People Quiz #106
Famous People Quiz for 25 January 2011
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Q1.
Which Pope was carried off into France by Bonaparte's troops in 1798?
Note: This question was updated in January 2019
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Q2.
Who was the only President to have two women attempt to assassinate him - and in the same month?
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Q3.
Whose epitaph by Johnson in Westminster Abbey reads in part "Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit" ("He touched nothing without adding a lustre to it"?
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Q4.
Who is described as the first president of the USA?
Note: This question was updated in July 2020
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Q5.
What was the name of The Beatles' manager who died from a drug overdose in 1967?
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Q6.
Who are "The Dixie Chicks" whose success began in 1998 with songs like "Wide Open Spaces", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Long Time Gone", winning 5 Grammy Awards in 2007?
A
Martie Maguire, Emily Robison & Natalie Maines
B
Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon & Jenny Frost
C
Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland & Michelle Williams
D
Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward & Sara Dallin
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Q7.
In February 2009, 38 year old Eluana Englaro, at Lecco, North of Milan, was newsworthy for doing what since January 1992?
A
Not seeing another person
D
Watching television constantly
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