People Quiz #110
Famous People Quiz for 22 February 2011
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Q1.
Who was the second person to orbit the earth?
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Q2.
In which decade was Frank Sinatra born?
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Q3.
Who in history is the only divorced wife of someone who later became president of the USA?
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Elizabeth Bloomer Warren
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Q4.
Whose famous books include "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex", "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals", " The Power of Movement in Plants" and "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms"?
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Q5.
By what name is actor William Pratt better known?
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Q6.
Who was the main author of "The Reshaping of British Railways", an attempt in 1963 to reduce the cost of running British Railways, that is remembered for the closure of more than 4,000 miles of railway lines and 3,000 stations in the next decade?
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Q7.
Mike Moore, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 1999 to 2002, was from which country?
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