People Quiz #189
Famous People Quiz for 28 August 2012
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Q1.
Who led a team to make the Cumberland Gap, a way through the Appalachian Mountains, accessible to pioneers, who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee?
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Q2.
Which of these was a Russian composer whose music was officially denounced in the USSR twice and periodically banned, yet received state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Q3.
Which of these was the last to make their first appearance on film?
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Q4.
Who wrote the piece of music recognised in much of the Western world as "The Wedding March"?
Note: This question was updated in March 2019
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Q5.
What nickname was given to Ana Cumpănaş, also known as Anna Sage, who betrayed John Dillinger to the police when he attended the Biograph Theater in Chicago?
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Q6.
What is the title of Geri Halliwell's autobiography, published in 1999?
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Q7.
MC Romeo, Dan Da Man, Mr Akira and Mr C were members of which group?
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