People Quiz #102
Famous People Quiz for 28 December 2010
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Q1.
Who secured the contract from the British government in 1838 to carry mail between Liverpool Halifax and Boston and formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company with 4 ships?
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Q2.
Which Frenchman was the first to navigate the St Lawrence River in Canada in 1535?
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Q3.
What was the first name of de Gaulle, the first President of the French Fifth Republic from 1959 to 1969?
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Q4.
Who was mayor of New York at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001?
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Q5.
Who wrote the book "Studies in Hysteria" and "Interpretation of Dreams"?
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Q6.
Kate Middleton is romantically linked with which of these people?
Note: This question was updated in May 2022
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Q7.
James Boswell is best known for his biography of whom?
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