People Quiz #185
Famous People Quiz for 31 July 2012
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Q1.
Which of these is by Tchaikovsky?
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Q2.
Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England?
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Q3.
Which Australian, a winner of Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and Australian Film Institute awards, became, in 2009, one of 17 people to have won an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award?
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Q4.
Which of these composers composed a set of rhapsodies and named them after his home country?
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Q5.
What was the occupation of Anna Politkovskaya, who was found dead in the elevator of her apartment in central Moscow on 7 October 2006, shot twice in the chest, once in the shoulder, and once in the head at point blank range?
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Q6.
The magician David Copperfield broke off his engagement to whom in 1999?
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Q7.
In 2008, who became the first female recipient of the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award?
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