard Burdon Haldane attend? a) St. Andrew’s School b) Bristol Grammar School c) Edinburgh Academy d) Moore Academy

1. When was John Edrich born? a) 29 February 1936 b) 21 June 1937 c) 24 August 1938 d) 4 October 1940 2. Where was John Edrich born? a) Aberdeen b) Blofield c) Canterbury d) York 3. Against which country did John Edrich his Test debut? a) Australia b) India c) New Zealand d) West Indies

1. What was John le Carré’s original name? a) Alfred George Gardiner b) George Eliot c) George Sand d) David John Moore Cornwell 2. When was John le Carré born? a) 6 January 1924 b) 4 April 1936 c) 25 August 1933 d) 19 October 1931 3. Where was John le Carré born? a) Poole b) Bonn c) Coventry d) Dover

1) When was the Battle of Plassey? a) 3 March 1754 b) 23 June 1757 c) 1st January 1761 d) 14 June 1764 2) Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey? a) Mir Jafar b) Mir Sadak c) Bania Bapu d) Chandrakant More 3) Which city was captured by Robert Clive in 1751? a) Bombay b) Calcutta c) Arcot d) Mysore

1) Where was Robert Louis Stevenson born? a) Edinburgh b) Halifax c) London d) Bristol 2) Who read stories of Scots Presbyterian martyrs to Robert Louis Stevenson during his childhood? a) Thomas Stevenson b) Margaret Stevenson c) Alison Cunningham d) Daniel Defoe 3) From which disease did Robert Louis Stevenson suffer from his childhood? a) Cholera b) Pneumonia c) Down’s Syndrome d) Tuberculosis

1. When was Alan Rickman born? a) 21 February 1946 b) 5 April 1948 c) 11 August 1942 d) 12 December 1936 2. Where was Alan Rickman born? a) Atlantic b) Boston c) London d) Detroit 3. For which newspaper did Alan Rickman work as a graphic designer? a) Washington Post b) News of the World c) Notting Hill Herald d) The Guardian