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Who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1953 for historical writings
Winston Churchill
Who coined the term “Iron Curtain”
Winston Churchill
Who survived 7 assassination attempts during her reign
Queen Victoria
Who established modern constitutional monarchy
Queen Victoria
Who was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria
Who was Emma Hamilton
an English maid, model, dancer and actress who dated Horatio Nelson while he was married
What were the unconventional “Nelson Touch” tactics
they were tactics used by Horatio Nelson that aimed at crushing the enemy, nut just crippling him
Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar and died there
Horatio Nelson
Which phrase originated from Horatio Nelson
“turn a blind eye”
Who was Alfred Russel Wallace
A naturalist and biologist who independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection, alongside Charles Darwin.
Whose face appears on the British 10 pounds note
Charles Darwin
Who is the only US president with a patent
Abraham Lincoln (for boat device)
Who was the first president to be assassinated
Abraham Lincoln
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkies Booth
Who is the youngest elected president (43 years old)
John F. Kennedy
Who was the first catholic president
John F. Kennedy
Who initiated the Apollo space program
John F. Kennedy
Who is a “Camelot” image of presidency
John F. Kennedy
Who is the only president to be elected 4 times
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who led the US through WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was Emma Lazarus
An American poet known for her sonnet "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
Who is a Jewish cultural icon
Emma Lazarus
Who was a model for democratic socialism
Clement Attlee
Who was Thomas Paine
a revolutionist
Who inspired the American recolution
Thomas Paine
Who is considered to be “The Father of Modern Democracy”
Thomas Paine
who founded America’s first lending library and first fire department
Benjamin Franklin
Who served as US Ambassador to France during the Revolution
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the only founding father to sign all four key documents of American independence
Benjamin Franklin
Who was knighted in 1985 for services to broadcasting
David Attenborough
Who served as an ambulance driver in WWI, wounded in Italy (later became a plot for a novel)
Ernest Hemingway
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1953
Ernest Hemingway
Who was Frederick Douglass
American Abolitionist and orator
Who is the only person to win the Nobel Prize (1925) and the Oscar (1938)
George Bernard Shaw
Who refused all the awards except the Nobel Prize
George Bernard Shaw
Who was James Cook
a British explorer
Who was the first European to contact with eastern Australia (1770)
James Cook
Who discovered Hawaii (1778)
James Cook
Who was John Maynard Keyes
a British economist
Who worked in the British Treasury during WWI
John Maynard Keyes
Who led the British delegation at Bretton Woods
John Maynard Keyes
Who wrote “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”
John Maynard Keyes
Who was the first Jazz musician to appear on the cover of Time
Louis Armstrong
Who wrote “What a Wonderful World”
Louis Armstrong
Who is called “the mother of civil rights movement”
Rosa Parks
Who wrote “Leaves of Grass”
Walt Whitman
where was both the Declaration of Independence and the US constituition debated/ adopted
Independence Hall
What is the only non-royal country house in England with “Palace” designation
Blenheim Palace
Which Church survived the Great Fire and the WWII Blitz
Temple Church
What is the site of presidential inaugurations and state funerals
The US Capitol
Where did 5000+ colonists gather before the Boston Tea Party
Old South Meeting House
Where are Scotland’s Crown Jewels and Stone of Destiny kept
Edinburgh Castle
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