People Quiz #18
Famous People Quiz for 19 May 2009
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Q1.
By what name is Domenico Theotocopuli better known?
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Q2.
Which of the following was jailed for two months in February 1949 for smoking marijuana?
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Q3.
Which German-born chemist split the uranium atom in 1939 and won the Nobel prize in 1944?
Note: This question was updated in May 2014
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Q4.
By what name is Siddhartha Gautama better known?
Note: This question was updated in January 2015
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Q5.
Which mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis, plays an important role in Homer's Iliad?
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Q6.
Which English composer wrote "The Planets", "Somerset Rhapsody" and the ballet "The Perfect Fool"?
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Q7.
Who abdicated on 30 April 1980, the day of her 71st birthday, and was succeeded by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands?
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