People Quiz #246
Famous People Quiz for 1 October 2013
A new people quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
Which of Queen Elizabeth II's children was last to leave the single state and get married?
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
Who were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1993?
A
Margaret Thatcher & Pierre Trudeau
C
F W de Klerk & Nelson Mandela
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Chelsy Davy has been romantically linked to whom?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
C
Prince Henry of Wales (Prince Harry)
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
Which band's seventh album "In Rainbows" was released through their website on 10 October 2007 as a download for which customers could make whatever payment that they wanted, even nothing?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Who wrote the children's books “Mr. Peabody's Apples”, ”Yakov and the Seven Thieves”, “The Adventures of Abdi” and “Lotsa De Casha”, that were published between 2003 and 2005?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Why did Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German carpenter, make international news in 1936 when he was sentenced to death and executed for what became known as "The Crime of the Century"?
A
Shooting people in a supermarket carpark
B
Spying for the German army
C
The Lindbergh kidnapping
D
Attempting to burn down the White House
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
Which of these was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498, who was known for his book burning, the destruction of what he considered immoral art, hostility to the Renaissance and for preaching against the moral corruption of much of the clergy?
Select from the options above.