People Quiz #26
Famous People Quiz for 14 July 2009
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Q1.
Who, according to legend, discovered the principles of buoyancy while having a bath?
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Q2.
Which Dutch artist painted "Sunflowers" and was the subject of a pop song by Don McLaine?
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Q3.
Which member of the British royal family once worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company?
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Q4.
Who was the pilot of the US Airways plane that landed on the Hudson River in January 2009?
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Q5.
Who designed the yellow sheath dress with matching coat worn by Michelle Obama at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009?
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David and Elizabeth Emanuel
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Q6.
Which English barrister, who wrote the play "Voyage Around My Father" and the TV series "Rumpole of the Bailey", died in January 2009?
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Q7.
Broadcasting from Germany to England in English in 1940, by what name was William Joyce better known?
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