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Biography Club Quiz #2
Biography Club Quiz #2
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A review on #people learned about it #biography club.
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1
Misty Copeland is the first...
female Olympic gold medal sprinter
famous African American fashion designer
female professional race car driver
American Ballet Theatre African American principal dancer
2
How old was Billy the Kid when he was killed?
23
19
21
17
3
Which of the following is NOT a professional athlete?
Usain Bolt
Mia Hamm
Vernon Law
Mattia Cupelli
4
Which of the following lived during WWII?
Corrie ten Boom
Audrey Hepburn
1 & 2
Clara Barton
5
Who is Temple Grandin?
English professor and goodwill ambassador
animal science professor and spokesperson for organic farms
animal science professor and spokesperson for autism
psychology professor and spokesperson for dyslexia
6
His famous work,
Birds of America
, documented America's birds in natural poses and settings.
John Muir
John James Audubon
William Bradford
L. M. Montgomery
7
Who was the first true American writer?
Irving Berlin
George Bernard Shaw
George Washington
Washington Irving
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"... a champ is bent over, drenched in sweat, at point of exhaustion, when nobody's looking."
said Bruce Lee
said Muhammed Ali
said Peyton Manning
said Mia Hamm
9
Which of the following was NOT one of Annie Oakley's famous trick shots?
shooting a cigar/cigarette out of her husband's lips
shooting backward over her shoulder using a mirror
shooting at pebbles while swinging from a rope
shooting a dime tossed in the air from 30 paces away
10
Who was the first American in space?
Jim Lovell
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Gus Grissom
11
Born in Meridian, Idaho, played baseball for Pittsburgh Pirates, coached at Provo High School
Vernon Laws
Vern Law
Vearle Low
Vernon Sanders
12
Who competed at the 2016 summer Olympics as a swimmer for the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team?
Malala Yousafzai
Yaser Shigan
Yusra Mardini
Mattia Cupelli
13
What kept supervisors out of Corrie ten Boom's barracks that allowed secret Bible studies?
lice
sewage
fleas
1 & 2
14
Which of the following can NOT be attributed to Washington Irving?
the American version of St. Nicholas
New York City being nicknamed Gotham
Ichabod Crane, Rip Van Winkle, and Diedrich Knickerbocker
looser copyright laws
15
"The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.'"
from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
from original Scout Manual by Robert Baden Powell