People Quiz #254
Famous People Quiz for 26 November 2013
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Q1.
Who is the native American subject of a poem by Longfellow?
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2
Q2.
Who, in 1831, first demonstrated that the motion of a conductor in a magnetic field generates an electric current?
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3
Q3.
Whose discovery, that there were other galaxies in existence besides the Milky Way, was announced in 1925?
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Q4.
The best selling 1976 autobiography of which leading country vocalist and songwriter during the 1960s and 1970s, "Coal Miner's Daughter", was made into a film starring Sissy Spacek (who won an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Tommy Lee Jones in 1980?
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5
Q5.
Who married British actress and producer Trudi Styler in 1992?
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Q6.
Who was Perkin Warbeck?
A
A pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII
B
The leader of the Tolpuddle Martyrs
C
A playwright during the reign of Elizabeth I
D
The first drummer for The Beatles
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Q7.
What name did Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe perform under?
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