BIOGRAPHY
What Greek tragedian first built a stage? 21.
Why did Achilles sulk in his tent? 7.
Why did Ulysses disguise himself as a pedlar? 7.
Who was the greatest poet and king of Israel? 507.
Who built the Suez Canal? 1058.
What stamped Marlborough the greatest general in Europe? 1173.
What hero slept without a blanket and marched without a hat? 1172.
What strange request did Solon make about his body? 1779.
Who was the founder of the science of political economy? 1517.
Who was the first surgeon to make surgery a science? 450.
What saved Croesus' life when he was about to be burned? 480.
Who was called the Indian Apostle and what great work did he do?
606.
What president was known as Old Rough and Ready? 1876. What famous general, put to flight ten thousand Turks with but three
hundred horsemen? 983.
Who was the first secretary of the W. C. T. U.? 2085. What Confederate general was the last to surrender? 1769. Who was the first chief justice of the United States? 966. Who organized the American Antislavery Society? 738. Who were called the Great Trio of American debaters? 308. Who was the founder of the first dispensary in America? 1644. Whose was the first marriage in Plymouth Colony? 2096. For what was Louis Pasteur distinguished? 1428. Who was Hannah Dustin? 439. What caused John Tyler's administration to be displeasing to the Whig
party? 1961.
Who was sometimes called the Backwoods Preacher? 344. What made Charles Goodyear famous? 780. Whose appointment as minister to England did the Senate refuse to
confirm in 1831? 2001.
How did Theodosius make peace with the dreaded Goths? 1900. Who was the hero of the Thirty Years' War? 817. How did Clovis receive the title of Most Christian King? 413. Who was the first lady physician in America? 224. Who is the father of the modern system of profit sharing? 1044. Who introduced chloroform into medical use? 1760. Who discovered vaccination, and how? 969, What great reformer caused all the women of Florence to fling down
their costly jewels in the public square? 1684. Who was the Washington of South America? 238. What distinguished American scientist, when almost blind, pursued his
studies with great proficiency? 2125. What general gained the title of Mad Anthony? 2060. Who introduced inoculation from smallpox into England? 969. Who founded the House of York and what caused his death? 2124. Who founded the Bank of England? 1429.
Who was the first Englishman to engage in the slave trade? 851. Who was the first president of the Royal Academy? 1605. What king of England was surnamed the Lion Hearted? 1610. How did Sir Arthur Wellesley come to be Duke of Wellington?
2067. What famous English architect in his youth was called That Miracle
of a Youth? 2112.
Who is called the most popular national hero of Scotland? 2036. Who established the first printing press in Russia? 949. Who were the two greatest generals of the period during the civil war
in France? 1953.
Who introduced the potato into France? 1954. Who was the most illustrious officer ever in command of the French
navy? 1844. What two brothers, aged four years and seventeen years, respectively,
became joint emperors of the Western Roman Empire? 1998. What Roman emperor was called the Father of His Country? 81. Who was the greatest sculptor of ancient Greece? 1465. Who introduced European civilization into Egypt? 592.
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