Were they alive quiz
Below are the names of 15 well known people each of whom is coupled with a well known event. Your challenge here is to guess whether the person was alive at any time when the event took place. Just answer yes or no to each. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Was William Shakespeare alive during the War of the Roses? NO
War of the Roses May 1455 – Jun 1487, Shakespeare: 1564 – 1616
2. Was Richard Nixon alive during the First World War? YES
Nixon: 1913 –1994, First World War: 1914 – 1918
3. Was Leonardo da Vinci alive when Columbus landed in the Americas? YES
Leonardo: 1452 – 1519, Columbus landing: 1492
4. Was Adolf Hitler alive when Oscars were first awarded in Hollywood? YES
Hitler: 1889 –1945, Academy Awards: 1929 (officially used "Oscars" in 1939)
5. Was Julius Caesar alive during the construction of Machu Picchu? NO
Caesar: 100 – 44 BC, Machu Picchu: 1450s
6. Was Queen Victoria alive when the Titanic sank? NO
Titanic sank: 1912, Victoria: 1819 - 1901
7. Was Charles Dickens alive during the American Civil War? YES
Dickens: 1812 –1870, American Civil War: 1861 – 1865
8. Was Jesus of Nazareth alive when Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii? NO
Jesus: c.4 BC – 30 AD, Pompeii destroyed: 79 AD
9. Was Mahatma Gandhi alive when man landed on the moon? NO
Gandhi: 1869 –1948, Moonlanding: 1969
10. Was Britney Spears alive when the Berlin Wall fell? YES
Britney: 1981 – present, Berlin Wall fell: 1989
11. Was Napoleon alive when the Wright brothers first flew an airplane? NO
Napoleon: 1769 – 1821, First airplane flight: 1903
12. Was John Lennon alive when Hawaii became a US state? YES
Lennon: 1940 –1980, Hawaii becomes state: 1959
13. Was Chairman Mao alive during the Industrial Revolution? NO
Industrial Revolution: 1760 – 1840, Chairman Mao: 1893 – 1976
14. Was Martin Luther King Jr. alive when slavery was legal in the US? NO
MLK: 1929 – 1968, Slavery abolished: 1865
15. Were woolly mammoths alive when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built? YES
Great Pyramid completed: 2560 BC, mammoths go extinct: 2000 BC
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Was William Shakespeare alive during the War of the Roses? NO
War of the Roses May 1455 – Jun 1487, Shakespeare: 1564 – 1616
2. Was Richard Nixon alive during the First World War? YES
Nixon: 1913 –1994, First World War: 1914 – 1918
3. Was Leonardo da Vinci alive when Columbus landed in the Americas? YES
Leonardo: 1452 – 1519, Columbus landing: 1492
4. Was Adolf Hitler alive when Oscars were first awarded in Hollywood? YES
Hitler: 1889 –1945, Academy Awards: 1929 (officially used "Oscars" in 1939)
5. Was Julius Caesar alive during the construction of Machu Picchu? NO
Caesar: 100 – 44 BC, Machu Picchu: 1450s
6. Was Queen Victoria alive when the Titanic sank? NO
Titanic sank: 1912, Victoria: 1819 - 1901
7. Was Charles Dickens alive during the American Civil War? YES
Dickens: 1812 –1870, American Civil War: 1861 – 1865
8. Was Jesus of Nazareth alive when Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii? NO
Jesus: c.4 BC – 30 AD, Pompeii destroyed: 79 AD
9. Was Mahatma Gandhi alive when man landed on the moon? NO
Gandhi: 1869 –1948, Moonlanding: 1969
10. Was Britney Spears alive when the Berlin Wall fell? YES
Britney: 1981 – present, Berlin Wall fell: 1989
11. Was Napoleon alive when the Wright brothers first flew an airplane? NO
Napoleon: 1769 – 1821, First airplane flight: 1903
12. Was John Lennon alive when Hawaii became a US state? YES
Lennon: 1940 –1980, Hawaii becomes state: 1959
13. Was Chairman Mao alive during the Industrial Revolution? NO
Industrial Revolution: 1760 – 1840, Chairman Mao: 1893 – 1976
14. Was Martin Luther King Jr. alive when slavery was legal in the US? NO
MLK: 1929 – 1968, Slavery abolished: 1865
15. Were woolly mammoths alive when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built? YES
Great Pyramid completed: 2560 BC, mammoths go extinct: 2000 BC
