People Quiz #237
Famous People Quiz for 30 July 2013
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Q1.
In 1960 Prince Andrew was the first child to be born to a reigning British monarch since when?
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Q2.
Who wrote the plays "Uncle Vanya" and "The Cherry Orchard"?
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Q3.
Who was the head of Nazi propaganda during World War II who committed suicide with his family in 1945?
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Walter Richard Rudolph Hess
B
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
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Q4.
Which of these is Elton John's most popular song?
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Q5.
Which US president was in office at the start of the Korean War?
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Q6.
In the late 1940s, a soldier named Constantin Esmont made detailed records of the various types of dog known as borzoi, concerned that the breed was degenerating. Where did the breed originate?
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Q7.
Who, in 1982, was arrested for drunkenly urinating on a cenotaph erected in honour of those who died at the Alamo in Texas, across the street from the actual building?
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