People Quiz #304
Famous People Quiz for 11 November 2014
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Q1.
Which of these authors had the middle names of Augustine Aloysius?
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Q2.
Who did Rock Hudson play opposite in a series of romantic comedy films in the 1960s?
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Q3.
Which Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great, wrote on many subjects including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology, and died in Euboea of natural causes in 322 BC?
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Q4.
The Richter Scale used for measuring the energy released by earthquakes, mostly replaced since 1979 by the MMS (moment magnitude scale), was developed by Charles Richter and which other scientist?
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Q5.
Who plays the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films?
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Q6.
Which 19th century American poet wrote over 1,000 poems which were published between 1890 and 1945, after her death?
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Q7.
Which English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets, was praised because "his experimental explorations in prosody ... and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse"?
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