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People Quiz #269

Famous People Quiz for 11 March 2014

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Q1. Who was the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and the first Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979?

A
Ian Smith
B
Ian Botham
C
Ian Fleming
D
Ian Paisley
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Q2. Who wrote "The Second Sex", published in 1949?

A
Simone de Beauvoir
B
Germaine Greer
C
Emily Pankhurst
D
Erica Jong
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Q3. Which Scotswoman is an Oscar, Brit and Grammy award-winning pop musician and vocalist who, after 3 years as lead singer of "The Tourists", formed the duo "Eurythmics" with British musician Dave Stewart?

A
Susan Boyle
B
Lulu
C
Fiona McDonald
D
Annie Lennox
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Q4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England?

A
Catherine Parr
B
Jane Seymour
C
Catherine of Aragon
D
Anne Boleyn
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Q5. What is credited in Western media with having caused the political downfall in 2012 of Bo Xilai, a senior Chinese leader and party chief in the south-western metropolis of Chongqing?

A
Taking bribes during the administration of Chongqing to build a Disneyland centre
B
His wife's suspected involvement in the murder of a British businessman
C
Blogging an indiscreet criticism of the Communist Party in China
D
Being suspected of wanting to defect to Taiwan
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Q6. Who wrote the book "In His Own Write", published in March 1964, and the follow up, "A Spaniard in the Works", published in June 1965?

A
Spike Milligan
B
John Lennon
C
T S Eliot
D
James Joyce
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Q7. Which conductor of the Worcester Glee Club from 1879 to 1889, went on to write "The Enigma Variations" and "The Dream of Gerontius"?

A
Ralph Vaughan Williams
B
Benjamin Britten
C
Edward Elgar
D
Eric Coates
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