People Quiz #84
Famous People Quiz for 24 August 2010
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Q1.
Which of these comedians was knighted in 2000?
Note: This question was updated in March 2017
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Q2.
Who was King of Hungary from 1000 to 1038, changed his name from Wajk on becoming Christian, and is Hungary's patron saint?
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Q3.
In September 1581, Francis Drake became mayor of which of these cities?
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Q4.
Which English explorer and writer founded the first (unsuccessful) colony in Virginia in 1584?
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Q5.
The best known works of which sculptor who aroused hostility over the depiction of sexuality, are 18 large nude sculptures in 1908 for the British Medical Association building on The Strand, the tomb of Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris, "Rush of Green" in Hyde Park, London, and "St Michael's Victory over the Devil" in Coventry Cathedral?
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Q6.
Who patented the phonograph in 1878 (after developing and demonstrating it the previous year)?
Note: This question was updated in February 2017
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Q7.
Which of these is the name of one of the daughters of Paul and Linda McCartney?
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