People Quiz #175
Famous People Quiz for 22 May 2012
A new people quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
What was Melanie Chisholm's nickname when she was in the Spice Girls?
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
In the 1979 film "Alien" which of these actors plays a character that has an alien burst out of his body?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
In the 6th century BC, where was the empire of Cyrus the Great?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
In 47 BC, after the war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela (now known as Zile, in Turkey), who is credited with saying "Veni, vidi, vici"?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Whose novels "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" were published posthumously in 1818, and who died before completing one that was eventually called "Sanditon"?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Which Frenchman, who never learned to speak Swedish, became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway?
A
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
In what decade was Queen Elizabeth II born?
Select from the options above.