People Quiz #220
Famous People Quiz for 2 April 2013
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Q1.
Which Biblical temptress has inspired plays by Oscar Wilde and Nick Cave, operas by Richard Strauss and Antoine Mariotte, a ballet by Florent Schmitt, films, a sculpture by Tilman Riemenschneider and numerous paintings, including those by Sandro Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio, Caracciolo, Gustave Doré, James Tissot, Aubrey Beardsley and Robert Henri?
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Q2.
Clara Petacci was the mistress of whom?
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Q3.
"Easter Parade" (1948), starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, featured songs by whom?
C
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
D
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
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Q4.
Who created the character of the detective priest known as Father Brown?
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Q5.
A non-SI unit of radioactivity is named after ...?
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Q6.
Who reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later, the shortest reign in papal history since 1605?
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Q7.
Who is thought to have first invented gunpowder?
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