People Trivia

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Ted Turner, founder of CNN and TNT and TBS, is one of the most influential non-politicians in the world. In 1977, he had an influential position in an international sporting event. Specifically what was it?

18

In Playboy Magazine's initial issue, from 1953, which well-known female was the first centerfold model?

10

The fans of which radio and television talk-show host call themselves "dittoheads" to signify their agreement with his conservative opinions?

12

Can you name the novelist, humorist, and satirist who said, "A classic is something everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read."

12

What physical trait did all these people have in common: King Henry VIII, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, and Lucille Ball?

6

One of the most successful business men in the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was a college drop-out - from what university?

1

Born May 29,1903 in England with the name Leslie Townes Hope, his friends in school called him Les Hope or Hopeless, so he changed his first name to what?

12

The race of central African herdsmen called the Watusi, or Tutsi, are considered to hold what statistical extreme?

12

Which person, in the 1960's, accused the automobile industry of producing dangerous cars, when he wrote the book Unsafe at Any Speed ?

4

Born in 1927, this American writer is well known for participating in various sports with professional athletes and writing about his experiences. Who is he?

8

Who was the first American woman in space?

20

The author of the Russian novel, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," was one of the few people ever to be expelled from the USSR. Who was the author?

10

Which 20th century Italian educator established schools for young children based on helping develop their creation and accomplishment?

2

What was the name of the Israeli psychic, popular in the 1970's, who claimed to be able to bend spoons by will?

15

This US Army medical officer, around 1900, helped discover the causes and cures for typhoid fever and yellow fever. A hospital is named after him. Who is he?