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Trivia Questions

This redshirts leader led his final campaign when he fought for France in the Franco-Prussian War

Guess what? This Cherokee who devised an alphabet took the English name George Guess

In the 1520s this conquistador founded a hospital in Mexico City, perhaps for the Aztecs he wounded

In 1816 French physician Rene Laennec invented this device used to listen to the heart & lungs

In 1895 this scientist could see right through his wife; he took X-rays of her hand

This symbol of the physician is derived from the wand of Aesculapius, the god of medicine

This "Scourge of God" was a real Hun-y; he had his brother Bleda killed in 445

Having lost about half his troops whil crossing the Alps, he recruited about 15,000 Gauls

Known for his long wall, he also built Rome's magnificent Athenaeum

During his long reign, this Egyptian king built temples at many sites, including Abu Simbel