People Quiz #63
Famous People Quiz for 30 March 2010
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Q1.
Who was the great great great grand uncle of the singer/composer known as "Moby"?
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Q2.
Who has been called His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, TAFKAP, The Artist, Symbol, Love Symbol and The Purple One?
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Q3.
Whose collection, shown in 1947 and called "The New Look", reintroduced the "hourglass" shape for women's fashion?
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Q4.
The Russo Japanese War of 1904-1905 ended when the Russian Fleet under Rozhdestvensky was defeated at the Battle of Tsushima by a fleet led by whom?
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Admiral Togo HeihachirÅ
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Q5.
In June 2009, who was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, where he had gone to begin work on his role in the film "Stretch"?
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Q6.
Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin'"?
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Q7.
Which 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer showed, by using geometric construction and the law of refraction, that the angular radius of a rainbow is 42 degrees?
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