People Quiz #212
Famous People Quiz for 5 February 2013
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Q1.
Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr. made history as what in 1983?
A
First person to play trumpet underwater
B
First African American in space
C
First legally recognised sex-change in the USA
D
First jazz drummer to have 5 #1 hit records
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2
Q2.
Who wrote the opera "Pagliacci"?
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3
Q3.
Who played the title role in the 1970s TV series "McCloud", about a cowboy policeman working in New York?
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4
Q4.
Who defected from Russia to the West at a Paris airport on 17 June 1961?
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5
Q5.
According to Arthurian legend, who was the father of Galahad?
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6
Q6.
Who is acknowledged as the founder of Singapore as a trading post and European settlement in 1819?
B
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
C
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Q7.
Which of these was a 14th century Mongol emperor who chose Samarkand as his capital?
Note: This question was updated in February 2019
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