People Quiz #112
Famous People Quiz for 8 March 2011
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Q1.
Which Russian composer, after writing "The Firebird" for the Russian ballet, became a US citizen in 1945?
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Q2.
Emilio Lavazza, who died in February 2010, ran a company which was associated with what product?
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Q3.
Which of these was a pioneer in the Western world in the use of moveable type?
Note: This question was updated in June 2018
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Q4.
The early works of which American playwright (best known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") reflect an "Americanisation" of the Theatre of the Absurd, a movement that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugène Ionesco?
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Q5.
What author's non-fiction work includes "The Fate of Man", "The Future in America: A Search After Realities", "Little Wars", "The New World Order", "The Outline of History", "Russia in the Shadows" and "A Short History of the World"?
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Q6.
What was the original surname of T E Shaw, an RAF aircraftsman who was killed in a motorbike accident in 1935?
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Q7.
What is the stage name of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who was born on 28 March 1986?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
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