People Quiz #105
Famous People Quiz for 18 January 2011
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Q1.
Which 19th century Russian's compositions include 8 operas, the ballets "Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker" and "The Sleeping Beauty", 6 symphonies and 3 piano concertos?
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Q2.
Which Scottish ballerina made her international debut in 1941, married Ludovic Kennedy in 1950, appeared in films from 1948 to 1960, and died in 2006?
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Q3.
Who was the fourth (and the first female) Prime Minister of the State of Israel, who was described as the "Iron Lady" (before Margaret Thatcher), "the best man in the government" and the "strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people"?
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Q4.
Which Italian nobel prize winner (1934) wrote novels such as "Mal Gioconda" and switched to writing plays in 1910?
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Q5.
Which scholar and lawyer who became Speaker of the House of Commons and Treasurer of the Exchequer was beheaded for treason in 1534 after disagreeing with Henry VIII being head of the church?
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Q6.
In which field is Auguste Escoffier famous?
Note: This question was updated in July 2020
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Q7.
Who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind"?
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