People Quiz #39
Famous People Quiz for 13 October 2009
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Q1.
Larry Mullins and Adam Clayton are the rhythm section for which band?
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Q2.
Who was shot at with poisoned bullets by Fanny Kaplan in August 1918?
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Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria
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Q3.
Who had a hit in 2009 singing "Womanizer woman-womanizer you're a womanizer oh womanizer oh you're a womanizer baby you you you are you you you are womanizer womanizer womanizer"?
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Q4.
Which 17th century philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer has been called the "Father of Modern Philosophy," through his books "Passions of the Soul", "Principles of Philosophy", "Discourse on the Method", and "Meditations on First Philosophy"?
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Q5.
Under what name did Helen Porter Mitchell perform opera?
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Q6.
Who is the New Zealand-born physicist whose discoveries include most of the great advances in physics between 1899 and 1930?
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Q7.
Who married Jay-Z in New York City on 4 April 2008?
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