People Quiz #111
Famous People Quiz for 1 March 2011
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Q1.
Tom Lehrer, an American singer-songwriter, whose work contained much black humor and risque lyrics, often parodying popular song forms, taught which subject from 1972 to 2001 at the University of California, Santa Cruz?
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Q2.
In which decade was Queen Elizabeth II born?
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Q3.
Which French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter and musical theatre composer, is best known for his collaborations with the lyricist Alain Boublil for the musicals "La Révolution Française", "Les Misérables", "Miss Saigon", "Martin Guerre", "The Pirate Queen" and "Marguerite"?
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Claude-Michel Schönberg
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Q4.
When Russia became a communist state in 1918 with Lenin as dictator, who was his foreign secretary?
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Q5.
Which British politician, linguist, writer, academic, soldier and poet who had strong views on matters such as immigration, national identity, monetary policy, and the UK's entry into the EEC, was a Conservative Party MP 1950 to 1974, and an Ulster Unionist MP 1974 to 1987?
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Q6.
Who won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards in 2006 and 2008 for abridged audiobook versions of his books "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope"?
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Q7.
An Elizabethan sea captain and explorer was Sir Francis who?
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