Our Latest Famous People Quiz
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1
James, son of Mary Queen of Scots (who was executed for treason during the reign of Elizabeth I) was the first to use which title?
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2
Which of these was of French nationality?
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3
Who wrote the book that has come to be known as "The Origin of Species"?
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4
Who was jailed for 150 years in June 2009 for investor fraud after being reported to federal authorities by his sons?
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5
Who, after being lured by Prince Felix Yusupov and the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich to the Yusupovs' Moika Palace on 16 December 1916, was poisoned with cyanide, shot 4 times, beaten and drowned in the Neva River (where he had tried to claw his way from under the ice) but was reported to sit up on his burning funeral pyre?
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6
Who, in 1794, patented the cotton gin, that enabled cotton fibres to be plucked from seeds mechanically?
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7
Whose song begins with the lyrics "I wanna hold em’ like they do in Texas Plays, Fold em’ let em’ hit me raise it baby stay with me, Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start, And after he’s been hooked I’ll play the one that’s on his heart"?
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