People Quiz #80
Famous People Quiz for 27 July 2010
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Q1.
Bishops Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer were tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake. By what name are they collectively known?
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Q2.
In September 2009 the wife of which newly-elected Prime Minister made international news because of her claims to have been abducted to Venus by aliens?
A
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir of Iceland
B
Silvio Berlusconi of Italy
C
Yulio Hatoyama of Japan
D
François Fillon of France
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Q3.
Which of these is not the name of one of the children of the UK's Queen Elizabeth II?
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Q4.
Who appeared as novelist Mel Hutchwright in the TV serial "Coronation Street" in 2005?
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Q5.
Which half of a comedy duo was born in Lancashire in 1895?
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Q6.
What was the stage name of Jean François Gravelet, a French acrobat who crossed Niagara Falls in 1859 on a tightrope 160 feet above the water?
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Q7.
Film actor Mel Gibson was born in which country?
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