People Quiz #262
Famous People Quiz for 21 January 2014
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Q1.
Which English computer scientist and MIT professor implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet on 25 December 1990 and is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
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Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
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Q2.
Which 18th century Italian adventurer was imprisoned in Venice, escaped and managed state lotteries in Paris, then travelled to England, Poland and Spain before retiring in Bohemia?
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Giovanni Jacobo Casanova
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Q3.
Who was expelled from school, owned two failed businesses, worked for the Northampton Repertory Company and appeared in the film "Murder at Monte Carlo", where he was discovered by a Warner Brothers executive and went on to make 58 films?
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Q4.
William Shakespeare wrote plays set in Italy, Denmark, Scotland, England, Greece, Troy, Egypt, Tyre and more; what was his nationality?
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Q5.
Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain born outside the British Isles?
Note: This question was updated in January 2024
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Q6.
Who was the (subsequently) Pulitzer-Prize-winning American playwright who wrote "The Odd Couple"?
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Q7.
What was the occupation of Polish trade unionist and politician Lech Walesa?
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Author of children's books
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