People Quiz #301
Famous People Quiz for 21 October 2014
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Q1.
Who, in the 19th century, was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria to complete his "Ring Cycle"?
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Q2.
Which US President spent his term of office in a wheelchair?
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Q3.
Who, when Secretary-General of the U.N., was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1961?
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Q4.
Which of these best describes the family of Bill and Hillary Clinton?
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Q5.
Which Scotsman was given a ship by Americans to harass English shipping near Great Britain, and later became an admiral in the Russian Navy of Catherine The Great?
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Q6.
A well-known Scottish actor, born Anthony Robert McMillan, took his stage name in honour of which jazz musician?
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Q7.
Poets Sarah Holland-Batt, Libby Hart, David Musgrave, Kathryn Lomer and Bronwyn Lea are from which country?
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