# Famous people in history

> Grade 2: people remembered for inventions, exploring and helping others (e.g. Neil Armstrong, Florence Nightingale, the Wright brothers), what they did, when they lived.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 2
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which two brothers built and flew the first powered aeroplane? (The Disney brothers / The Grimm brothers / The Marx brothers / The Wright brothers)
   Answer: The Wright brothers
2. Who invented the telephone? (Alexander Graham Bell / Charles Darwin / Isaac Newton / Louis Pasteur)
   Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
3. Which inventor is famous for making the light bulb practical? (Henry Ford / Johannes Gutenberg / Marie Curie / Thomas Edison)
   Answer: Thomas Edison
4. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? (Christopher Columbus / Neil Armstrong / Roald Amundsen / Yuri Gagarin)
   Answer: Neil Armstrong
5. Who was the first person to travel into space? (Amelia Earhart / Neil Armstrong / Roald Amundsen / Yuri Gagarin)
   Answer: Yuri Gagarin
6. Which explorer sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached the Americas? (Captain Cook / Christopher Columbus / Ferdinand Magellan / Marco Polo)
   Answer: Christopher Columbus
7. Who is known as the nurse who helped wounded soldiers and improved hospitals? (Amelia Earhart / Anne Frank / Florence Nightingale / Rosa Parks)
   Answer: Florence Nightingale
8. Mary Seacole is remembered for what? (Building bridges / Flying planes / Nursing soldiers / Sailing round the world)
   Answer: Nursing soldiers
9. Which person is known for helping poor and sick people in Kolkata? (Amelia Earhart / Mother Teresa / Queen Victoria / Thomas Edison)
   Answer: Mother Teresa
10. Florence Nightingale lived about how long ago? (About 2,000 years ago / About 20 years ago / About 20,000 years ago / About 200 years ago)
   Answer: About 200 years ago
11. The Wright brothers flew their first aeroplane over 100 years ago.
   Answer: True
12. Florence Nightingale lived more than 100 years ago.
   Answer: True
13. Amelia Earhart was a famous nurse.
   Answer: False
14. What did Florence Nightingale do to help people?
   Answer: She was a nurse who cared for the sick and wounded
15. What machine did the Wright brothers invent?
   Answer: An aeroplane
16. In which year did Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon?
   Answer: 1969