7th - 9th Grade Famous People

Question 1

Chinese philosopher King-Tzu trained his disciples to be ethical. By what name is this wise man widely known?

Answer 1

Confucius

Question 2

Who was the first American president to be elected by the United States House of Representatives?

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

Name the Portuguese navigator who led an expedition that opened up the first sea route to India by way of the Cape of Good Hope

Answer 3

Vasco de Gama

Question 4

What composer of The Entertainer, a native of Texarkana, Texas, is known as “The King of Ragtime?”

Answer 4

Scott Joplin

Question 5

Who was the monarch of Great Britain during the American Revolution and the War of 1812?

Answer 5

King George III

Question 6

Charles the Great was the king of France and the emperor of several other countries during the Middle ages. By what name is he better known?

Answer 6

Charlemagne

Question 7

He pushed to expand France to the Rhine and the Alps. Who is this king, known as “the Sun King”

Answer 7

Louis 14th

Question 8

This Native American tribe currently resides in the southwestern U.S. Name the tribe whose most famous member was Geronimo

Answer 8

Apache

Question 9

What U.S. president was nicknamed “the Trust Buster” because he strongly enforced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act which outlawed monopolies?

Answer 9

Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

Question 10

What 19th century leader was nicknamed “The Iron Chancellor?”

Answer 10

Otto von Bismark

Question 11

Who founded the Girl Scouts of America?

Answer 11

Juliette Gordon Low

Question 12

World War 1 was precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand pf Austria and his wife. Name the assassin.

Answer 12

Gavrilo Princip

Question 13

Name the fascist dictator who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943

Answer 13

Benito Mussolini

Question 14

Name the man who served as vice president to George W. Bush

Answer 14

Dick Cheney

Question 15

Name the man who served as vice president to John F. Kennedy

Answer 15

Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)

Question 16

Name the man who served as vice president to John Adams

Answer 16

Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

Name the man who served as vice president to George H.W. Bush

Answer 17

Dan Quayle

Question 18

Name the man who served as vice president to Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 18

Richard Nixon

Question 19

What artist created the well-known work, “The Creation of Adam”

Answer 19

Michelangelo

Question 20

What artist created the well-known work, “The Persistence of Memory”

Answer 20

Salvador Dali (pronounced “dolly”)

Question 21

What artist created the well-known work, “The Last Supper?”

Answer 21

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 22

What artist created the well-known work, “Nighthawks”

Answer 22

Edward Hopper

Question 23

Identify the frontiersman and solider who led the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolution

Answer 23

Ethan Allen

Question 24

The Don McClean song that begins, “Starry, starry night” is actually about what painter?

Answer 24

Vincent Van Gogh

Question 25

Who was the civil rights activist that was also the leader of the Nation of Islam?

Answer 25

Malcolm X

Question 26

What composer is best known for his works highlighting the planets of our solar system?

Answer 26

Gustav Holst

Question 27

What teacher of Plato was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and was condemned to die by drinking hemlock?

Answer 27

Socrates (pronounced sock-ra-tease)

Question 28

Who was the composer of the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" and the classic song "White Christmas?"

Answer 28

Irving Berlin

Question 29

Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, circling it five times in 1962?

Answer 29

John Glenn

Question 30

With what war is Benedict Arnold associated?

Answer 30

Revolutionary War

Question 31

The "Persistence of Memory" is a surrealist painting at the Museum of Modern of Art in NYC. What Spanish artist created this masterpiece?

Answer 31

Salvador Dali

Question 32

What is the full name of the president with the initials JFK?

Answer 32

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Question 33

What is the full name of the president with the initials WJC

Answer 33

William Jefferson Clinton

Question 34

What is the full name of the president with the initials FDR?

Answer 34

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 35

Who was the first American who orbiter the earth?

Answer 35

John Glenn

Question 36

Who was the first American in space?

Answer 36

Alan Shepard

Question 37

Who was the first American woman in space

Answer 37

Sally Ride

Question 38

Who was the first man to walk on the moom

Answer 38

Neil Armstrong

Question 39

Who was the American pilot who broke the sound barrier?

Answer 39

Chuck Yeager