People Quiz #309
Famous People Quiz for 16 December 2014
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Q1.
"The Miracles" backed which singer?
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Q2.
What was the most famous work of writer L. Frank Baum, who wrote from 1897 to 1912?
Note: This question was updated in August 2023
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
C
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Q3.
Who wrote the story on which Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film "The Birds" was based?
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Q4.
Which English King assented to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, England, in 1215?
Note: This question was updated in February 2024
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Q5.
Whose play about the Salem witch trials in the 17th century drew parallels to McCarthyism in the 1950s?
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Q6.
What year did Shakespeare die?
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Q7.
Which American country music singer-songwriter, born in 1934, won two Grammy Awards of 2005, (Best Country Album and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals) for her album "Van Lear Rose", which was produced by Jack White of the White Stripes?
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