People Quiz #72
Famous People Quiz for 1 June 2010
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Q1.
Which 19th century French physicist erected a pendulum 200 feet high in the Pantheon in Paris to demonstrate the earth's rotation?
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Q2.
Who was Hugh Grant's female co-star in the film "Music and Lyrics"?
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Q3.
Who married Timothy Laurence in 1992?
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Q4.
Who sang while Ray Manzarek, Robbie Kreiger and John Densmore played?
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Q5.
Big Ben, the bell installed in the clock tower for the British Houses of Parliament in 1856, was named after whom?
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Q6.
The experimental new village of Poundbury in England, much of which has been built to traditional lines, was built on land belonging to whom?
Note: This question was updated in September 2022
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Q7.
Who was an 8 year old English girl murdered on 24 August 1867 by solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker in Alton, Hampshire: the body was found in a hop field, her head and legs severed, her eyes put out, her torso emptied and her organs scattered?
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