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Who Was? Biography Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This pop/country singer won many grammy awards.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Dolly Parton

c)

Coretta Scott King

d)

Anne Frank

2.

This person helped abolish slavery.

a)

Steven Spielberg

b)

Stan Lee

c)

Fredrick Douglas

d)

Albert Einstein

3.

This person won a Nobel Peace Prize for physics.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Pele

c)

King Tut

d)

Elvis Presley

4.

This group of talented musicians was known world-wide.

a)

Dolly Parton

b)

Muhammad Ali

c)

The Beatles

d)

Elvis Presley

5.

This person (and her husband) fought for civil rights.

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Anne Frank

d)

Coretta Scott King

6.

This person wrote a diary while she was in hiding during WWII.

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Helen Keller

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Jane Goodall.

7.

This person was a chimpanzee researcher.

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Jane Goodall

8.

This person hosted a show called "The Crocodile Hunter"

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Milton Hershey

c)

Steven Spielberg

d)

Steve Irwin

9.

This person is a famous author, poet, and civil rights activist.

a)

Muhammad Ali

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Bill Gates

10.

This person was a magician and escape artist.

a)

Fredrick Douglas

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Harry Houdini

11.

This person lived around 1343 BC and became a king at age 9 or 10.

a)

Steve Irwin

b)

King Tut

c)

Stan Lee

d)

Pele

12.

This person is a successful businessman who created his own milk chocolate formula.

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

The Beatles

c)

Milton Hershey

d)

Bill Gates

13.

This person created some of the most famous superheroes of all time (Marvel).

a)

Stan Lee

b)

Fredrick Douhlas

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

J.K. Rowling

14.

This person created and directed famous movies and has won 3 oscars.

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Coretta Scott King

c)

Steven Spielberg

d)

Harry Houdini

15.

This person won a world cup and was named the best soccer player of the century.

a)

Milton Hershey

b)

King Tut

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Pele

16.

This person is the longest serving first lady. Her husband was President FDR.

a)

Dolly Parton

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Helen Keller

d)

J.K. Rowling

17.

This person was a scientist and an inventor. He invented bifocals and the lightning rod.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

The Beatles

c)

Harry Houdini

d)

Eleanor Roosevelt

18.

This person is sometimes referred to as "The King of Rock and Roll"

a)

Milton Hershey

b)

Steven Spielberg

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Steven Irwin

19.

This person created the Harry Potter series.

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Milton Hershey

c)

Dolly Parton

d)

King Tut

20.

This person won the heavyweight boxing championship and is also known as "Cassius Clay"

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Stan Lee

c)

Steve Irwin

d)

Muhammad Ali

21.

Though this person was blind and deaf, she had many accomplishments (including writing a book about her life).

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Helen Keller

c)

Dolly Parton

d)

Jane Goodall