People Quiz #260
Famous People Quiz for 7 January 2014
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Q1.
He established inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, and is thought to have died from pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on preserving meat. Who was he?
B
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561 - 1626)
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Q2.
Who is known for his law of elasticity, his book, "Micrographia", and for first applying the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life?
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Q3.
In 2003, Kate Winslet married (and subsequently had two children with) whom?
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Q4.
Between 1987 and 2006, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Mahendra Chaudhry, Laisenia Qarase, Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, George Speight and Ratu Josefa Iloilo were involved in the politics of which country?
A
The Republic of Kiribati
D
The People's Republic of Benin
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Q5.
The Great Fire of London in 1666 happened when which King was on the British throne?
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Q6.
Who (although he claims that the author was an entity named Aiwass, his personal Holy Guardian Angel or "Higher Self") is credited with writing "Liber AL vel Legis", the central sacred text of Thelema, commonly referred to as The Book of the Law, in 1904?
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Q7.
What was the stage name of Bernard Jewry?
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