People Quiz #22
Famous People Quiz for 16 June 2009
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Q1.
Who wrote "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?
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Q2.
Who founded "Answers" in 1888, and later founded Amalgamated Press in the UK which, at various times, owned "The Evening News", "The Daily Mail", "The Daily Mirror", "The Observer" and "The Times"?
C
William Randolph Hearst
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Q3.
Who is Angelina Jolie's father?
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Q4.
Who was the Bulgarian dissident poisoned with ricin when jabbed in the leg with an umbrella on Waterloo Bridge, London, on 7 September 1978?
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Q5.
Which Irish-born philanthropist founded over 112 institutions for deprived children in the last half of the 19th century?
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Q6.
Which of these is a woman?
B
Entertainer Marilyn Manson
D
Film director Carol Reed
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Q7.
The name of which person born in Dublin is connected in English history with the locations of Vimiero, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes and Waterloo?
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