People Quiz #182
Famous People Quiz for 10 July 2012
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Q1.
Ivan Galamian has had world-wide influence as a teacher of what?
Note: This question was updated in May 2021
D
Computer programming techniques
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Q2.
Who, as US Secretary of State under President Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959, advocated an aggressive stance against communism, supported France in the war in Indochina, and played a major role in the CIA operations to overthrow democratic governments in Iran in 1953 and in Guatemala in 1954?
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Q3.
Where was playwright Samuel Beckett born?
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Q4.
A statue to which tactical commander during the Battle of Britain was unveiled in Waterloo Place, London, on 15 September 2010?
A
Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding
B
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader
C
Air Vice-Marshall Keith Park
D
Air Vice Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory
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Q5.
Who was shot dead on 9 October 1967 while trying to organise a revolution in Bolivia?
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Q6.
Who married Heidi Klum in May 2005?
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Q7.
Who created St Trinians, a fictional girls' boarding school, the subject of 8 books and 7 films between 1954 and 2009?
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