People Quiz #50
Famous People Quiz for 29 December 2009
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Q1.
The "Saucy Jacky" postcard, received by Scotland Yard in 1888, was claimed to have been written by whom?
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Q2.
Who starred in "Mogambo", "Dial M For Murder", "Rear Window" and "High Society" before giving up her film career for marriage in 1956?
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Q3.
If Guy Berryman and Will Champion are the rhythm section, what is the band?
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Q4.
Which of these was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, political activist and poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005?
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Q5.
Which Irish born British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed?
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Q6.
Whose trademark wardrobe included a bowler hat and cane?
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Q7.
Which Irish dramatist wrote "The Rivals" and "The School for Scandal"?
Note: This question was updated in September 2017
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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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