People
Which city did the infamous Jack the Ripper roam?
London
Mount Rushmore is one of America's most recognizable icons. While you may recognize the sculpture, can you name the artist that created
Gutzon Borglum
Of which famous Scottish poet was the 250th anniversary of his birth celebrated in January 2009?
Robert Burns
Who was known for asking readers to "believe it or not"?
Robert Ripley
What did an Irishman called Thomas Blood try to do that made him famous in 1671?
Steal the English Crown jewels
Who was the capital of Nevada, Carson City, named for?
Kit Carson
What inventor famously proclaimed, "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles"?
Thomas Edison
Which Danish navigator and explorer sailed in 1728 from the Pacific Ocean northward to the Arctic Ocean through the sea that now bears his name?
Vitus Bering
Which Scottish doctor began writing detective stories to make ends meet because his medical practice was unsuccessful?
Arthur Conan Doyle
There was a legendary queen, Scheherazade, who told 1001 tales to one King Shahryar. In what country did she live?
Persia
"Life is a long lesson in humility" is a quote by which famous author responsible for creating "Peter Pan"?
J.M. Barrie
Dylan Thomas is a world famous poet. In which European country was he born?
Wales
In the early 20th century, I turned from blue to rose: which artist am I?
Pablo Picasso
Which artist is well-known because of his painting "The Blue Boy?"
Thomas Gainsborough
What was the most famous invention of Karl Benz?
The petrol powered automobile
According to the National Health Service Central Register, what is the most common surname in the United Kingdom?
Smith
This man was the father of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. What was the name of this reluctant king?
George VI
Steve Jobs was a famous and very successful entrepreneur. Which corporation did he co-found along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne?
Apple
Henry the VIII had six wives. How many of them were named Anne?
2
Who were the parents of England's Virgin Queen?
Try and name one
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486. Who was their most famous offspring?
King Henry VIII
What U.S. Secretary of State, famous for his "plan", was the first American to be named a five-star general?
George Marshall
Who predicted that he would die on 2nd July 1566, and obligingly did?
Nostradamus
Writer George Bernard Shaw personally sent which future British Prime Minister two tickets to the opening of his play, "Pygmalion", 11th April 1914?
Winston Churchill
The French writer Albert Camus grew up in what Arabic-speaking, former French colony?
Algeria