People Quiz #53
Famous People Quiz for 19 January 2010
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Q1.
Who is credited with the design of the small British car known as the Mini?
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Q2.
Who was the previous King of Spain before King Juan Carlos I succeeded on 22 November 1975?
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Q3.
Who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)?
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Q4.
Who was elected President of Argentina in 1946 after a military coup and was forced to resign and leave in 1955?
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Q5.
Who rests in the Hotel des Invalides, Paris?
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People with tuberculosis
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Q6.
Who claimed to be a direct descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and worked to achieve the independence of Abyssinia?
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Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah Al Saud
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Q7.
Which 19th century English writer wrote "Swallows and Amazons", "Peter Duck" and "Secret Water"?
Note: This question was updated in June 2018
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