People Quiz #305
Famous People Quiz for 18 November 2014
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Q1.
Ted Sorensen was an advisor, lawyer and writer, best known as special counsel and adviser, speechwriter and alter ego to which US president, whom he called his “intellectual blood bank”?
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Q2.
He was a celebrated geographer, botanist, biogeographer (among the first) and explorer, and a scientist in the study of earth magnetism whose work led to the establishment of magnetic and meteorological stations across northern Asia. Who was he?
A
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
B
Heinrich Lenz (1804-1865)
C
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793-1831)
D
Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858)
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Q3.
Who destroyed the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem?
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Q4.
In Los Angeles, California, USA, African-American Rodney Glen King III was beaten severely by police after leading them on a high speed chase and resisting arrest, leading to massive rioting by African-Americans in the Los Angeles area when the police officers involved were acquitted. When did the beating happen?
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Q5.
A spinoff from the BBC TV series In the Thick of It was which 2009 film, also starring Peter Capaldi?
B
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
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Q6.
Which American produces consumer guides that influence buyer patterns on wine world-wide?
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Q7.
The title of what song is on Dean Martin's gravestone?
A
I Ain't Drunk (I'm Just Drinkin')
C
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
D
I'm Dreamin' of a White Christmas
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