People Quiz #271
Famous People Quiz for 25 March 2014
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Q1.
Who developed the live attenuated polio vaccine which has led to hopes of global eradication of the virus?
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Q2.
Who was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Q3.
Who was the British prime minister when all women over 21 got the vote in Britain following the passing of The Equal Franchise Act 1928?
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Q4.
Who played James Herriot in the British TV series (1978 - 1990) "All Creatures Great and Small"?
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Q5.
What was the first name of Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement?
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Q6.
Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize?
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Q7.
In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later, a nun and abbess?
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